Alan E. Nourse
a.k.a. Alan Edward Nourse, Al Edwards *, Doctor X *
Author Code: AAEN
Born: Aug. 11, 1928 - Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Died: Jul. 19, 1992 - Thorp, Washington, USA
Nourse served in the U.S. Navy following World War II and then returned to his education at Rutgers University where he received his BSc in 1951. He then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, obtaining his MD degree in 1955. He then began a medical career with an internship in Seattle at the Virginia Mason Hospital. From 1958 to 1963, he practiced medicine in North Bend, Washington. Nourse had already began publishing science fiction works in 1951 for Astounding Science Fiction magazine. He had also gained a reputation for his children's SF novels, which began in 1954 with Trouble on Titan. Writing under the Doctor X pseudonym, Nourse also produced numerous medical stories and a regular column in Good Housekeeping magazine. His other works include A Man Obsessed (1955), Junior Intern (1955), Rocket to Limbo (1957), Scavenger in Space (1959), The Invaders Are Coming! (1959), Nine Planets (1960), Raiders From the Rings (1962), The Counterfeit Man (1963), The Mercy Men (1968), The Backyard Astronomer (1973), The Bladerunner (1974), The Fourth Horseman (1983) and The Elk Hunt (1986).
AAEN004 Bear Trap 1957 31 312k
AAEN014 Brightside Crossing 1956 16 235k
AAEN022 Circus 1963 6 152k
AAEN008 The Coffin Cure 1957 12 144k
AAEN013 Consignment 1953 8 216k
AAEN010 Contamination Crew 1958 13 204k
AAEN025 Counterfeit 1952 23 247k
AAEN019 The Dark Door 1963 18 194k
AAEN011 Derelict 1953 12 271k
AAEN002 Gold in the Sky 1958 78 437k
AAEN016 Image of the Gods 1963 11 177k
AAEN026 In Sheep's Clothing 1952 11 213k
AAEN006 Infinite Intruder 1953 17 246k
AAEN007 Letter of the Law 1954 11 186k
AAEN017 The Link 1963 11 172k
AAEN020 A Man Obsessed 1955 79 429k
AAEN012 Marley's Chain 1952 11 211k
AAEN001 Martyr 1957 39 270k
AAEN018 Meeting of the Board 1963 12 181k
AAEN023 My Friend Bobby 1963 7 159k
AAEN005 The Native Soil 1957 15 164k
AAEN024 An Ounce of Cure 1963 5 150k
AAEN021 Prime Difference 1957 12 144k
AAEN009 PRoblem 1956 11 253k
AAEN027 Rx 1957 10 238k
AAEN015 Second Sight 1963 9 174k
AAEN003 Star Surgeon 1959 88 544k