A Man Obsessed - Nourse, Alan E.

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Résumé :
A driven man pushes past caution, reason, and ordinary human limits in a science fiction story of ambition, compulsion, and dangerous discovery. In A Man Obsessed, Alan E. Nourse brings his medical knowledge and sharp speculative imagination to the question of what happens when a single purpose takes command of a life. The result is classic magazine-era science fiction built around pressure, risk, and the uneasy border between genius and self-destruction. Nourse often wrote about science as a human problem rather than a simple engine of wonder. His stories are concerned with bodies, minds, systems, institutions, and the moral costs of knowledge pursued without balance. Here, obsession becomes both motive force and warning sign, driving the story toward conflict between personal desire, scientific possibility, and the consequences that follow when judgment narrows too far. For readers of vintage science fiction, medical SF, psychological science fiction, and compact idea-driven speculative stories, A Man Obsessed offers a strong example of Nourse's intelligent, practical, and human-centered approach to the genre. It belongs naturally in the Positronic line as a story where the future is shaped not only by technology, but by the flawed and urgent people who use it....

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Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) was an American physician, science writer, and science fiction author whose work often reflects both medical training and a strong concern with the human consequences of science. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Nourse served in the United States Navy after World War II and later studied medicine, eventually becoming a practicing physician. His scientific and medical background gave his fiction a practical authority and helped distinguish it from more purely mechanical or adventure-driven science fiction.Nourse began publishing science fiction in the 1950s, contributing stories to the magazine market during one of the genre's most active and influential periods. His work often centers on medicine, biology, psychology, ethics, social systems, and the pressure placed on individuals by scientific change. He was especially good at building stories around a clear speculative idea while keeping the emotional and moral stakes tied to recognizable human problems.His best-known works include The Bladerunner, a novel whose title was later borrowed for the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, though Nourse's own book is a different medical dystopia. He also wrote many works of nonfiction for young readers and general audiences, helping explain science and medicine in accessible language. Today Nourse remains of interest to readers of classic science fiction, medical SF, and mid-century speculative fiction shaped by real scientific knowledge and ethical tension....