Bear Trap - Nourse, Alan E.

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Résumé :
PIB, the Public Information Board, was the grand clearing house, the last censor of censors, and he, Tom Shandor, was the Chief Fabricator and Purveyor of Lies. He knew that people couldn't be told the truth, they had to be coddled, urged, pushed along. They had to be kept somehow happy, somehow hopeful... Why then had was he the chosen one, the one to write about this great man - the nation's peacemaker?

Biographie:
Alan Edward Nourse (1928 - 1992) was an American science fiction writer and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works sometimes focused on medicine and/or psionics. His pen names included Al Edwards and Doctor X. He served in the U.S. Navy after World War II. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He married Ann Morton on June 11, 1952, in Linden, New Jersey. He received a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree in 1955 from the University of Pennsylvania. He served his one-year internship at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle and practiced medicine in North Bend, Washington, from 1958 to 1963 and also pursued his writing career. He had helped pay for his medical education by writing science fiction for magazines.

Sommaire:
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....