Anthony Boucher (1911–1968)
Autor von A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1
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(eng) Also wrote under the names Herman W. Mudgett and H. H. Holmes.
Reihen
Werke von Anthony Boucher
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 5th Series (1956) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 121 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [unspecified issues] (1954) — Herausgeber — 96 Exemplare
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 3rd Series (1954) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 93 Exemplare
The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Anthony Boucher (1999) 87 Exemplare
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 4th Series (1955) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 83 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1954) — Herausgeber — 14 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1957) — Herausgeber — 11 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1956, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1956) — Herausgeber — 11 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1952, Vol. 3, No. 8 (1952) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Murder in the Casbah and Other Mysteries: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The Original Radio Broadcasts) (2005) 10 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1955) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1956, Vol. 10, No. 5 (1956) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1956, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1956) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1950) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1957, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1957) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1953) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956, Vol. 11, No. 4 (1956) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955, Vol. 9, No. 6 (1955) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1955, Vol. 9, No. 5 (1955) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1954) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957, Vol. 13, No. 4 (1957) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1956) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1958) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952, Vol. 3, No. 7 (1952) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1953, Vol. 5, No. 6 (1953) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953, Vol. 4, No. 6 (1953) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1951) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, Vol. 2, No. 5 (1951) — Herausgeber — 7 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter-Spring 1950, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1950) — Herausgeber — 7 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1950) — Herausgeber — 7 Exemplare
Murder by Moonlight and Other Mysteries: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 19-24 (New Adventures of Shelock… (2006) 7 Exemplare
Snulbug [Short story] 7 Exemplare
They Bite [short story] 7 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1955) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
Colonel Warburton's Madness & Other Mysteries: The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2004) 6 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956, Vol. 10, No. 4 (1956) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
The Compleat Werewolf [Short story] 6 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1954) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953, Vol. 5, No. 5 (1953) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 26: The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and the Baconian Cipher (1993) 6 Exemplare
The Unfortunate Tobacconist & Other Mysteries: The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 1-6 (Sherlock Holmes) (2003) 5 Exemplare
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES VOL #10 IN FLANDERS FIELDS AND THE EYES OF MR. (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (1990) 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1956) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1953) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955, Vol. 8, No. 6 (1955) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1955, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1955) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1954) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953, Vol. 5, No. 2 — Herausgeber — 4 Exemplare
The New Adventures Of Sherlock Homes: The Unfortunate Tobacconist And The Paradol Chamber (1988) 4 Exemplare
Millemondi Inverno 1989 4 Exemplare
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1955, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1955) — Herausgeber — 4 Exemplare
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 11: The Tell Tale Pigeon Feathers and The Indiscretion of Mr. Edwards (1991) 4 Exemplare
Q. U. R. [Short story] 4 Exemplare
Shadow of Tomorrow 4 Exemplare
The Pink Caterpillar [Short story] 4 Exemplare
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 5: The Amateur Mendicant Society & The Case of the Vanishing White Elephant (1989) 4 Exemplare
The Anthony Boucher chronicles: Reviews and commentary, 1942-1947. Vol II: The Week in Murder 4 Exemplare
Mr. Lupescu [Short story] 4 Exemplare
Gli investigatori di Dio 3 Exemplare
Nellthu 3 Exemplare
New Worlds Science Fiction Magazine 3 Exemplare
Public eye 3 Exemplare
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES #25 (The New Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, Voo 25/Cassette) (1994) 3 Exemplare
More New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume One: The Clue of the Hungry Cat/The Singular Affair of the Dying… (1997) 2 Exemplare
The First [Short story] 2 Exemplare
The Anthony Boucher chronicles: Reviews and commentary, 1942-1947. Vol 1: As Crime Goes By 2 Exemplare
Transfer Point [Short story] 2 Exemplare
The Cream of Crime 2 Exemplare
Star Bride [Short story] 2 Exemplare
The Ambassadors [Short story] 2 Exemplare
Barrier {novella} 2 Exemplare
The Greatest Tertian [short story] 2 Exemplare
Nine-Finger Jack [Short story] 2 Exemplare
The magazine of fantasy and science fiction #10 2 Exemplare
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol 2: CS: The Viennese Strangler and The Notorious Canary Trainer (1988) 2 Exemplare
rocket to the morgue 1 Exemplar
Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction 6TH 1 Exemplar
The Quality of Murder: Three Hundred Years of True Crime Complied By Members of The Mystery Writers of America (1962) 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES #6: CASE OF LIMPING GHOST & GIRL WITH THE GAZELLE (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (1989) 1 Exemplar
The Secret of the House [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Great American Detective Stories 1 Exemplar
Sincerely, Tony / Faithfully, Vincent: The Correspondence of Anthony Boucher and Vincent Starrett (1975) 1 Exemplar
Boucher, Anthony - Conquest 1 Exemplar
O ENIGMA DA TÚNICA AMARELA 1 Exemplar
Sincerely, Tony, faithfully, Vincent : the correspondence of Anthony Boucher and Vincent Starrett 1 Exemplar
The Other Inauguration [short fiction] 1 Exemplar
Boucher, Anthony - Elsewhen 1 Exemplar
Balaam [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Mit eget Genfærd 1 Exemplar
More Sherlock Holmes 1 Exemplar
Robinc [Short story] 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, VOL.17:LIVING DOLL & DISAPPEARNG SCIENTSTS (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol… (1992) 1 Exemplar
Expedition [Short story] 1 Exemplar
We Print the Truth [Short story] 1 Exemplar
The Ghost of Me [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Crime Must Have a Stop [Short story] 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES VOL. 24 THE ACCIDENTAL MURDERESS & THE ADVENTU (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (1994) 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES VOL#21:GREAT GANDOLFO & ORIGINAL HAMLET (The New Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, Vol.… (1993) 1 Exemplar
Before the Curtain 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, VOL.15:GUILELESS GYPSY & CAMBERWELL PRISONR (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol… (1992) 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES SHERLOCK HOLMES#4:STRNGE CASE DEMON BARBER&MYSTRY HEADLESS MONK (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, V (1989) 1 Exemplar
A Shape in Time [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Best American Detective Stories of the Year (13th Annual Collection) (1966) — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES VOL #14 THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MURDERER IN WA (The New Adventures of Sherlock Homes,… (1991) 1 Exemplar
Review Copy [Short story] 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Mitwirkender — 1,886 Exemplare
Clifford dankt Ihnen. Kriminalroman mit dem 87. Polizeirevier. (1956) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 559 Exemplare
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Mitwirkender — 268 Exemplare
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1990) — Mitwirkender — 73 Exemplare
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: 3rd Annual Volume (1958) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Third Series (1984) — Mitwirkender — 51 Exemplare
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 35 Exemplare
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
Beyond Human Ken: 21 Startling Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1952) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1970) — Honoree — 9 Exemplare
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
A Choice of Murders: 23 Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America (1958) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Honoree — 4 Exemplare
The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1958/08 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- White, William Anthony Parker
- Andere Namen
- Holmes, H. H. (pen name)
Boucher, Anthony (pen name)
Mudgett, Herman W. (pen name) - Geburtstag
- 1911-08-21
- Todestag
- 1968-04-29
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Oakland, California, USA
- Sterbeort
- Oakland, California, USA
- Wohnorte
- Oakland, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Southern California
University of California, Berkeley - Berufe
- writer
editor
literary critic - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, Retro-Hugo, [1951], 2001)
- Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- Also wrote under the names Herman W. Mudgett and H. H. Holmes.
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Review of the Penzler Publishers American Mystery Classics eBook edition (July 23, 2019) of the Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover original (1942).
Although Antony Boucher's Afterword tries to distance him from direct 1-to-1 correlations between his fictional characters in Rocket to the Morgue and the real-life science fiction authors they were based on, F. Paul Wilson's Introduction to this 2019 AMC edition states them explicitly. You can also read them in a section of the Wikipedia entry for the book.
So the fun of this is primarily the fictional depictions of authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard as murder suspects Austin Carter and D. Vance Wimpole in the book. The Wimpole character is already portrayed as a shifty, lecherous and unlikeable character, and this is well before the time when Hubbard invented his Scientology grift in 1953.
See cover at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/RocketToTheMorgue.jpg
Cover of the original first edition published under the pseudonym H.H. Holmes by Duell, Sloan and Pearce in 1942. Image sourced from Wikipedia.
The detective Terry Marshal and his consultant Sister Ursula play rather minor roles throughout. It is a bit of a locked room mystery with various murder attempts on Hilary Foulkes, the son and literary executor of (fictional) sci-fi author Fowler Foulkes. Foulkes Jr. is despised by the rest of the literary community for exorbitant fees charged for the use of his father's copyright material. That scenario reminded me of the story of Stephen Joyce, the grandson of James Joyce, who held a similar iron hand over his grandfather's estate until the works entered the public domain in 2012. However, the situation in Rocket to the Morgue (1942) pre-dates the litigations and bans of the Joyce estate, which were mostly in the late 20th century.
Overall, this was goofy fun with most of the drama and interest coming from its real-world parallels.
Footnote
* From French: a novel with a key. Usually a novel where pseudonyms are used for the names of real life people. Sometimes the plot is a fictionalized version of events which actually happened. One therefore needs a "key" i.e. the secret code to identify who or what someone or something is based on.
Trivia and Links
There is a short section in this book devoted to a listing of "What If" speculative or alternate history literature, a sub-genre of fantasy and sci-fi. It was especially interesting to learn that Winston S. Churchill once wrote a speculative fiction piece If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg, written as if by a future historian in a world where the North had lost the American Civil War. The piece originally appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1930 and was later collected in the anthology If It Had Happened Otherwise (1931).
This edition of Rocket to the Morgue is part of the Otto Penzler American Mystery Classics series (2018-ongoing). There is a related Goodreads Listopia here with 57 books listed as of early June 2024. There are currently 72 titles listed at the Mysterious Press online bookshop. The official website for the series at Penzler Publishers seems to show only the most recent and upcoming titles.… (mehr)