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He attended high school in Long Island, New York. He served in the U.S. Navy after World War II. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951 from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He married Ann Morton on June 11, 1952 in Lynden, 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, Washington. He practiced medicine in North Bend, Washington from 1958 to 1963 and also pursued his writing career.  \nHe had helped pay for his medical education by writing science fiction for magazines. After retiring from medicine, he continued writing. His regular column in Good Housekeeping magazine earned him the nickname \"Family Doctor\".  \nHe was a friend of fellow author Avram Davidson. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1964 novel Farnham's Freehold to Nourse.  \nHis novel The Bladerunner lent its name to the Blade Runner movie, but no other aspects of its plot or characters, which were taken from Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In the late 1970san attempt to adapt The Bladerunner for the screen was made, with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs commissioned to write a story treatment; no film was ever developed but the story treatment was later published as the novella, Blade Runner (a movie) .  \nHis pen names included \"Al Edwards\" and \"Doctor X\".  \nHe died on July 19, 1992 in Thorp, Washington.  \nSome confusion arose among science fiction readers who knew that Andre Norton used the pen name \"Andrew North\" at about the sametime. They mistakenly assumed \"Alan Nourse\" to be another Norton pen name.  \nSource: Wikipedia  \nAlso available on Feedbooks for Nourse:  \n• Star Surgeon (1959)  \n• Gold in the Sky (1958)  \n• An Ounce of Cure (1963)  \n• Image of the Gods (1963)  \n• Letter of the Law (1954)  \n• Circus (1963)  \n• Second Sight (1963)  \n• My Friend Bobby (1963)  \n• The Link (1963)  \n• PRoblem (1956)  \nCopyright: Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country.  \nNote: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks.  \n[http://www.feedbooks.com](http://www.feedbooks.com)  \nStrictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes.  \nIt was going to be a bad day. As he pushed his way nervously through the crowds toward the Exit Strip, Walter Towne turned the dismal prospect over and over in his mind. The potential gloominess of this particular day had descended upon him the instant the morning buzzer had gone off, making it even more tempting than usual just to roll over and forget about it all. Twenty minutes later, the water-douse came to drag him, drenched and gurgling, back to the cruel cold world. He had wolfed down his morning Koffee-Kup with one eye on the clock and one eye on his growing sense of impending crisis. And now, to make things just a trifle worse, he was going to be late again.  \nHe struggled doggedly across the rumbling Exit strip toward the plant entrance. After all, he told himself, why should he be so upset? He was Vice President-in-Charge-of-Production of the Robling Titanium Corporation. What could they do to him, really? He had rehearsed his part many times, squaring his thin shoulders, looking the union boss straight in the eye and saying, \"Now, see here, Torkleson—\" But he knew, when the showdown came, that he wouldn't say any such thing. And this was the morning that the showdown would come.  \nOh, not because of the lateness. Of course Bailey, the shop steward, would take his usual delight in bringing that up. But this seemed hardly worthy of concern this morning. The reports waiting on his desk were what worried him. The sales reports","cbCaid4J1CG2xkn6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid4J1CG2xkn6","pdf",121453,"English","# Meeting of the Board\n## Character background and authorship context\n## The tense workplace confrontation","[{\"question\":\"Who is the central character in the provided excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"Walter Towne, Vice President-in-Charge-of-Production of the Robling Titanium Corporation.\"},{\"question\":\"What event triggers the scene’s main tension?\",\"answer\":\"Walter’s repeated lateness and the confrontation with the shop steward Bailey.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of reports are waiting for Walter when he reaches the administrative offices?\",\"answer\":\"Sales reports, promotion-draw reports, royalty reports, and anticipated dividend reports.\"}]","Meeting of the Board - Short Fiction, Science Fiction | PDF",1789972123,31]