Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 horror novel by American writer Ira Levin; it was his second published book. It sold over 4 million copies, "making it the top bestselling horror novel of the 1960s." The high popularity of the novel was a catalyst for a "horror boom", and horror fiction would achieve enormous commercial success.
The War Hound and the World's Pain is a 1981 fantasy novel by English writer Michael Moorcock, the first of the "von Bek" series of novels.
David Pringle is a Scottish science fiction editor and critic.
Planetary romance is a subgenre of science fiction in which the bulk of the action consists of adventures on one or more exotic alien planets, characterized by distinctive physical and cultural backgrounds. Some planetary romances take place against the background of a future culture where travel between worlds by spaceship is commonplace; others, particularly the earliest examples of the genre, do not, and invoke flying carpets, astral projection, or other methods of getting between planets. In either case, it is the planetside adventures which are the focus of the story, not the mode of travel.
Eric Pringle was a British writer for radio and television. He also wrote three novels for children.
When the World Shook is a novel by British writer H. Rider Haggard, published in 1919. It deals with the adventures of Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot as they travel to the south sea island of Orofena.
Events from the year 1931 in Scotland.
Anne of Windy Poplars is a 1940 film based on the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. A sequel to the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables, it features Anne Shirley returning from the first film in the title role.
Doctor on the Brain is a 1972 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Part of the long-running Doctor series, it takes place at St Swithan's Hospital.
Doctor in the Nude is a 1973 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is part of the long-running Doctor series.
Doctor on the Boil is a 1970 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Bored with his retirement, Sir Lancelot Spratt returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.
Doctor on the Job is a 1976 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Part of the long-running Doctor series, it portrays a major strike at St Swithan's Hospital to the fury of Sir Lancelot Spratt.
Doctor in the Nest is a 1979 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Part of the long-running Doctor series, it finds Sir Lancelot Spratt struggling against cuts in the NHS which leaves his hospital in bad shape.
Doctor in the Swim is a 1962 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is part of the long-running Doctor series, and follows the womanising Doctor Grimsdyke as he gets into a number of scrapes.
The Summer of Sir Lancelot is a 1963 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. The fearsome surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt goes into retirement, committed to spending his time trout fishing. However the antics of his niece Euphemia and a dispute over fishing rights soon disturb his peace.
Love and Sir Lancelot is a 1965 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is the tenth novel in the long-running Doctor series. The medical students of opposite sexes at St Swithan’s Hospital try to get around Sir Lancelot Spratt's attempts to segregate them from each other, while Sir Lancelot's protégé Simon Sparrow becomes involved with a film star.
Doctor in Clover is a 1960 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is part of Gordon's long-running Doctor series of books.
Doctor in Love is a 1957 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is part of the long-running Doctor series of novels.
Doctor at Large is a 1955 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is the third entry in the Doctor series of novels.
Doctor at Sea is a 1953 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. It is the second entry in the Doctor series of books, the sequel to Doctor in the House. The book is fictional, however, Richard Gordan, the author, was a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist resulting in a strong sense of realism being conveyed throughout. The introductory pages set the comedic tone for the remainder of the novel.
