Editing Alan E. Nourse (section)

==Biography==
Alan Nourse was born August 11, 1928, to Benjamin and Grace (Ogg) Nourse in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. He attended high school in [[Long Island, New York]]. He served in the [[United States Navy|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.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

He had helped pay for his medical education by writing science fiction for magazines.<ref>[http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/nourse_alane.html "Alan E. Nourse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615151621/http://booksnbytes.com/authors/nourse_alane.html |date=2006-06-15 }}. Books 'n' Bytes (booksnbytes.com). Retrieved 2015-07-19.</ref> After retiring from medicine, he continued writing. His regular column in ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine earned him the nickname "Family Doctor".{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

He was a friend of fellow author [[Avram Davidson]]. [[Robert A. Heinlein]] dedicated his 1964 novel ''[[Farnham's Freehold]]'' to Nourse.  Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' to Nourse's wife Ann.<ref>{{cite book | author=Heinlein, Robert A | title=Friday| publisher=New England Library | year=1984 | isbn=0-450-05549-3}}</ref>

His 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 1970s an 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)]]''.

Nourse died of unknown causes on July 19, 1992, in [[Thorp, Washington]].