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Howard Fast (1914–2003)

Forfatter af April Morning

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Howard Fast was born on November 11, 1914 in Manhattan. At the age of 17, he sold his first story to Amazing Stories magazine. The next year he sold his first novel, Two Villages, to the Dial Press for a $100 advance. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books, including Conceived in Liberty, vis mere The Unvanquished, Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road, April Morning, The Immigrants, Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, and Greenwich. He won the Stalin International Peace Prize in 1953. A member of the Communist party, he served three months in a federal prison in 1950 for refusing to testify about his political activity. Blacklisted as a result, he founded his own publishing house, Blue Heron Press, which released his novel Spartacus in 1951. In 1957, he wrote a book about his political experiences entitled The Naked God. He also wrote a series of detective stories under the name E. V. Cunningham. He died on March 12, 2003 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson are pseudonyms for Howard Melvin Fast.

Image credit: Howard Fast (1914-2003) from Life in Legacy

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Værker af Howard Fast

April Morning (1961) 784 eksemplarer
Immigranterne (1977) 601 eksemplarer
Spartacus (1951) 490 eksemplarer
Anden generation (1978) 326 eksemplarer
Citizen Tom Paine (1943) 291 eksemplarer
De besiddende (1979) 277 eksemplarer
Tredje generation (1981) 221 eksemplarer
The Jews: Story of a People (1968) 221 eksemplarer
Immigrantens datter (1985) 197 eksemplarer
Flugten mod friheden (1944) 190 eksemplarer
The Outsider (1984) 189 eksemplarer
Max (1982) 155 eksemplarer
The Edge of Tomorrow (1961) 148 eksemplarer
My Glorious Brothers (1947) 140 eksemplarer
The Pledge (1965) 124 eksemplarer
An independent woman (1997) 124 eksemplarer
The Dinner Party (1987) 119 eksemplarer
The Last Frontier (1941) 114 eksemplarer
Being Red (1990) 100 eksemplarer
The Hessian (1972) 95 eksemplarer
The General Zapped an Angel (1970) 89 eksemplarer
A Touch of Infinity (1973) 85 eksemplarer
Redemption (1999) 80 eksemplarer
Moses: Prince of Egypt (1958) 79 eksemplarer
The Unvanquished (1942) 78 eksemplarer
The Confession of Joe Cullen (1989) 71 eksemplarer
Greenwich (2000) 70 eksemplarer
The Crossing (1971) 70 eksemplarer
The Case of the Russian Diplomat (1978) 60 eksemplarer
Agrippa's Daughter (1964) 58 eksemplarer
The Case of the Sliding Pool (1981) 58 eksemplarer
Haym Salomon,: Son of liberty (1941) 54 eksemplarer
The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs (1979) 53 eksemplarer
Case of the Murdered Mackenzie (1984) 48 eksemplarer
Saccos og Vanzettis Bedrift (1953) 46 eksemplarer
The Case of the Kidnapped Angel (1982) 43 eksemplarer
The Case of the Angry Actress (1967) 41 eksemplarer
Sylvia (1960) 40 eksemplarer
The Winston Affair (1959) 39 eksemplarer
The Crossing [2000 film] (2000) — Screenwriter — 34 eksemplarer
Goethals and the Panama Canal (1942) 33 eksemplarer
Conceived in Liberty (1939) 32 eksemplarer
The Art of Zen Meditation (1977) 32 eksemplarer
Torquemada (1966) 31 eksemplarer
The Trial of Abigail Goodman (1993) 31 eksemplarer
Mirage (1965) 29 eksemplarer
Sally (1705) 28 eksemplarer
The Bridge Builder's Story (1995) 26 eksemplarer
Bunker Hill (2001) 26 eksemplarer
Masuto Investigates, Volume 1 (2000) 21 eksemplarer
The Magic Door (1968) 17 eksemplarer
Shirley (1964) 17 eksemplarer
Silas Timberman (1954) 16 eksemplarer
The romance of a people (1941) 15 eksemplarer
The Wabash Factor (1986) 15 eksemplarer
Phyllis (1962) 15 eksemplarer
The children (1947) 14 eksemplarer
Spain and Peace (1951) 14 eksemplarer
The Proud and the Free (1950) 14 eksemplarer
Power (1966) 14 eksemplarer
Penelope (1965) 13 eksemplarer
The Tall Hunter (1942) 12 eksemplarer
Cynthia (1969) 12 eksemplarer
Lydia (1970) 12 eksemplarer
Margie (1966) 12 eksemplarer
The Last Supper: And Other Stories (1955) 10 eksemplarer
The Story of Lola Gregg: A Novel (2011) 9 eksemplarer
Masuto: The Hollywood Murders (2001) 9 eksemplarer
The hunter and the trap, (1967) 9 eksemplarer
Place In The City (2011) 9 eksemplarer
Literature and reality (1950) 8 eksemplarer
Alice (1969) 8 eksemplarer
Sciopero a Clarkton (1947) 8 eksemplarer
Departure and other stories (1949) 7 eksemplarer
Strange Yesterday : A Novel (2011) 7 eksemplarer
Helen (1968) 6 eksemplarer
The Bookman 6 eksemplarer
The Assassin Who Gave Up His Gun (1969) 6 eksemplarer
Millie: A Novel (1973) 6 eksemplarer
Des del futur (1976) 5 eksemplarer
The Large Ant [short fiction] (1959) 4 eksemplarer
May day 1947 3 eksemplarer
Il vento di San Francisco (2015) 3 eksemplarer
LA Hija Del Immigrante (1988) 3 eksemplarer
Cephes 5 (1973) 2 eksemplarer
Cato the Martian {short story} (1960) 2 eksemplarer
Köprülerim (2015) 2 eksemplarer
El Extrano (Spanish Edition) (1996) 2 eksemplarer
SUCSUZLAR "SACCO ILE VANZETTI" (1998) 2 eksemplarer
Penélope 1 eksemplar
Show Cause [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
De framgångsrika. D. 2 (1982) 1 eksemplar
Samar Gatha 1 eksemplar
TARAMUL SPERANTEI 1 eksemplar
The Egg [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
La ultima cena 1 eksemplar
UFO [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
The Mind of God [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
Not with a Bang [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
Oh] lydia... (1970) 1 eksemplar
Arvtagarna. D. 1 (1981) 1 eksemplar
The Price [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
The Hoop [short story] (1972) 1 eksemplar
A Talent of Harvey [novelette] (1973) 1 eksemplar
The Wound 1 eksemplar
Le facteur Crésus (1986) 1 eksemplar
A Matter of Size [short story] (1973) 1 eksemplar
Tom Paine (1984) 1 eksemplar
La Souris (2012) 1 eksemplar
Tito and His People (2013) 1 eksemplar
Lugar de sacrificio 1 eksemplar
Konec stopy 1 eksemplar
O jantar do senador 1 eksemplar
המימסד 1 eksemplar
המהגרים 1 eksemplar
הדור השני 1 eksemplar
Le Serment 1 eksemplar
De framgångsrika. D. 1 (1982) 1 eksemplar
The Lavette legacy (2018) 1 eksemplar
Arvtagarna. D. 2 (1981) 1 eksemplar
The Imigrants 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Bidragyder — 499 eksemplarer
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Bidragyder — 248 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988) — Bidragyder — 248 eksemplarer
17 X Infinity (1900) — Bidragyder — 161 eksemplarer
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1960) — Bidragyder — 147 eksemplarer
Space Mail (1980) — Bidragyder — 130 eksemplarer
The Aspirin Age, 1919-1941 (1949) — Bidragyder — 129 eksemplarer
The Jewish caravan : great stories of twenty-five centuries (1935) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver129 eksemplarer
6th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1961) — Bidragyder — 124 eksemplarer
Spectrum 4 (1965) — Bidragyder — 112 eksemplarer
The Worlds of Science Fiction (1963) — Bidragyder — 112 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of Theodore Dreiser (1947) — Redaktør — 103 eksemplarer
Flying Saucers (1982) — Bidragyder — 89 eksemplarer
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories about the End of the World (1999) — Bidragyder — 83 eksemplarer
Decade: The 1950s (1978) — Forfatter — 69 eksemplarer
Contact (1963) — Bidragyder — 62 eksemplarer
Introductory Psychology through Science Fiction (1974) — Bidragyder — 44 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1972 v04 (1972) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer
Political science fiction;: An introductory reader (1974) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
The Best American Short Stories 1960 (1960) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
An Anthology of Angels (1996) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
To Break the Silence (1986) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space (1980) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Best Animal Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
School and Society Through Science Fiction (1974) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Our lives : American labor stories — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Eerie, Weird and Wicked (1977) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
American Short Stories (1978) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Out of This World 7: An Anthology of Science Fiction (1968) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Thrilling Stories from the Past for Boys (1970) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Hollywood Unreel: Fantasies about Hollywood and the Movies (1982) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950 (1984) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar

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2 stories both flawed a bit by 70,s era dialogue but with interesting plotting
 
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cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
The revolts of the slaves trapped in the Roman Empire have been a fertile ground for leftish writers. Howard Fast's take on the last big save revolt, is competent, but I prefer the version by Alfred Duggan, or the rather sentimental film script by Dalton Trumbo.
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DinadansFriend | 6 andre anmeldelser | Feb 19, 2024 |
Good book but ended on a surprisingly downbeat feel. Actually, the whole thing was pretty downbeat, which isn't a huge surprise given the content, but usually these books pull it back up into happy land for the ending. I think I respect the writer more for keeping it like this.
 
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blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |
Este es un magnifico canto a la libertad del pueblo judio, protagonizado por los hijos de matatias, adon del pueblo de Modin. Los cinco 'gloriosos hermanos' encabezan la rebelion contra las tropas sirio-griegas a las ordenes de Antioco IV (175-164 a.e, un monarca que pretendia gobernar Judea segun los esquemas helenisticos, y que habia abolido la tradicional teocracia que permitia a los judios gozar de una relativa autonomia. Una lucha larga y dura que pondra a prueba la unidad de todo un pueblo, y que por primera vez en su larga historia estara a punto de provocar la desaparicion del judaismo.El gran merito de esta obra reside en su autenticidad. Sin pretensiones maniqueas y con una honestidad a toda prueba, Fast plantea la busqueda de la libertad como una necesidad vital para la supervivencia de los oprimidos, y analiza minuciosamente las campanas militares, los conflictos personales y politicos de los lideres, la asimilacion del helenismo por parte de los judios ricos de Jerusalen, y el excepcional drama que surge del enfrentamiento entre dos modos tan dispares de entender el mundo, la sociedad y la religion.… (mere)
 
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