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D. R. Bensen (1927–1997)

Forfatter af A Wodehouse Bestiary

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Omfatter også følgende navne: Bensen D.R., Donald R. Bensen

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Værker af D. R. Bensen

A Wodehouse Bestiary (1985) — Redaktør — 234 eksemplarer
The Unknown (1963) — Redaktør — 98 eksemplarer
And Having Writ (1978) 97 eksemplarer
The Unknown 5 (1964) 57 eksemplarer
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) 34 eksemplarer
Swashbuckler (1976) 11 eksemplarer
The Renegade (1992) 5 eksemplarer
Death in the Hills (1992) 5 eksemplarer
Mask of the Tracker (1992) 5 eksemplarer
Fool's Gold (1992) 4 eksemplarer
Rawhide Moon (1993) 2 eksemplarer
William Goldman's Mr. Horn (1978) 2 eksemplarer
SF Verhalen 1: Het Onbekende (1975) 2 eksemplarer
Deathwind (1993) 2 eksemplarer
Irene, good-night 2 eksemplarer
Early Years, The * 1 eksemplar
Butch And Sundance 1 eksemplar
The Unknown Five 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Wodehouse on Wodehouse: "Bring on the Girls", "Performing Flea" and "Over Seventy" (1980) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver132 eksemplarer
Fore! The best of Wodehouse on Golf (1983) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver; Redaktør — 114 eksemplarer
Plum's Peaches: Women in Wodehouse (1991) — Forord — 65 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer

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Juridisk navn
Bensen, Donald Roynald
Fødselsdato
1927-10-03
Dødsdag
1997-10-19
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Dødssted
Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Bopæl
Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Erhverv
literary agent (Scott Meredith)
editor (Pyramid Publications)
senior editor (Ballantine Books)
Organisationer
Mystery Writers of America
Kort biografi
In addition to Bensen's involvement with genre fiction, he edited books by P.G. Wodehouse.
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D. R. Benson, known mainly as an editor, has also written a dozen books, many of them prudently published under a pseudonym. He lives with his wife, son, and cat in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, and harbors an extremely dirty dog.
[from And Having Writ . . . (1978)]

Bensen was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers. Bensen himself was the model for the character Roger Halsted. Concerning the Black Widowers, he published a poem of the same name during 1977.
[from Wikipedia, 6/27/2021]

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Some fun stories. I wish there were more with Jeeves and Wooster. But there were a number of other characters I hadn't read before so that was a plus.
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phyllis2779 | 2 andre anmeldelser | Dec 19, 2020 |
This is very silly and probably, on the whole, no better than mediocre, but I absolutely loved it; there's an optimism to it that I found very satisfying.
 
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elucubrare | Apr 26, 2020 |
A collection of miscellaneous P.G. Wodehouse stories, all of which feature animals in some capacity. Sometimes they're the main focus of the story -- there's even one that's from the POV of a dog -- and sometimes they're pretty peripheral. One of them, for instance, involves a racehorse that is much discussed (and much bet upon), but who never actually appears in person in the story.

I'd already read a few of these elsewhere, but one of the nice things about Wodehouse is that he's very re-readable, because you really don't read his stuff to be surprised by the plot. You read it for the fun, frothy silliness and the witty language, and those never get old. Although I suppose it is possible that a 330-page semi-random sampling of his stuff might be a little bit much to imbibe all at once. Still, this is a nice cross-sectional sampling of his work that I'd think might work fairly well as a first introduction, except that it's a bit obscure to seek out for that purpose.… (mere)
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bragan | 2 andre anmeldelser | Oct 28, 2019 |
Different people will appreciate different stories. Some are worth 5 stars, imo, others left me cold. Maybe if I were a fan of Lovecraft & Poe I'd enjoy more of them more. Still, def. glad I read it.

My favorites were laced with humor: 'Trouble with Water' and 'Armageddon.' The two others that were funny/ clever were 'Snulbug' and 'Mr. Jinx' - the latter including a nod to early feminists. I have seen the first three of those elsewhere.

'Doubled and Redoubled' by Malcolm Jameson is an interesting Time Travel story, a variation on the *Groundhog Day* motif. I probably would have enjoyed it more when it was a fresher idea.… (mere)
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jun 6, 2016 |

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Medlemmer
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Vurdering
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ISBN
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