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Thorne Smith

Born

in Annapolis, Maryland, The United States

March 27, 1892

Died

June 21, 1934

Website

http://www.thornesmith.net/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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James Thorne Smith, Jr. was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and supernatural transformations. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s.

Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of a Navy commodore and attended Dartmouth College. Following hungry years in Greenwich Village, working part-time as an advertising agent, Smith achieved meteoric success with the publication of Topper in 1926. He was an early resident of Free Acres, a social experimental community developed by Bolton Hall according to the eco ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 3,288 ratings · 474 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	Topper (Topper, #1) by Thorne Smith, Carolyn See 3.69 avg rating — 1,198 ratings — published 1926 — 192 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith, Carolyn See (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 1931 — 140 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Topper Takes a Trip (Topper, #2) by Thorne Smith, Carolyn See (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1932 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turnabout 3.95 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1931 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stray Lamb 4.04 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1929 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bishop's Jaegers 3.64 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain in the Doorway 3.78 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1933 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passionate Witch by Thorne Smith, Norman H. Matson (Completed By) 3.31 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1941 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glorious Pool 3.78 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1934 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skin and Bones 3.84 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1933 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Topper (2 books)
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Carolyn See (Contributor)

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“She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.”
― Thorne Smith

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“If men had to have babies there wouldn’t be any sex life left.”
― Thorne Smith, Turnabout

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“Vanity and prejudice have as usual played havoc with the truth, and Mr. Topper's reputation has been tossed into a furnace of frantically wagging tongues. The”
― Thorne Smith, Topper

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