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Jacques Futrelle

Born

in Pike County, Georgia, The United States

April 09, 1875

Died

April 15, 1912

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Jacques Heath Futrelle (1875-1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring the "Thinking Machine", Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen. He worked for the Atlanta Journal, where he began their sports section; the New York Herald; the Boston Post; and the Boston American. In 1905, his Thinking Machine character first appeared in a serialized version of The Problem of Cell 13. In 1895, he married fellow writer Lily May Peel, with whom he had two children. While returning from Europe aboard the RMS Titanic, Futrelle, a first-cabin passenger, refused to board a lifeboat insisting his wife board instead. He perished in the Atlantic. His works include: The Chase of the Golden ...more

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	The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle, Harlan Ellison (Editor) 3.66 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 1905 — 18 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 Diamond Master 3.52 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1909 — 76 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 Chase of the Golden Plate 3.52 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1906 — 65 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 Thinking Machine Mysteries: A Collection of Professor Van Dusen Stories (Forty-four mysteries in one volume!) 3.63 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2010	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 Leak 3.52 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1907 — 11 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
	Elusive Isabel 3.58 avg rating — 59 ratings — 91 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 Thinking Machine on the Case 3.26 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1908 — 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
	The Jacques Futrelle Megapack 3.65 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2013	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 Stolen Rubens 3.08 avg rating — 53 ratings — 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
	Best "Thinking Machine" Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle, E.F. Bleiler (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1905 — 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

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“Dos y dos son cuatro, pero no a veces, ¡Sino siempre!”
― Jacques Futrelle, The Thinking Machine

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“logic is inevitable.”
― Jacques Futrelle, The Thinking Machine on the Case

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“I don’t disbelieve in anything, Mr. Hatch,” and The Thinking Machine regarded the newspaper man quietly. “I don’t even disbelieve in what is broadly termed the supernatural-I merely don’t know. It is necessary, in the solution of material problems, to work from a material basis, and then the things which are conjured up by fear and-and failure to understand may be dissipated.”
― Jacques Futrelle, The Thinking Machine Mysteries: A Collection of Professor Van Dusen Stories

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