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	Jacques Futrelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A newspaperman, Futrelle worked for the Atlanta Journal, where he began their sports section, the New York Herald, the Boston Post, and the Boston American, where, in 1905, his Thinking Machine character first appeared in a serialized version of "The Problem of Cell 13".
		Returning from Europe aboard the RMS Titanic, Futrelle, a first cabin passenger, refused to board a lifeboat insisting his wife board instead, according to his wife, with the belief that her boarding would give him a better chance of surviving; he perished in the Atlantic.
		Futrelle is used as the protagonist in The Titanic Murders, a novel about two murders aboard the Titanic, by Max Allan Collins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacques_Futrelle (340 words)

	Mrs Lily May Futrelle
		Mrs Jacques Futrelle (Lily May Peel), 35, was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 26, 1876, the daughter of David G. Peel and Molly Thompson.
		Jacques Futrelle was a noted author of early science-fiction type novels and also a well-known newspaper reporter.
		On the night of the sinking Mrs Futrelle made her way to the boat deck and encountered a group of men with "smoke-flened faces" standing silently in a group staring at her.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography.php?id=128 (344 words)

	TITANIC: JACQUES FUTRELLE - Professor Wilkes - University of Georgia School of Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Futrelle is the acknowledged master of the Locked Room Problem; many of his stories feature escapes or disappearances from a locked room or building.
		Futrelle's masterpiece is his short story "The Problem of Cell 13," in which The Thinking Machine confidently announces that he can escape from a death row prison cell, actually carries out the escape, and then patiently explains how he did it.
		It would certainly appear possible that Jacques Futrelle, inventor of a fictional detective obsessed with a remorseless logic, subconsciously became aware of the perils facing the ship and its passengers, and that this unconscious realization produced the headache.
	www.lawsch.uga.edu /academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/his23_futrelle.html (323 words)

	Jacques futrelle.
		The last time May Futrelle saw her husband she was sitting in a lifeboat watching as he stood on deck calmly smoking a cigarette with John Jacob Astor.
		Jacques began writing mystery and detective stories in his spare time as a creative outlet, as the factual reporting required in his newspaper job did not allow any expression of his creativity.
		Published with permission from Patricia Futrelle, a member of the branch of the Futrelle family that settled in the middle Georgia area sometime in the mid to late l800's, and a native Atlantan, having done extensive research into the Futrelle family geneology.
	www.allatsea.co.za /futrelle.htm (1010 words)

	Impossible Crime Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jacques Futrelle's tales of the Thinking Machine are some of the best detective stories even written.
		Futrelle is at the start of an American tradition of "pop" Surrealism, that encompasses the detective fiction of Ellery Queen and Craig Rice, and the films of Buster Keaton and such Warner Brothers Loony Tunes animators as Tex Avery and Chuck Jones.
		Futrelle has affinities with the "scientific" school of American detective writers, who were his contemporaries.
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		Jacques Futrelle was born in 1875 in Georgia.
		Jacques worked 24 hours a day as the telegraph editor during the period of the War.
		Jacques left newspaper work for a few years and worked for two years as a theater manager in Virginia, where he wrote, directed and acted.
	www.thinkingmachine.com /bio.html (429 words)

	LitWeb.net
		Jacques Futrelle was born in Pike County, Georgia, as the descendant of French Huguenots.
		In 1912 Futrelle was returning with his wife to New York on the Titanic in the first class.
		Jacques Futrelle and several of his stories, which he had written during his stay in England, went down with the ship.
	www.biblion.com /litweb/biogs/futrelle_jacques.html (810 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Jacques Futrelle
		I also have an interest in writing as does my son and thought it could be interested to be placed on the family tree as I could fill in the last few generations of the tree...or at least help out.
		Futrelle's work is out of copyright, so there's nothing to stop anybody reworking it.
		I believe that Jacque Futrelle is related to my grandmother, Vera May Futrelle, as she mentioned it when i was young and used to read me his stories.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5811/86103.html?1112575870 (765 words)

	Some Ties Between the Titanic, its Sinking, and the State of Georgia: Georgia History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jacques married Lily May PEEL 17 July 1895.
		Jacques and his wife were first class passengers on the Titanic.
		Jacques' wife survived the sinking, he did not.
	gahistory.i-found-it.net /titanic.html (339 words)

	Review of The Thinking Machine: Jacques Futrelle, by Freddie Seymour and Bettina Kyper
		Review: The Thinking Machine: Jacques Futrelle by Freddie Seymour and Bettina Kyper is, surprisingly, the first biography of a very important writer of detective stories.
		Futrelle’s astonishing ingenuity and logical creativity pitted the professor against all manner of extraordinary problems.
		The Thinking Machine: Jacques Futrelle isn’t a deep and scholarly biography; rather it’s an affectionate sketch of a charming and intelligent man, who died long before his time when the R.M.S. Titanic went down in 1912.
	www.sherlockiana.net /books/rev/thinking.html (231 words)

	THE BATTERED SILICON DISPATCH BOX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jacques Futrelle's stories of The Thinking Machine originally appeared in popular newspapers and magazines from 1905-1912.
		In 1912, after a visit to Europe, Jacques and May Futrelle embarked for home aboard the R.M.S. Titanic.
		When the liner struck the notorious iceberg, Jacques pushed May into a lifeboat but refused to board one himself, and went down with the ship.
	www.batteredbox.com /VicEdDetctive/ThinkingMachine.htm (396 words)

	Alibris: Jacques Futrelle
		Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine": The Enigmatic Problems of Prof.
		He walked around the room once, opening and shutting the doors of the cabinets as he passed, and finally paused in front of the safe.
		JACQUES FUTRELLE (1875-1912) is widely considered "the American Sherlock Holmes" for his series of stories about Professor Augustus S. Van Dusen, who is better known as The Thinking Machine.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Jacques_Futrelle (1101 words)

	Jacques Futrelle
		This is the official website of Jacques Futrelle, author of "The Problem of Cell 13" and other stories featuring Prof.
		We've created a group on Yahoo for discussion of Jacques Futrelle and his writing.
		Jacques Futrelle's stories are in the public domain.
	www.futrelle.com (162 words)

	Diamond Master - Jacques Futrelle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On July 29, 1912 his mother, Linnie Futrelle, died in her Georgia home; her death was attributed to grief over her sons death.Futrelle is used as the protagonist in The Titanic Murders, a novel about two murders aboard the Titanic, by Max Allan Collins.
		April 9 &- Jacques Futrelle, American author, RMS Titanic victim (d.
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		This article is about The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle and how he developed his story.
		The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrellle is written in such a way that readers keep turning the pages.
		Jacques Futrelle did a good job of making the characters, setting, and plot realistic.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/suspense_writing/108581 (525 words)

	JS Online: Mind master
		In brilliant little mind bogglers like "The Jackdaw Girl" or "Dressing Room A" (in which Van Dusen literally has to solve a locked-door mystery) or "The Superfluous Finger" (in which a woman chops off her own finger), Futrelle proves that ratio-cination is enough to keep readers in their seats.
		And although fiction that dealt with "impossible" crimes was popular in his day, Futrelle's writing differs from most in its tone: There is an almost surreal, dreamlike quality to most of the stories, lending them the same sort of edge that good urban fantasy exudes.
		His trick was creating stories that piled mystery upon mystery and required the protagonist, and the reader, to use his mental facilities to solve the crime.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/books/reviews/dec03/195594.asp?format=print (424 words)

	The Grinning God
		Jacques Futrelle, and Jacques Futrelle, creator of The Thinking Machine,—unusual in that the first installment, “Wraiths of the Storm,” which presents a remarkable, even an intangible, problem, is entirely the work of Mrs.
		Futrelle, and the second installment, “The House That Was,” is a legitimate attempt by Mr.
		Futrelle to solve the problem on the stated facts with the aid of The Thinking Machine.
	www.futrelle.com /stories/GrinningGod.html (10972 words)

	Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" : The Enigmatic Problems of Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph. D., LL. ...
		D., F. (Modern Library Classics) (Jacques Futrelle, Harlan Ellison)
		He first met the The Thinking Machine, Futrelle's brainy protagonist, when he read The Problem of Cell 13 as a boy and fell in love with this beautifully-crafted little puzzle story.
		Futrelle's other stories are distinctly ho-hum and Futrelle himself lost his life when the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
	www.truefresco.com /bookshop/us/product/0812970144.htm (299 words)

	VALJEAN'S MESSAGE BOARD :: TODAY IN LITERATURE :: Jacques Futrelle (4/9/1875-4/15/1912)
		Futrelle's most famous detective character was professor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine,' who solved impossible crimes.
		Whereas Sherlock Holmes had some weaknesses, which made him closer to readers, Van Dusen exemplified pure thought without much that was human.
		In 'The Problem of a Dressing Room' Futrelle explained how the professor got his nickname.
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	Diamond Master (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At least 2 sources cite the last two works as being adapted from Jacques Futrelle's 1909 novel.
		I would've guessed that almost all of these films could conceivably be considered inspired by Futrelle.
		Almost certainly the 1914 film is also since the heroine is named "Doris Kellner" and the man she is co-conspiring with and engaged to is called "Wynne" Browning.
	www.silentsf.com /essay/diamondmaster.html (390 words)

	Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" by Jacques Futrelle
		Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" by Jacques Futrelle
		The scientist's aid was enlisted in this singular mystery by Hutchinson Hatch, reporter.
		Excerpted from Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" by Jacques Futrelle Copyright © 2003 by Jacques Futurelle.
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	Amazon.com: Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (Dover Thrift Editions): Books: Rudyard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rich, varied collection of 14 extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories, many never before published in book form: Kipling’s "The Return of Imray"; "The Tragedy of the Life Raft" by Jacques Futrelle; "The Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle, plus hard-to-find tales by G. Chesterton, Catherine L. Pirkis, Silas K. Hocking, others.
		Jacques Futrelle created "The Thinking Machine," an armchair detective whose deductive powers exceeded those of Mycroft Holmes.
		Futrelle's story, "The Tragedy of the Life Raft," is the last Thinking Machine story, written shortly before Futrelle's death on the Titanic.
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		Rudyard Kipling, Jacques Futrelle, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.
		Editor Douglas Greene has gathered an eclectic set of Victorian mysteries that is sure to please fans of Victorian literature.
		One of the big mysteries of this collection is how "The Story of Baelbrow" got included.
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	MathFiction: The Problem of Cell 13 (Jacques Futrelle) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He is described as primarily a logician, who spent years proving that 2+2=4, except in the rare cases when it doesn't."
		I just learned, from reading Clarke's Ghost from the Grand Banks that Futrelle died at the sinking of the Titanic.
		More information about this work can be found at www.amazon.com.
	math.cofc.edu /faculty/Kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf150 (150 words)

	The Classic Tales of Jacques Futrelle, Volume One: The Thinking Machine (Hardcover)
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		Van Dusen, a master of logic, believed he could think himself out of any situation-and solve any crime-through the use of his immense intellect.
		Through dozens of stories, The Thinking Machine solved locked-room puzzles, kidnappings, and more murders than can be easily counted, proving again and again that brain-power is the answer to any problem.
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		Hatch knew that, and knowing it was a source of deep gratification.
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		These twenty-three Edwardian-era adventures prove (as The Thinking Machine reiterates) that "two and two make four, not sometimes, but all the time."
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	The problem of "Dressing Room A" (year?) by Jacques Futrelle
		As You Like It By a sudden movement Mallory threw Wightman and manacled his hands, then looked up to find The Thinking Machine peering over his shoulder into the eyes of the prostrate man.
		Miss Wallack was aroused, told a story almost identical with that of The Thinking Machine, and three months later resumed her tour.
		And meanwhile Stanley Wightman, whose brooding over a hopeless love for her made a maniac of him, raves and shrieks the lines of Jacques in the seclusion of a padded cell.
	gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca /gaslight/dressrma.htm (4332 words)

	The Thinking Machine (Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, PH. D.) by Jacques Futrelle
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		A collection of ingenious detective stories written by the early American mystery writers features the sleuthing talents of Professor Augustus S. Van Dusen, the "Thinking Machine," an eccentric scientist who uses his superior intellect and unique insights to solve impossible crimes.
		Title: The Classic Tales of Jacques Futrelle: The Thinking Machine: Vol 1
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /f/jacques-futrelle/thinking-machine.htm (129 words)

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