1951 issue of Astounding) Novels Trouble on Titan (1954) A Man Obsessed (1955) Rocket to Limbo (1957) Gold in the Sky (1958) Scavengers in Space (1958) The Invaders are Coming! (1959, with co-author J. A. Meyer) Star Surgeon (1959) Raiders from the Rings (1962) "The Universe Between" (1965, a fix-up of "High Threshold" and "The Universe Between" ) The Mercy Men (1968, revised version of A Man Obsessed) The Bladerunner (1974) The Practice (1978) The Fourth Horseman (1983) Collections Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories (1961) The Counterfeit Man (1963) Psi-High and Others (1967) Rx for Tomorrow (1971) Short Works of Alan Edward Nourse (2008, reprint of seven of the stories from The Counterfeit Man) Nonfiction books So You Want to Be a Doctor (1957) Nine Planets (1960, revised edition 1970) So You Want to Be a Nurse (1961) The Body (Life Science Library) (1965, revised edition 1981) Intern (1965, under the pseudonym Doctor X) Universe, Earth and Atom: The Story of Physics (1969) Venus and Mercury: a First Book (1972) The Backyard Astronomer (1973) The Giant Planets: a First Book (1974, revised edition 1982) The Asteroids: a First Book (1975) Viruses: a First Book (1976, revised edition 1982) Hormones: an Impact Book (1979) Herpes: an Impact Book (1985) AIDS: an Impact Book (1986) The Elk Hunt (1986) Teen Guide to Safe Sex (1990) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1992) The Virus Invaders: a Venture Book (1992) References External links Nourse, Alan E., The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Alan E Nourse at Fantastic Fiction Doctor X at LC Authorities (no records as of July 2015) 1928 births 1992 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers People from North Bend, Washington