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Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915 in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, for The Bright Road to Fear.

He was most notable for his 1973 novel The Tower, in which a fire engulfs a new metal-and-glass frame skyrise. Stern was inspired to write the novel by the construction of the World Trade Center in New York City. Warner Brothers bought the rights to the novel shortly after its publication for roughly $400,000, and Stern's book, in combination with the novel The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, was the basis for the movie The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen and John Guillermin and featuring an all-star cast. With an fourteen million dollar budget, the film went on to earn over a hundred million at the American box office.

Stern was known for his "brainy, digressive," novels, mainly mysteries and disaster-related suspense. He died on October 31, 2001 after prolonged illness. He was 86.

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Tårnet

Når bygningen var fuldt udnyttet, ville den med sine 125 etager huse ca. 15.000 mennesker i kontorer, studier og butikker. Etage efter etage havde dette vidunder rejst sig, synligt for alle – en dataovervåget, katastrofesikker kolos.

Men under indvielsesfesten sker det umulige: et Titanic-drama på jorden. Et attentat mod el-transformatorerne i forbindelse med en konstruktionsfejl sætter katastrofen igang. Ilden breder sig – selskabet på 100 har ingen andre valg end at flygte opad i den høje, mørke bygning...

Richard Martin Stern (1915-2001) var amerikansk forfatter. Stern skrev adskillige kriminal- og spændingsromaner, som fx BJERGETS FANGE, katastroferomanen om en ildebrand i en skyskraber, TÅRNET, der senere blev filmatiseret og en stor filmsucces.
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Publish date12 Jan 2017
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ISBN epub9788711679517
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