Ричард Пратер

Richard Scott Prather
( 9 September 1921     14 February 2007 )
Santa Ana, California
Sedona, Arizona
 

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© 2005, Vladimir (Владимир Матющенко, составитель)

Last modified: 25.12.2011
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Series character:
Shelldon Scott [tongue-in-check private investigator from Los Angeles] 40+ books (37 novels & 22 stories) 1950/2011.

(Русские названия, указанные в скобках, взяты из статей и анонсов)

Novels                                                  Романы:

Case Of The Vanishing Beauty (NY: Fawcett Gold Medal #127, 1950)
[*original title: Laughter of a Cadaver ] Shell Scott-1
Дело об исчезнувшей красотке
Тайна пропавшей блондинки
Good bye, красотка!
(Дело исчезнувшей красавицы)
Bodies In Bedlam (Fawcett Gold Medal #147, 1951) Shell Scott-2 Тела в бедламе
(Трупы в сумасшедшем доме)
Everybody Had A Gun (Fawcett Gold Medal #165, 1951) Shell Scott-3 И каждый вооружен
(У каждого есть оружие; Револьвер был у каждого)
Find This Woman (Fawcett Gold Medal #203, 1951) Shell Scott-4 Найдите эту женщину
Найти женщину
Крупная игра в Лас-Вегасе
Way Of A Wanton (Fawcett Gold Medal #233, 1952) Shell Scott-5
[*magazine publication - June 1954, Cavalier]
Гнездо разврата
(Стезя распутницы)
Pattern For Murder (New Jersey: Graphic, 1952) as David Knight
[*The very first Prather's book. Working title: The Maddern Caper, 1949. Prather changed the lead character from Shell Scott to Cliff Morgan]

aka: The Scrambled Yeggs (Fawcett Gold Medal #770, 1958) as R. S. Prather
[*In Fawcett version Prather changed the Cliff Morgan character back to Shell Scott. "Specially revised," but in fact, it was the novel in its original version, with Shell Scott restored to the place.] Shell Scott-14

[R. S. Prather: 'He also became Sheldon "Shell" Scott, because in the beginning that wasn’t his name. When I started plotting "Maddern Caper" I called my lead character—are you ready for this?—Brad Crane.' (interview with Linda Pendleton)]

Яичница из гангстеров
Разворошенный муравейник
(Модель убийства; Образцовое убийство)
[* главный герой - Шелл Скотт]
Lie Down, Killer (NY: Lion, 1952) Не сопротивляйся, убийца!
Тебе конец, убийца
Не убежишь!
Dagger Of Flesh (NY: Falcon, 1952)
[*original title: The Secret Places. Prather changed the lead character from Shell Scott to Mark Logan]

reissued: Dagger Of Flesh (Fawcett Gold Medal #s1157, 1956) [*with Shell Scott as main character] Shell Scott-11

Плоть как кинжал
Распятая плоть
(Кинжал из плоти; Окровавленный кинжал )
[* главный герой - Марк Логан]
Darling, It's Death (Fawcett Gold Medal #265, 1952) Shell Scott-6 Дорогой, это смерть!
Дорогой - это смерть!
Детка, это смерть!
Детка – это смерть
(Детка, это - смерть; Дорогой, это гибель! Милый, это смерть; Смерть пришла, лапочка; Иллюзия смерти.)
The Peddler (Lion, 1952) as Douglas Ring
also: The Peddler (
Fawcett Gold Medal #k1277, 1963) as R. S. Prather
Торговец живым товаром
Торговец плотью
(Разносчик слухов)
Ride A High Horse (Fawcett Gold Medal #341, 1953)
aka: Too Many Crooks (
Fawcett Gold Medal, 1956) Shell Scott-7
Кругом жулье
Кругом одно жулье
Вокруг одни жулики
Кругом одни лжецы
(Скачки на большом жеребце; Играй по-крупному.)
Always Leave 'Em Dying (Fawcett Gold Medal #413, 1954) Shell Scott-8 Свидетелей не оставлять!
(Никогда не оставляй их в живых)
Pattern For Panic (NY: Berkley, 1954) [Abelard Schuman - main character]
[*magazine publication - January 1954, Manhunt]
 
reissued: Pattern For Panic (
Fawcett Gold Medal #s1092, 1961) [*revised version with Shell Scott as main character]  Shell Scott-19

[Notice on the Berkley Book - "Complete and Unabridged", on the Fawcett - "Specially revised by the author".]
Больше, чем страх
Сигнал опасности.*
(Образцовая подделка)
[*сокр. вариант перевода, повесть]
Strip For Murder (Fawcett Gold Medal #508, 1955) Shell Scott-9
[*magazine publication as: Nudists Die Naked -  August 1955, Manhunt]
Обнажись для убийства
(Стриптиз убийства.*)
[*вариант перевода, заявлен в статье как роман. Не путать с рассказом -1953]
Dragnet: Case No. 561 (NY: Pocket Books, 1956) as David Knight
British title: Case No. 561: Dragnet (WDL, 1957) [novelization of the TV series]
(Сеть: дело № 561; Невод: дело № 561.)
The Wailing Frail (Fawcett Gold Medal #592, 1956) - Fawcett Shell Scott-10 Отчаянное преследование
(Стенающий тростник; Шумящий тростник)
Slab Happy (Fawcett Gold Medal #s817, 1958) Shell Scott-12 (Счастливый дистрофик)
Take A Murder, Darling (Fawcett Gold Medal #745, 1958) Shell Scott-13
[*magazine publication as: Sin Gang Blonde - September 1965, For Men Only]
Смерть выберет тебя
В очереди на убийство. (Прими смерть, детка)
Over Her Dear Body (Fawcett Gold Medal #s887, 1959) - Fawcett Shell Scott-15
[*NB (misprint): Over Her Dead Body]
Четверо со «Сринагара»
Выстрел для мецената
(Через ее труп)
Double In Trouble (Fawcett Gold Medal #d926, 1959) by Richard S. Prather and Stephen Marlowe    Shell Scott-16  ( &  Chester Drum ) Двойные неприятности
(Проблема для двоих; Рок на двоих.)
[* в соавторстве со Стивеном Марлоу]
Dance With The Dead (Fawcett Gold Medal #s990, 1960) Shell Scott-17 Танец с мертвецом
(Танец со смертью)
Dig That Crazy Grave (Fawcett Gold Medal #s1144, 1961) Shell Scott-18
[*magazine publication as: The Morgue The Merrier - October 1960, Cavalier]
Раскопай эту чертову могилу
(Вырой-ка могилку получше)
Kill The Clown (Fawcett Gold Medal #1208, 1962) Shell Scott-20
[*magazine publication -  June 1957, Manhunt]
Убить клоуна
(Убей этого придурка)
Dead Heat (Pocket Books, 1963) Shell Scott-21 (Мертвая жара; Мертвый полицейский)
Joker In The Deck (Fawcett Gold Medal #k1376, 1964) Shell Scott-22 Джокер в колоде
The Cockeyed Corpse (Fawcett Gold Medal #k1462 , 1964) Shell Scott-23 Труп с выпученными глазами
Двойник мертвеца
Ранчо с мертвецом
Ранчо смерти
На ранчо снимается кино
(Косоглазый труп
; Самодовольный труп.)
The Trojan Hearse (Pocket Books, 1964) Shell Scott-24 Троянский катафалк
Рок на двоих.
Kill Him Twice (Pocket Books, 1965)  Shell Scott-25 Казнить его дважды
(Убей его дважды)
Dead Man's Walk (Pocket Books, 1965) Shell Scott-26 (Прогулка мертвеца)
The Meandering Corpse (NY: Trident Press, 1965)
[*original title: The Peripatetic Corpse ] Shell Scott-27
Странствующие трупы
The Kubla Khan Caper (Trident Press, 1966) Shell Scott-28
[*magazine publication -  April 1966, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine]
Дело "Кублай-хана"
(Капер "Кубла-хан")
Gat Heat (Trident Press, 1967) Shell Scott-29 Тепло оружия
(Горячий револьвер; Тепло револьвера)
The Cheim Manuscript (Pocket Books, 1969) Shell Scott-30
[*magazine publication as: Gun Play - August 1966, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine]
Рукопись Чейма
Тайна голливудского магната
(Рукопись Кайма)
Kill Me Tomorrow (Pocket Books, 1969) Shell Scott-31 Убей меня завтра
Последнее слово за мной.
Dead-Bang (Pocket Books, 1971) Shell Scott-32 Проснуться живым
(Наслаждение смертью)
The Sweet Ride (Pocket Books, 1972) Shell Scott-33 Приятная поездка
The Sure Thing (Pocket Books, 1975) Shell Scott-34 Верняк
The Amber Effect (NY: Tor, 1986) Shell Scott-35 Эффект Эмбера
Shellshock (Tor, 1987) Shell Scott-36 Шелшок
(Шелл-шок.*)
[*в названии игра слов: его можно перевести и как "Шок Шелла", и как медицинский термин "Невроз военного времени"]
The Death Gods (1st published by Linda Pendleton, Pendleton Artists, California: October 2011, Kindle Edition) Shell Scott-37
[*1000-page Shell Scott manuscript - 41 book (with SS collections)]

[--In Memory
  For Richard S. Prather (1921-2007), and dedicated to Richard's first cousin, Mildred Comstock, and to her daughter, Patricia Willis. I'm sure all three are joyously dancing and partying together in heaven.
 -Linda Pendleton
--Product Description:
  In “The Death Gods,” happy-go-lucky, Los Angeles Private Eye, Shell Scott, bulldozes his way thru thugs, often with light-hearted humor, and with a beauty or two along the way, in this final novel of the long-running Shell Scott Series by Richard S. Prather, published for the first time.
  Shell Scott is hired to locate a lost dog belonging to a local physician, Henry Hernandez, M.D. But Scott soon discovers the needs of Dr. Hernandez go far beyond his missing dog. There has been an attempt on the doctor’s life and Dr. Hernandez believes it is due to his knowing too much about a deadly virus that appears to be taking hold in the country. Dr. Hernandez sets out to not only prove to Shell Scott, but to the world, that the IFAI virus and the vaccine being developed by a well-known local medical researcher and his wealthy business partner, is a complete fraud. Shell Scott finds himself in deep and getting deeper by the hour in this battle of good against evil, life against death, and medical “quackery” against allopathic medicine. Can Scott convince a beautiful female medical author that the medical researcher she admires may not be all he claims to be? And what about Scott’s client, Dr. Henry Hernandez: is he a nut-case, a quack, as some claim? Shell Scott finds he is in the battle of his life and chances are he may not come out alive.
--From Linda Pendleton's Blog:
  In 2006, I asked Richard if I could do an interview with him. We did it by mail, and due to his declining health, it did take some time. I published the long interview in December 2006. During that time, Richard asked me to take his unpublished 1,000 page manuscript, The Death Gods, at his death and to do my best to market it. Following his death in February, 2007, I received the manuscript, all 1,000 pages, only a few of those pages typed, the balance, handwritten with lots of his blue felt pen notes squeezed between lines.
  The task seemed overwhelming and due to the length, agents and publishers did not find it an attractive opportunity. But I did not give up on publishing Richard’s work, as I felt strongly that his fans and new readers should have the opportunity to read the last Shell Scott mystery.
  So sixty-one, yes, Sixty-One years after Richard S. Prather’s tough, yet happy-go-lucky, Southern California detective, Shell Scott hit the pages of a book, the last Shell Scott mystery is now in print and in ebook formats. I am pleased with his story, with the book and with the cover I designed with Judy Bullard. I hope readers will enjoy Richard S. Prather’s last creation.
http://www.mydropsofink.blogspot.com/

 

Collections            Сборники:

Three's A Shroud (Fawcett Gold Medal #665, 1957) Shell Scott (collection)
Contents 3 novellas:
"Blood Ballot" (1954); "Dead Giveaway" (1957); "Hot-Rock Rumble" (1953).
Трое под одним саваном {содержание: 1. Кровавые выборы; 2. Внезапная догадка; 3. Дело об украденных драгоценностях.};
(Саван на троих)
Have Gat - Will Travel (Fawcett Gold Medal  #677, 1957) Shell Scott (collection)
Contents 6 stories:
"Sinner's Alley" (1953); "Code 197" (1955): "The Build-Up" (1955); "Trouble Shooter" (1956); "Murder's Strip Tease", (1952); "The Sleeper Caper" (1953).
Будет револьвер — будем путешествовать {содержание: 1. Улица грешника; 2. Параграф 197; 3.Подставной убийца; 4.Улаживатель чужих дел; 5.Стриптиз убийства; 6.Сногсшибательные проделки.};
(Имею "пушку" - готов путешествовать)
Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (Fawcett Gold Medal  #s1072, 1961) Shell Scott (collection)
Contents 7 short stories:
"The Best Motive" (1953); "Crime of Passion" (1954); "Squeeze Play" (1953); "Butcher" (1954); "Babes, Bodies and Bullets" (1958); "The Double Take" (1953); "Film Strip" (1960);
(Семь кровопролитий Шелла Скотта)
The Shell Scott Sampler (NY: Pocket Books, 1969)  Shell Scott (collection)
Contents 5 stories:
"The Guilty Party" (1965); "The Live Ones" (1957); "The Da Vinci Affair" (1966); "The Bawdy Beautiful" (1961); "The Cautious Killers" (1966).
(Образцовый Шелл Скотт)
Shell Scott's Murder Mix (NY: Trident Press, 1970) Shell Scott (omnibus)
(including 3 novels - "Dead Heat"; "The Cheim Manuscript"; "Kill Me Tomorrow".)
 
Hot-Rock Rumble and The Double Take (1994) Shell Scott (omnibus)  

Stories                                Рассказы и повести:

The Best Motive (January 1953, Manhunt; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961)
aka: Death's Head (March 1964, Manhunt) Shell Scott
 
Murder's Strip Tease (February 1953, Thrilling Detective; also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957) Shell Scott Стриптиз убийства.
The Sleeper Caper (March 1953, Manhunt;  also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957) Shell Scott Сногсшибательные проделки.
Sinner's Alley (April 1953, Adam; also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957) Shell Scott Улица грешника.
Hot Rock Rumble (June 1953, Manhunt; also in "Three's A Shroud", 1957)
aka: Hard Rock Rumble.    Shell Scott
Дело об украденных драгоценностях.
The Double Take (July 1953, Manhunt; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961)
aka: The Blonde Twist (December 1957, Man's World) Shell Scott
Двойной выигрыш.
Squeeze Play (October 1953, Manhunt; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961) Shell Scott  
Butcher (June 1954, Manhunt; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961) Shell Scott  
Blood Ballot (November 1954, Menace; also in "Three's A Shroud", 1957) Shell Scott Кровавые выборы.
Crime Of Passion (December 1954, Manhunt; and in: Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v15 # 1, June 1964] ed. Cylvia Kleinman;  also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961)
aka: The Barbequed Body (December 1956, Murder!) Shell Scott
 
Code 197 (June 1955, Manhunt; also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957) Shell Scott Параграф 197.
Trouble Shooter (January 1956, Accused; also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957) Shell Scott Улаживатель чужих дел.
The Build-Up (June 1956, Suspect; also in "Have Gat-Will Travel", 1957)
aka: Wired For A Frame (January 1960, Swank) Shell Scott
Подставной убийца.
Dead Giveaway (February 1957, Cavalier; also in "Three's A Shroud", 1957)
aka: The Case of the Three Wild Blondes.   Shell Scott
Внезапная догадка.
The Live Ones (January 1957, Escapade; also in "The Comfortable Coffin" Anthology ed. by R.S.Prather, 1960; also in "Shell Scott Sampler", 1969)
aka: Too Many Girls.   Shell Scott
 
Babes, Bodies and Bullets (April 1958, Cavalier; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961) Shell Scott  
Film Strip (January 1960, Ed McBain's Mystery Magazine {Ed McBain’s Mystery Book [# 1, 1960]}; also in "Shell Scott Seven Slaughters", 1961) Shell Scott  
The Bawdy Beautiful  (April 1961, Cavalier; also in "Shell Scott Sampler", 1969) Shell Scott  
The Guilty Party (1965, in "Come Seven, Come Death" (Anthology) ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket, 1965 ; also in "Shell Scott Sampler", 1969) Shell Scott Вечер, созданный для грехопадения.
The Da Vinci Affair (February 1966, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine; also in "Shell Scott Sampler", 1969) Shell Scott Афера да Винчи
Дело Да Винчи
The Bloodshot Eye (June 1966, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine; + Dean Davis’ Prather Web Site ) Shell Scott  
The Cautious Killers (November 1966, Shell Scott Mystery Magazine; also in "Shell Scott Sampler", 1969) Shell Scott Предусмотрительные убийцы.

Editor [Anthologies] :

The Comfortable Coffin: A Gold Medal Anthology. (NY: Fawcett Gold Medal #s1046, 1960)
[The 13th Mystery Writers of America Anthology —15 of their wisest, wickedest and wittiest stories edited by Richard S. Prather]
Contents:
The Bottled Wife (Michael Fessier);
A Coffin for Mr. Cash (Robert Arthur);
The Faith Of Aaron Menefee (Stanley Ellin);
My Queer Dean! (Ellery Queen);
- Your Cake And Eat It (
Berkley Mather );
Squeakie's Second Case (Margaret Manners);
First Man At The Funeral (Dion Henderson);
The Strange Case Of  Mr. Elsie Smith (Dana Lyon);
The Live Ones (R.S.Prather);
The Gentleman Caller (Veronica Parker Johns);
Mr. Portway's Practice (Michael Gilbert);
Fin de Siecle (William O'Farrell);
Kiss Me, Dudley (Evan Hunter);
To Strike A Match (Erle Stanley Gardner );
It Wouldn't Be Fair (
Jack Finney).

[--“This book has been designed...with the hope that while reading it you will smile, and chuckle, and-more than once-laugh out loud.” (the intro, by Prather in "The Comfortable Coffin").
--'one of the very best comic-crime anthologies ever published'. (Jack Adrian from "The Independent")]

(Комфортабельный гроб; Удобный гроб)

Названия, требующие уточнения:

Бродячий труп. (= Странствующие трупы. 1965) -???
Колода для игры в покер.

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R.S.Prather links:
                                               The Richard S. Prather / Shell Scott Website  by Dean Davis

                                           Exclusive interview with Richard S. Prather (2006), by Linda Pendleton

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