Peter Bryan George (March 24, 1924 - June 11, 1966) was a British author, most famous for the Cold War thriller novel Red Alert – pen name, Peter Bryant. Dr. Peter James George, C.M. (born 1941) is a Canadian economist and university administrator. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Red Alert is a 1958 novel by Peter George about nuclear war. ...

Life

He was born in Treorchy, Wales, and died in Hastings, East Sussex by suicide. George was deeply committed to nuclear disarmament and had been a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force (RAF). , Treorchy (Welsh: Treorci) is a village, although it used to be and still has characteristics of a town, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, South Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... U.S. and USSR/Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles, 1945-2006 Nuclear disarmament is the proposed dismantling of nuclear weapons, particularly those of the United States and the Soviet Union (later Russia) targeted on each other. ... A Flight Lieutenants sleeve/shoulder insignia Flight Lieutenant (abbreviated as Flt Lt and pronounced as flight lef-tenant, see Lieutenant) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. ... RAF redirects here. ...

Works

His best-known novel, Red Alert was written while a serving RAF officer, (hence the original use of a pseudonym: Peter Bryant - the Bryan being taken from his middle name). Drawn from personal experience, Red Alert was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's classic film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Red Alert is a 1958 novel by Peter George about nuclear war. ... Kubrick redirects here. ... For the hit 1987 single by Depeche Mode, see the album Music for the Masses Film poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film directed by Stanley Kubrick. ...

Due to interest in nuclear themes sparked by Stanley Kramer's film version of On the Beach in 1959, the film rights to Red Alert were sold that year, only to be handed around until Stanley Kubrick bought them in 1962, reportedly for as little as $3,500.^[1] Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was a Jewish-American film director and producer. ... On the Beach is a 1959 movie based on Nevil Shutes novel of the same name featuring Gregory Peck (USS Sawfish captain Dwight Lionel Towers), Ava Gardner (Moira Davidson), Fred Astaire (scientist Julian – John in the novel – Osborne) and Anthony Perkins (Australian naval officer Peter Holmes). ...

Peter George in fact wrote the screenplay for the film (in collaboration with Kubrick and Terry Southern), and was displeased with the overall satirical feel of the movie. After the film was released, he wrote a novelization of the screenplay, Dr. Strangelove, and dedicated it to the director. Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a work of fiction that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ...

George later wrote another novel to denounce the use of nuclear weapons, entitled Commander-I. He died in 1966 when he was working on his next novel, Nuclear Survivors.

Novels

• Red Alert (1958)
• Commander-I

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References

1. ^ palm eBook Store: Author: Peter George

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