Luke Rhinehart
American writer (1932–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Powers Cockcroft (November 15, 1932 – November 6, 2020), widely known by the pen name Luke Rhinehart, was an American novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer.[1] He is best known for his 1971 novel The Dice Man, the story of a psychiatrist who experiments with making life decisions based on the roll of a dice.[2]
Luke Rhinehart | |
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Born | George Powers Cockcroft (1932-11-15)November 15, 1932 Albany, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 6, 2020(2020-11-06) (aged 87) Canaan, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Humor |
Notable works | The Dice Man (1971) Adventures of Wim (1986) The Search for the Dice Man (1993) |
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The Dice Man was critically well received and a commercial success. It quickly became[3] and remains a cult classic.[4][5] It was followed by two spiritual sequels in Adventures of Wim (1986) and The Search for the Dice Man (1993) as well as a companion volume called The Book of the Die (2000).[2] Rhinehart wrote several other novels between 1986 and 2016 though none achieved the success of The Dice Man.[1]