Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston was an American writer, novelist, screenwriter and journalist (born 1956). He was born at Cambridge.

Also recorded as Douglas Jerome Preston; Douglas J. Preston.

Douglas Preston in brief

Born
1956
Known for
writer, novelist, screenwriter and journalist
Place of birth
Cambridge
Contents

Catalogued works

79 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1790 to 2008.

Aloysius Pendergast. Vincent D'Agosta. Wyman Ford. Gideon Crew. Reliquary. Riptide. The Book of the Dead. Tyrannosaur Canyon. Relic. Brimstone. The Monster of Florence: A True Story. The Ice Limit. The Codex. Cemetery Dance. Dance of Death. The Wheel of Darkness. The Cabinet of Curiosities. Still Life with Crows. Blasphemy. Gideon's Corpse. Gideon's Sword. Impact. Jennie. Mount Dragon. Thunderhead. Cold Vengeance. Two Graves. White Fire. Blue Labyrinth. The Kraken Project. Crimson Shore. The Obsidian Chamber. Beyond the Ice Limit. City of Endless Night. Crooked River. Old Bones. Face Off. SelectEditions--Volume 6 1999. The Lost City of the Monkey God. Le piege de l'architecte. Infierno de hielo. Noir sanctuaire. Lost Tomb. Le projet K (Thriller (11272)). The Relic. Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs. Más allá del hielo. Darkness - Wettlauf mit der Zeit. Ice Limit. Fever Dream. Le livre des trépassés (French Edition). Cauchemar génétique. El pozo de la muerte. Sangre fría (Inspector Pendergast 11). Bloodless - Carton of 10 Signed Copies. Agent Pendergast. Proyecto Kraken. Gideon Crew Collection. La cámara de obsidiana. El círculo oscuro. Kraken Project. Cabinet of Curiosities. Iblis. Het verdwenen eiland. Le Codex. The Ice Limit Lib/E. Bloodless. Sangre fría. Still Life in Interior, dated 1920–22, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.488. Candelabrum, dated 1902, bronze, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2003.170. Pendant, dated 1900–17, silver and amethyst, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2006.31. Blasphemy / by Douglas Preston., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection. Dinosaurs in the attic : an excursion into the American Museum of Natural History / Douglas J. Preston., dated [1986], held by Wellcome Collection. Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952., dated 1952, held by Wellcome Collection. The Second part of the witty jokes and entertaining exploits of George Buchanan . Commonly call'd the King's Fool. To which is added, witty and entertaining jests., dated 1790, held by Wellcome Collection. A diet for a lifetime., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: E-F, dated 1988-1989, held by Wellcome Collection. Later administration and monitoring of UK district nursing, dated 1927-1996, held by Wellcome Collection. PCR cloning protocols : from molecular cloning to genetic engineering / edited by Bruce A. White., dated [1997], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 16 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Paradox by Douglas Preston (MOBI), 2026. *Fyp!, Paradox by Douglas Preston (PDF), 2026. Extinction, 4.5 by Douglas Preston (PDF), 2026. Dewar, Brig. Michael Preston Douglas, (1 Oct. 1906–14 Dec. 1984), retired, Who Was Who, 2007. {epub download} Badlands by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Crimson Shore (2015) — Internet Archive. The Strange Case Of Monsieur Bertin (2019) — Internet Archive. The Lost City of the Monkey God with Douglas Preston (2021) — Internet Archive. Der Krater 2 — Internet Archive. An investigation of factors which degrade phase accuracy in a VLF relative navigation system (1966) — Internet Archive. Der Codex — Internet Archive. Der Krater 1 — Internet Archive. Dance of death (2005) — Internet Archive. Canionul tiranozaurului (2012) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Douglas Preston studied at Pomona College and The Cambridge School of Weston. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is thriller, science fiction and popular science literature.

Works named in the authority record are Aloysius Pendergast.

Chronology

  1. 1956Douglas Preston born at Cambridge.
  2. 1966An investigation of factors which degrade phase accuracy in a VLF relative navigation system digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2015Crimson Shore digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2019The Strange Case Of Monsieur Bertin digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2021The Lost City of the Monkey God with Douglas Preston digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Douglas Preston”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q742632: Douglas Preston

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