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| − | '''''M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors''''', the original novel that inspired the ''M*A*S*H'' [[M*A*S*H (movie)|movie]] and [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|TV series]], was written by [[H. Richard Hornberger|Richard Hooker]], himself a former military surgeon, and was about a U.S. [[mobile army surgical hospital]] in Korea during the [[Korean War]]. It was originally published in 1968 and several sequels followed after the success of the TV series. William E. Butterworth (W.E.B. Griffin) is credited as co-author on most of the sequels, but may have actually ghostwritten them. |
+ | '''''M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors''''', the original novel that inspired the ''M*A*S*H'' [[M*A*S*H (movie)|movie]] and [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|TV series]], was written by [[wikipedia:H. Richard Hornberger|Richard Hooker]], himself a former military surgeon, and was about a U.S. [[wikipedia:mobile army surgical hospital|mobile army surgical hospital]] in Korea during the [[wikipedia:Korean War|Korean War]]. It was originally published in 1968 and several sequels followed after the success of the TV series. William E. Butterworth (W.E.B. Griffin) is credited as co-author on most of the sequels, but may have actually ghostwritten them. |
Beginning with ''M*A*S*H Goes to Paris'', all the later novels (except for ''M*A*S*H Mania'') largely left the original characters behind to focus on extraneous characters, mostly caricatures of public figures from the 1970s: for instance, operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti is parodied in the form of a singer named "Korsky-Rimsakov", and news anchor Dan Rather becomes the egotistical "Don Rhotten". |
Beginning with ''M*A*S*H Goes to Paris'', all the later novels (except for ''M*A*S*H Mania'') largely left the original characters behind to focus on extraneous characters, mostly caricatures of public figures from the 1970s: for instance, operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti is parodied in the form of a singer named "Korsky-Rimsakov", and news anchor Dan Rather becomes the egotistical "Don Rhotten". |
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Revision as of 11:48, 1 April 2006
M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, the original novel that inspired the M*A*S*H movie and TV series, was written by Richard Hooker, himself a former military surgeon, and was about a U.S. mobile army surgical hospital in Korea during the Korean War. It was originally published in 1968 and several sequels followed after the success of the TV series. William E. Butterworth (W.E.B. Griffin) is credited as co-author on most of the sequels, but may have actually ghostwritten them.
Beginning with M*A*S*H Goes to Paris, all the later novels (except for M*A*S*H Mania) largely left the original characters behind to focus on extraneous characters, mostly caricatures of public figures from the 1970s: for instance, operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti is parodied in the form of a singer named "Korsky-Rimsakov", and news anchor Dan Rather becomes the egotistical "Don Rhotten".
Series
- M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968)
- M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1972)
- M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1974), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans (1975), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to London (1975), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Miami (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood (1976), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Mania (1977)
- M*A*S*H Goes to Texas (1977), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow (1977), with William E. Butterworth
- M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal (1977), with William E. Butterworth