The Dice Man The Dice Man The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology. The novel is noted for its subversion, anti-psychiatry sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early 1970s. Due to its subversive nature and chapters concerned with controversial issues such as rape, murder and sexual experimentation, it was banned in several countries. Upon its
Frederick Roberts Rinehart Winston (now the Holt McDougal Division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Rinehart served as a vice president at the new company before retiring from publishing in 1963. Rinehart served as President of the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation. Incorporated in 1958, the foundation provides grants and editorial advice to promising writers. It also annually awards the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award to a woman writer of non-fiction. Rinehart married Elizabeth Sherwood from Geneva, NY. They had one child, Cornelia. Frederick Roberts Rinehart Frederick Roberts Rinehart (1902–1981) was an American book publisher. Rinehart was a son of mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart, a brother