Anthony E. Pratt Anthony E. Pratt Anthony Ernest Pratt (10 August 1903 – 9 April 1994) was a musician and the inventor of the English detective themed board game Cluedo, currently owned and marketed by American entertainment company Hasbro. Pratt was born at 13 Brighton Road in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, England. He received his secondary education at St. Philip's School in Edgbaston. His favourite subject was chemistry, but he suffered from poor eyesight, which affected his education. Pratt was a gifted musician and a proficient pianist from an early age. When he left school at 15, he wanted to pursue
The Undying Fire (Pratt novel) The Undying Fire (Pratt novel) The Undying Fire is a science fiction novel by Fletcher Pratt. It was first published in both hardcover and paperback by Ballantine Books in 1953. The novel has also been translated into Italian. The book is an expansion of the author's novella "The Conditioned Captain," originally published in the magazine "Startling Stories" in the issue for May, 1953. The story involves an interstellar expedition to steal a neptunium motor from the planet Danaan, punctuated by various political and romantic complications. Groff Conklin, writing in "Galaxy Science Fiction", called the book "tenuous," rating it "far below