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Fredric Brown

USA  (1906 - 1972)
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About Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. His works have been periodically reprinted and he has a worldwide fan base, most notably in the U.S. and Europe, and especially in France, where there have been several recent movie adaptations of his work. He also remains popular in Japan.

Never financially secure, Brown - like many other pulp writers - often wrote at a furious pace in order to pay bills. This accounts, at least in part, for the uneven quality of his work. A newspaperman by profession, Brown was only able to devote 14 years of his life as a full-time fiction writer. Brown was also a heavy drinker, and this at times doubtless affected his productivity. A cultured man and omnivorous reader whose interests ranged far beyond those of most pulp writers, Brown had a lifelong interest in the flute, chess, poker, and the works of Lewis Carroll. Brown married twice and was the father of two sons.
 
Novels
Mitkey AstromouseThe Fabulous ClipjointThe Dead RingerMurder Can Be Fun
The Bloody MoonlightThe Screaming MimiCompliments of a FiendHere Comes a Candle
The Case of the Dancing SandwichesThe Far CryDeath Has Many DoorsNight of the Jabberwock
What Mad UniverseWe All Killed GrandmaThe Deep EndMadball
Project JupiterHis Name Was DeathThe Wench Is DeadMartians, Go Home
The Lenient BeastRogue in SpaceThe OfficeOne for the Road
Knock Three-One-TwoThe Late LamentedThe Mind ThingThe Murderers
The Five-Day NightmareMrs Murphy's UnderpantsBefore She KillsHomicide Sanitarium
Thirty Corpses Every ThursdayThe Freak Show Murders: Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series, Vol. 5Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter: Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series, Vol. 7Red Is the Hue of Hell
 
Collections
Space on My HandsAngels and SpaceshipsHoneymoon in HellNightmares and Geezenstacks
DaymaresParadox Lost: And 12 Other Great S.F. StoriesThe Best of Fredric BrownThe Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown
And the Gods Laughed: A Collection of Science Fiction and FantasyFrom These Ashes: The Short Science Fiction of Fredric BrownDaymare and Other Tales from the Pulps
 
Anthologies edited
Science-Fiction Carnival
 
Anthologies containing stories by Fredric Brown
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1951)
Science-Fiction Carnival (1953)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Best SF 2 (1956)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 7th Series (1958)
Best SF 3 (1958)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
The Unknown (1963)
Connoisseur's S.F. (1964)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Best SF 6 (1966)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1966)
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966)
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
The Stars and Under (1968)
14 Great Tales of ESP (1969)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1 (1970)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Science Fiction : The Great Years (1973)
Space Opera (1974)
Roots of Evil (1976)
     aka Weird Stories of Supernatural Plants
The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Great SF Stories 3: 1941 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 4: 1942 (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Great SF Stories 5: 1943 (1981)
The Great SF Stories 6: 1944 (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981)
The Great SF Stories 7: 1945 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 8: 1946 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 10: 1948 (1983)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
The Great SF Stories 13: 1951 (1985)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s (1989)
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (1996)
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
The Best Science Fiction StoriesScience-Fiction CarnivalThe Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th SeriesBest SF 2
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 7th SeriesFifty Short Science Fiction TalesThe UnknownConnoisseur's S.F.
An ABC of Science FictionBeyond the Curtain of DarkThe Playboy Book of Science Fiction and FantasyScience Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction
The Playboy Book of Horror and the SupernaturalThe Stars and Under14 Great Tales of ESPScience Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
The Edge of NeverScience Fiction : The Great YearsSpace OperaRoots of Evil
Science Fiction of the FiftiesAliens!The Great SF Stories 3: 1941The Great SF Stories 4: 1942
The Giant Book of Horror StoriesThe Great SF Stories 5: 1943The Great SF Stories 6: 1944A Treasury of Modern Fantasy
The Great SF Stories 7: 1945The Great SF Stories 8: 1946The Great SF Stories 10: 1948100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
The Great SF Stories 13: 1951The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940sThe Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of FantasyBlood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction
The Flying SorcerersThe Young Oxford Book of Aliens
 
Short stories
Armageddon (1941)
Not Yet the End (1941)
The Star Mouse (1941)
Etaoin Shrdlu (1942)
The New One (1942)
Runaround (1942)
     aka Starvation
And the Gods Laughed (1943)
The Angelic Angleworm (1943)
Daymare (1943)
The Geezenstacks (1943)
The Hat Trick (1943)
Nothing Sirius (1943)
Paradox Lost (1943)
Arena (1944)
Pi in the Sky (1944)
The Yehudi Principle (1944)
The Waveries (1945)
Placet is a Crazy Place (1946)
Knock (1948)
All Good BEMs (1949)
Come and Go Mad (1949)
Crisis, 1999 (1949)
Gateway to Darkness (1949)
Letter to a Phoenix (1949)
Mouse (1949)
Entity Trap (1950)
     aka From These Ashes
Honeymoon in Hell (1950)
The Last Martian (1950)
The Last Train (1950)
Man of Distinction (1950)
Obedience (1950)
Dark Interlude (1951) (with Mack Reynolds)
The Dome (1951)
The Joke Cartoonist (1951) (with Mack Reynolds)
     aka Garrigan's BEMs
Something Green (1951)
The Weapon (1951)
A Word from Our Sponsor (1951)
Me and Flapjack and the Martians (1952) (with Mack Reynolds)
Hall of Mirrors (1953)
Keep Out (1953)
Rustle of Wings (1953)
Answer (1954)
Blood (1954)
Daisies (1954)
Experiment (1954)
Naturally (1954)
Pattern (1954)
Politeness (1954)
Preposterous (1954)
Reconciliation (1954)
Search (1954)
Sentence (1954)
Sentry (1954)
Solipsist (1954)
Voodoo (1954)
First Time Machine (1955)
Imagine: a Proem (1955)
Jaycee (1955)
Millennium (1955)
Too Far (1955)
Expedition (1956)
Unfortunately (1958)
Nasty (1959)
Abominable (1960)
Contact (1960)
     aka Earthmen Bearing Gifts
Granny's Birthday (1960)
The House (1960)
Recessional (1960)
Bear Possibilty (1961)
Bright Beard (1961)
Cat Burglar (1961)
Dead Letter (1961)
Death on the Mountain (1961)
The End (1961)
Fatal Error (1961)
Fish Story (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries I-Invisibility (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries II-Invulnerabilty (1961)
Great Lost Discoveries III-Immortality (1961)
Hobbyist (1961)
Horse Race (1961)
The Little Lamb (1961)
Murder in Ten Easy Lessons (1961)
Nightmare in Blue (1961)
Nightmare in Gray (1961)
Nightmare in Green (1961)
Nightmare in Red (1961)
Nightmare In Time (1961)
Nightmare in White (1961)
Nightmare in Yellow (1961)
Rebound (1961)
The Ring of Hans Carvel (1961)
Rope Trick (1961)
Second Chance (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II (1961)
The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III (1961)
Three Little Owls (1961)
Aelurophobe (1962)
Puppet Show (1962)
Double Standard (1963)
It Didn't Happen (1963)
Ten Percenter (1963)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1965) (with Carl Onspaugh)
Carvel
Vengeance Fleet


Books about Fredric Brown
Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown
 

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