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.
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction
Series
Ed and Am Hunter
1. The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)
2. The Dead Ringer (1948)
3. The Bloody Moonlight (1949)
4. Compliments of a Fiend (1950)
5. Death Has Many Doors (1951)
6. The Late Lamented (1959)
7. Mrs Murphy's Underpants (1963)
1. The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)
2. The Dead Ringer (1948)
3. The Bloody Moonlight (1949)
4. Compliments of a Fiend (1950)
5. Death Has Many Doors (1951)
6. The Late Lamented (1959)
7. Mrs Murphy's Underpants (1963)
Outer Limits (with Diane Duane, Richard A Lupoff and Michael Marano)
The Outer Limits : Volume Two (1997)
The Outer Limits : Volume Two (1997)
Novels
Mitkey Astromouse (1941)
Murder Can Be Fun (1948)
aka A Plot for Murder
The Screaming Mimi (1949)
Here Comes a Candle (1950)
The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches (1951)
The Far Cry (1951)
Night of the Jabberwock (1951)
What Mad Universe (1951)
The Deep End (1952)
We All Killed Grandma (1952)
Madball (1953)
Project Jupiter (1953)
aka The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
His Name Was Death (1954)
Martians, Go Home (1955)
The Wench Is Dead (1955)
The Lenient Beast (1957)
Rogue in Space (1957)
The Office (1958)
One for the Road (1958)
Knock Three-One-Two (1959)
The Mind Thing (1961)
The Murderers (1961)
The Five-Day Nightmare (1962)
Homicide Sanitarium (1984)
Before She Kills (1984)
The Freak Show Murders (1987)
Thirty Corpses Every Thursday (1987)
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter (1987)
Red Is the Hue of Hell (1990)
Murder Can Be Fun (1948)
aka A Plot for Murder
The Screaming Mimi (1949)
Here Comes a Candle (1950)
The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches (1951)
The Far Cry (1951)
Night of the Jabberwock (1951)
What Mad Universe (1951)
The Deep End (1952)
We All Killed Grandma (1952)
Madball (1953)
Project Jupiter (1953)
aka The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
His Name Was Death (1954)
Martians, Go Home (1955)
The Wench Is Dead (1955)
The Lenient Beast (1957)
Rogue in Space (1957)
The Office (1958)
One for the Road (1958)
Knock Three-One-Two (1959)
The Mind Thing (1961)
The Murderers (1961)
The Five-Day Nightmare (1962)
Homicide Sanitarium (1984)
Before She Kills (1984)
The Freak Show Murders (1987)
Thirty Corpses Every Thursday (1987)
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter (1987)
Red Is the Hue of Hell (1990)
Omnibus
Collections
Space on My Hands (1951)
Angels and Spaceships (1954)
aka Star Shine
Honeymoon in Hell (1958)
Nightmares and Geezenstacks (1961)
Daymares (1968)
Paradox Lost (1973)
The Best of Fredric Brown (1977)
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown (1982)
And the Gods Laughed (1985)
From These Ashes (1985)
Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps (2007)
Angels and Spaceships (1954)
aka Star Shine
Honeymoon in Hell (1958)
Nightmares and Geezenstacks (1961)
Daymares (1968)
Paradox Lost (1973)
The Best of Fredric Brown (1977)
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown (1982)
And the Gods Laughed (1985)
From These Ashes (1985)
Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps (2007)
Novellas
Anthologies edited
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)
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)
The Great SF Stories 3 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 4 (1980)
Aliens! (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Great SF Stories 5 (1981)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
The Great SF Stories 8 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 7 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 10 (1983)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
The Great SF Stories 13 (1985)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
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)
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)
The Great SF Stories 3 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 4 (1980)
Aliens! (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Great SF Stories 5 (1981)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
The Great SF Stories 8 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 7 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 10 (1983)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
The Great SF Stories 13 (1985)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Short stories
Carvel | |||
Vengeance Fleet | |||
Armageddon (1941) | |||
Not Yet the End (1941) | |||
Etaoin Shrdlu (1942) | |||
The New One (1942) | |||
Runaround (1942) aka Starvation | |||
And the Gods Laughed [short story] (1943) | |||
The Angelic Angleworm (1943) | |||
Daymare (1943) | |||
The Geezenstacks (1943) | |||
The Hat Trick (1943) | |||
Nothing Sirius (1943) | |||
Paradox Lost [short story] (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 [short story] (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) |
Books about Fredric Brown
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