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} }) </script> </div> </form> </fieldset> <article class="entryArticle content STeditorial"> <header class="entryHeader icon-author"> <h1 class="entryTitle">Brown, Fredric </h1> </header><p class='tagLine'>Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.</p><div class="browsingBtns"> <span> <input class="button PNI previous" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?id=p&entry=brown_fredric'" value="Prev" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI next" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?&entry=brown_fredric'" value="Next" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI incoming" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/incoming.php?entry=brown_fredric'" value="About This Entry" title="What links to the entry; contributor initials explained; how to cite; other information" /> </span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Checklist" onclick="window.location.hash='chklst'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Alpha" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=brown_fredric&abc'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Chron" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=brown_fredric'" ></span> <span style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('/gallery.php?link=brown_fredric');"> <img alt="Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com" style="margin: 0; position: relative; top:-2px;" src="/images/icon-gal.gif"></img></span> </div><p style='float:right; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:10px; position: relative; top: 3px;'> <a href='/gallery.php?id=Brown-HereComesCandle.jpg' target='_blank'> <img src='https://x.sf-encyclopedia.com/gal/thumbs/Brown-HereComesCandle.jpg' alt='pic'></a></p> <p>(1906-1972) US author of detective novels and much sf, and for many years active in journalism. He is perhaps best known for such detective novels as <i>The Fabulous Clipjoint</i> (<b>1947</b>), which won an Edgar Award, but is also highly regarded for his sf, which is noted for its elegance and <a href="/entry/humour">Humour</a>, and for a polished slickness not generally found in the field in 1941, the year he published his first sf story, "Not Yet the End" (Winter 1941 <a href="/entry/captain_future">Captain Future</a>). Many of his shorter works are vignettes and extended jokes: of the 47 pieces collected in <i>Nightmares and Geezenstacks</i> (coll <b>1961</b>), 38 are vignettes of the sort he specialized in (they feature sudden joke climaxes whose ironies are often cruel); this collection (plus additional stories) was assembled with <i>Honeymoon in Hell</i> (coll <b>1958</b>) as <i>And the Gods Laughed</i> (omni <b>1987</b>). Typical of somewhat longer works utilizing the same professional economies of effect are "Placet is a Crazy Place" (May 1946 <a href="/entry/asf">Astounding</a>), "Etaoin Shrdlu" (February 1942 <a href="/entry/unknown">Unknown</a>) and "Arena" (June 1944 <a href="/entry/asf">Astounding</a>). The latter was adapted for the original <a href="/entry/star_trek">Star Trek</a> television series as "Arena" (<i>1967</i>) and was among the sf stories selected by <a href="/entry/sfwa">Science Fiction Writers of America</a> members for inclusion in <i>Science Fiction Hall of Fame</i> (anth <b>1970</b>) edited Robert <a href="/entry/silverberg_robert">Silverberg</a>. It tells of the settling of an interstellar <a href="/entry/future_war">Future War</a> through single combat between a human and an <a href="/entry/aliens">Alien</a>. Brown is possibly at his best in these shorter forms, where his elegant and seemingly comfortable wit, its <a href="/entry/iconoclasm">Iconoclasm</a> carefully directed at targets whose defacing sf readers would appreciate, had greatest scope; a posthumous collection, <i>From these Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown</i> (coll <b>2001</b>), assembles all his short work in one volume.</p> <p>Brown's sf novels are by no means without merit. The first and most famous of them, <i>What Mad Universe</i> (September 1948 <a href="/entry/startling_stories">Startling</a>; exp <b>1949</b>), is a cleverly complex <a href="/entry/alternate_history">Alternate-History</a> story in which various <a href="/entry/pulp">Pulp</a> sf conventions turn out – it is a nice <a href="/entry/satire">Satirical</a> touch – to be true history (see <a href="/entry/recursive_sf">Recursive SF</a>). <i>The Lights in the Sky Are Stars</i> (<b>1953</b>; vt <i>Project Jupiter</i> <b>1954</b>) depicts mankind at the turn of the twenty-first century and on the verge of star travel; the true subject of the tale might, movingly, be thought to be the <a href="/entry/sense_of_wonder">Sense of Wonder</a> itself. <i>Martians, Go Home</i> (<b>1955</b>) describes the infestation of Earth by <a href="/entry/little_green_men">Little Green Men</a> who drive everyone nearly crazy, until the sf writer who has perhaps imagined them into existence imagines them gone again; however, he is himself a figment of a larger imagination, so that in the end it is reality itself that dissolves into a higher, claustrophobic solipsism. In <i>The Mind Thing</i> (<b>1961</b>) a stranded alien attempts to get back home using its ability to ride human minds piggyback; the experience is fatal for those possessed.</p> <p>None of these novels is negligible, and their unfailing cynicism about the nature of sf and of the creative act itself are bracingly corrosive; but it is perhaps the case, at least in Brown's sf writing, that his short stories, with their natty momentum and the sudden flushes of humane emotion that transfigure so many of them, have proved more successful in the long run. Brown was a kind of internal exile in the field of sf, but in the end his gaze is marginally warmer than might have been expected. [JC]</p> <p><b>see also:</b> <a href="/entry/advertising">Advertising</a>; <a href="/entry/ai">AI</a>; <a href="/entry/amnesia">Amnesia</a>; <a href="/entry/chess">Chess</a>; <a href="/entry/computers">Computers</a>; <a href="/entry/cordwainer_smith_rediscovery_award">Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award</a>; <a href="/entry/ec_comics">EC Comics</a>; <a href="/entry/games_and_sports">Games and Sports</a>; <a href="/entry/hive_minds">Hive Minds</a>; <a href="/entry/internet">Internet</a>; <a href="/entry/invasion">Invasion</a>; <a href="/entry/media_landscape">Media Landscape</a>; <a href="/entry/nuclear_energy">Nuclear Energy</a>; <a href="/entry/paranoia">Paranoia</a>; <a href="/entry/pastoral">Pastoral</a>; <a href="/entry/physics">Physics</a>; <a href="/entry/rays">Rays</a>; <a href="/entry/religion">Religion</a>; <a href="/entry/secret_masters">Secret Masters</a>; <a href="/entry/space_flight">Space Flight</a>; <a href="/entry/stars">Stars</a>; <a href="/entry/time_distortion">Time Distortion</a>.</p> <h3 id="chklst">Fredric William Brown</h3> <p><b>born</b> Cincinnati, Ohio: 29 October 1906</p> <p><b>died</b> Tucson, Arizona: 11 March 1972</p> <p><b>works</b></p> <p><input type="button" value="Alphabetical" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=brown_fredric&abc'"> <input type="button" value="Chronological" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=brown_fredric'"></p> <p><b>series</b></p> <p><b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b></p> <p>A mixture of sf and fantasy, but mostly associational; listed for convenience.</p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Homicide+Sanitarium&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Homicide Sanitarium</a></em> (San Antonio, Texas: Dennis McMillan, <b>1984</b>) [coll: #1: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Before+She+Kills&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Before She Kills</a></em> (San Diego, California: Dennis McMillan, <b>1984</b>) [coll: #2: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Madman+Holiday&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Madman's Holiday</a></em> (Volcano, Hawaii: Dennis McMillan, <b>1984</b>) [coll: #3: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Case+of+the+Dancing+Sandwiches&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches</a></em> (Volcano, Hawaii: Dennis McMillan, <b>1985</b>) [coll: #4: contains <em>The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches</em> (New York: Dell Books, <b>1951</b>): <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Freak+Show+Murders&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Freak Show Murders</a></em> (Belen, New Mexico: Dennis McMillan, <b>1985</b>) [coll: #5: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Thirty+Corpses+Every+Thursday&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Thirty Corpses Every Thursday</a></em> (Belen, New Mexico: Dennis McMillan, <b>1986</b>) [coll: #6: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Pardon+My+Ghoulish+Laughter&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1986</b>) [coll: #7: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Red+Is+the+Hue+of+Hell&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Red Is the Hue of Hell</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1986</b>) [coll: #8: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/William L McMillan]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Brother+Monster&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Brother Monster</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1987</b>) [coll: #9: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Sex+Life+on+the+Planet+Mars&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Sex Life on the Planet Mars</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1986</b>) [coll: #10: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Phil <a href="/entry/foglio_phil">Foglio</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Nightmare+in+Darkness&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Nightmare in Darkness</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1987</b>) [coll: #11: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Who+Was+that+Blonde+I+Saw+You+Kill+Last+Night&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Who Was that Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night?</a></em> (Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan, <b>1988</b>) [coll: #12: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Three-Corpse+Parlay&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Three-Corpse Parlay</a></em> (Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan, <b>1988</b>) [coll: #13: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Selling+Death+Short&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Selling Death Short</a></em> (Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan, <b>1988</b>) [coll: #14: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Whispering+Death&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Whispering Death</a></em> (Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan, <b>1989</b>), [coll: #15: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Happy+Ending&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Happy Ending</a></em> (Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan, <b>1990</b>) [coll: #16: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Water-Walker&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Water-Walker</a></em> (Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan, <b>1990</b>) [coll: #17: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Gibbering+Night&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Gibbering Night</a></em> (Hilo, Hawaii: Dennis McMillan, <b>1991</b>) [coll: #18: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Pickled+Punks&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Pickled Punks</a></em> (Hilo, Hawaii: Dennis McMillan, <b>1991</b>) [coll: #19: <b>Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps</b>: hb/Joe <a href="/entry/servello_joe">Servello</a>]</li> </ul> <p><b>individual titles</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Fabulous+Clipjoint&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Fabulous Clipjoint</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1947</b>) [hb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=What+Mad+Universe&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">What Mad Universe</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1949</b>) [hb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Lights+in+the+Sky+Are+Stars&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Lights in the Sky Are Stars</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1953</b>) [hb/Koha] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Project+Jupiter&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Project Jupiter</a></em> (London: T V Boardman, <b>1954</b>) [vt of the above: hb/Ron <a href="/entry/turner_ron">Turner</a>]</li> </ul></li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Martians+Go+Home&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Martians, Go Home</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1955</b>) [hb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Rogue+in+Space&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Rogue in Space</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1957</b>) [fixup: first appeared November 1949 <a href="/entry/super_science_stories">Super Science Stories</a> as "Gateway to Darkness" and October 1950 <a href="/entry/amazing">Amazing</a> as "Gateway to Glory": hb/H Lawrence Hoffman]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Mind+Thing&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Mind Thing</a></em> (New York: Bantam Books, <b>1961</b>) [pb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Mitkey+Astromouse&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Mitkey Astromouse</a></em> (New York: Harlin Quist, <b>1971</b>) [chap: juvenile: illus/hb/Heinz Edelman]</li> </ul> <p><b>collections and stories</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Space+on+My+Hands&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Space on My Hands</a></em> (Chicago, Illinois: Shasta Publishers, <b>1951</b>) [coll: hb/Malcolm Smith]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Angels+and+Spaceships&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Angels and Spaceships</a></em> (New York: E P Dutton, <b>1954</b>) [coll: hb/Koha] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Star+Shine&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Star Shine</a></em> (New York: Bantam Books, <b>1956</b>) [coll: vt of the above: pb/Richard <a href="/entry/powers_richard_m">Powers</a>]</li> </ul></li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Honeymoon+in+Hell&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Honeymoon in Hell</a></em> (New York: Bantam Books, <b>1958</b>) [coll: pb/from Hieronymus Bosch]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Nightmares+and+Geezenstacks&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Nightmares and Geezenstacks</a></em> (New York: Bantam Books, <b>1961</b>) [coll: pb/from Hieronymus Bosch] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+Short+Stories+of+Fredric+Brown&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown</a></em> (Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, <b>1982</b>) [omni of the above plus <em>Space on My Hands</em>: pb/Tim <a href="/entry/white_tim">White</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=And+the+Gods+Laughed&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">And the Gods Laughed</a></em> (West Bloomfield, Michigan: Phantasia Press, <b>1987</b>) [omni of <em>Honeymoon in Hell</em> and <em>Nightmares and Geezenstacks</em>, with additional stories: hb/Kelly <a href="/entry/freas_kelly">Freas</a>]</li> </ul></li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Daymares&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Daymares</a></em> (New York: Lancer Books, <b>1968</b>) [coll: pb/Howard Winters]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Paradox+Lost+and+Twelve+Other+Great+Science&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories</a></em> (New York: Random House, <b>1973</b>) [coll: hb/Wendell <a href="/entry/minor_wendell">Minor</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+of+Fredric+Brown&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best of Fredric Brown</a></em> (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, <b>1976</b>) [coll: hb/Richard <a href="/entry/corben_richard">Corben</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=From+These+Ashes+The+Complete+Short+SF+of&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown</a></em> (Framingham, Massachusetts: The NESFA Press, <b>2001</b>) [coll: hb/Bob <a href="/entry/eggleton_bob">Eggleton</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Martians+and+Madness+The+Complete+SF+Novels+of&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown</a></em> (Framingham, Massachusetts: The NESFA Press, <b>2002</b>) [omni: hb/Bob <a href="/entry/eggleton_bob">Eggleton</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Here+Comes+a+Candle&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Here Comes a Candle</a></em> (Lakewood, Colorado: Millipede Press, <b>2006</b>) [coll: assembling the title novel from 1950 plus other material: hb/image from <em>Nosferatu</em>, <em>1922</em>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Daymare+and+Other+Tales+from+the+Pulps&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps</a></em> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press, <b>2007</b>) [coll: hb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Earthmen+Bearing+Gifts&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Earthmen Bearing Gifts</a></em> (no place given: Project Gutenberg, <b>2008</b>) [story: ebook: first appeared June 1960 <a href="/entry/galaxy">Galaxy</a>: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Keep+Out&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Keep Out</a></em> (no place given: Project Gutenberg, <b>2009</b>) [story: ebook: first appeared March 1954 <a href="/entry/amazing">Amazing</a>: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Happy+Ending&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Happy Ending</a></em> (no place given: Project Gutenberg, <b>2009</b>) with Mack <a href="/entry/reynolds_mack">Reynolds</a> [story: ebook: first appeared September 1957 <a href="/entry/fantastic_universe">Fantastic Universe</a>: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Hall+of+Mirrors&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Hall of Mirrors</a></em> (no place given: Project Gutenberg, <b>2009</b>) [story: ebook: first appeared December 1953 <a href="/entry/galaxy">Galaxy</a>: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Two+Timer&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Two Timer</a></em> (no place given: Project Gutenberg, <b>2009</b>) [story: ebook: two vignettes making one story: first appeared February 1954 <a href="/entry/galaxy">Galaxy</a>: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Proofreaders+Page+and+other+Uncollected+Items&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Proofreaders' Page and other Uncollected Items</a></em> (Leeds, West Yorkshire: Galactic Central Publications, <b>2011</b>) [nonfiction: coll: with story and poems: edited by Phil <a href="/entry/stephensen-payne_phil">Stephensen-Payne</a>: hb/Hannes <a href="/entry/bok_hannes">Bok</a>]</li> </ul> <p><b>works as editor</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Science+Fiction+Carnival+Fun+in+Science-Fiction&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Science Fiction Carnival: Fun in Science-Fiction</a></em> (Chicago, Illinois: Shasta Publishers, <b>1953</b>) with Mack <a href="/entry/reynolds_mack">Reynolds</a> [anth: hb/Adri Ames] <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Science+Fiction+Carnival+Fun+in+Science-Fiction&field-author=Brown+Fredric" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Science Fiction Carnival: Fun in Science-Fiction</a></em> (New York: Bantam Books, <b>1957</b>) with Mack <a href="/entry/reynolds_mack">Reynolds</a> [anth: cut version of the above: pb/]</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><b>about the author</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li>Newton Baird. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=A+Key+to+Fredric+Brown+Wonderland+A+Study+and&field-author=Newton+Baird" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">A Key to Fredric Brown's Wonderland: A Study and an Annotated Bibliographical Checklist</a></em> (Georgetown, California: Talisman Literary Research, <b>1981</b>) [nonfiction: chap: pb/nonpictorial]</li> <li>Jack <a href="/entry/seabrook_jack">Seabrook</a>. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Martians+and+Misplaced+Clues+The+Life+and+Work&field-author=Seabrook+Jack" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown</a></em> (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, <b>1993</b>) [nonfiction: pb/Gary Dumm]</li> </ul> <p><b>links</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/32063">Project Gutenberg</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/gallery.php?link=brown_fredric">Picture 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