And in a reversal of my typical policy, I'm including Fredric Brown mystery
books in addition to his SF. That's because (1) I really like his
mysteries [they're really great, any mystery fan should try them] & (2)
many of them have been recently reprinted.
Fredric Brown is one of SF's classic humourists. His speciality is short,
short-short & really-short stories with a twist (or twisted) ending. He
also wrote several memoriable novels: "Martians, Go Home" [where the earth
is invaded by little green men that don't *DO* anything, but do watch.
Watch everything. And make snide comments. I understand that it's being
made into a movie], "What Mad Universe" [an alternate universe where pulp
SF is real life] & "The Lights in the Sky Are Stars" [a fine serious story
of a man who isn't going into space, but helps fight for the jupiter
project]. Read most any Fredric Brown that you can find.
[C] == Short Story Collection.
aka == Also known by this other title.
contains == The other book is a subset of this one
/John
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Brown, Fredric [William] [U.S.A., 10/29/1906-3/11/1972]
What Mad Universe [1949]
Space on My Hands [1951] [C]
The Lights in the Sky Are Stars [1953] [aka "Project Jupiter"]
Angels and Spaceships [1954] [C] [aka "Star Shine"]
Martians, Go Home [1955]
Rogue in Space [1957]
Honeymoon in Hell [1958] [C]
Nightmares and Geezenstacks [1961] [C]
The Mind Thing [1961]
Daymares [1968] [C]
Paradox Lost [1973] [C]
The Best of Fredric Brown [1976] [C]
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown [1982] [C]
And the Gods Laughed [1987] [C] [contains "Honeymoon in Hell" &
"Nightmares and Geezenstacks"]
NSF [almost all mysteries]
The Fabulous Clipjoint [1947]
The Dead Ringer [1948]
Murder Can Be Fun [1948] [aka "A Plot For Murder"]
The Bloody Moonlight [1949] [aka "Murder in Moonlight"]
The Screaming Mimi [1949]
Compliments of a Fiend [1950]
Here Comes A Candle [1950]
The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches [1951]
Death has Many Doors [1951]
The Far Cry [1951]
Night of the Jabberwock [1951]
We All Killed Grandma [1952]
The Deep End [1952]
Madball [1953]
Mostly Murder [1953] [C]
His Name Was Death [1954]
The Wench is Dead [1955]
The Lenient Beast [1956]
The Office [1958]
One For the Road [1958]
Knock Three-One-Two [1959]
The Late Lamented [1959]
The Murderers [1961]
The Five-Day Nighmare [1962]
Mrs. Murphy's Underpants [1963]
The Shaggy Dog and Other Murders [1963] [C]
Mitkey Astromouse [1971] [J]
Before She Kills [1984] [C]
Homicide Sanitarium [1984] [C]
Carnival of Crime: The Best Mystery Stories of Fredric Brown [1985] [C]
The Freak Show Murders [1985] [C]
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter [1986] [C]
Red is the Hue of Hell [1986] [C]
Sex Life on the Planet Mars [1986] [C]
Thirty Corpses Every Thursday [1986] [C]
Nightmare in Darkness [1987] [C]
Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? [1988] [C]
Whispering Death [1989] [C]
