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Fredric Brown

Lifespan
1906 – 1972
Nationality
American
Active
1942 – 1960
Works held
6

Fredric Brown (1906–1972) was beloved in both science fiction and mystery for his ingenuity, humour and command of the sting-in-the-tail short story. ‘Arena’ (filmed for Star Trek), the novel What Mad Universe, and dozens of miniature masterpieces like ‘Answer’ show a writer who could turn an idea on a single sentence. Few have matched him at the science-fiction joke or the compressed shock ending.

The works

  1. 1960
    Cover of Earthmen Bearing Gifts Earthmen Bearing Gifts
  2. 1954
    Cover of Keep Out Keep Out Cover of Two Timer Two Timer
  3. 1953
    Cover of Hall of Mirrors Hall of Mirrors
  4. 1944
    Cover of And the Gods Laughed And the Gods Laughed
  5. 1942
    Cover of The Star Mouse The Star Mouse

Wrote across

1940s1950s1960s

Recurring themes

First ContactSpace OperaTime TravelSocial SFColonizationHard SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Alan Edward NourseAlfred CoppelCharles L. FontenayClifford D. SimakFrank Belknap LongFrederik PohlGeorge O. SmithH. Beam Piper

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettGeorge O. SmithStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterBryce WaltonNelson S. BondH. Beam PiperMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseFritz Leiber

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