You can get Kindle editions The Fredric Brown Megapack (2 Book Series) for $2, which includes 60 of his stories, many of which have great surprise endings. I bought it and I see many of my favorites here, including "Arena."
From Wikipedia:
— Read the rest"Arena" is a science fiction short story by Fredric Brown that was first published in the June 1944 issue of Astounding magazine.
When I was in junior high school, I joined the Science Fiction Book Club. One of the books I got from the club was an anthology that included several stories by Fredric Brown (who was primarily a mystery writer but occasionally delved into science fiction). — Read the rest
In the 1970s I was a member of the Science Fiction Book Club. Whoever the art director was at the time, they were producing some excellent covers. I still have the Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom novels with Frank Frazetta covers and illustrations, but I somehow lost The Best of Fredric Brown (1976) with this Richard Corben illustration of a Yeti embracing an explorer. — Read the rest
A couple of days ago I wrote about one of my favorite SF and mystery writers, the late Fredric Brown. I just found out that you can get a a kindle edition called The Fredric Brown Megapack (2 Book Series) for $2, which includes 60 of his stories, many of which have great surprise endings. — Read the rest
One year ago today
The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction: The Mind Thing is an alien being (which looks like a turtle shell) that has been banished to Earth for committing crimes on its home planet.
Five years ago today
Terry Pratchett fan-afghan — the Pratchgan: It's a pretty special project and Mr Pratchett seemed to like the blanket. — Read the rest
Ebooks have never really taken off. I guess the readers are expensive and cumbersome, but I love reading books on my Sony Vaio (a color handheld that uses the Palm OS). Palm Digital Media sells lots of excellent books for the Palm OS, and the prices are quite reasonable. — Read the rest
I loved Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy. I also loved his 2019 novel, Dark Matter. It reminds me a bit of Wayward Pines in that the main character gets thrown into a bizarre world that is keeping me guessing. It also reminds me of one of my favorite science fiction novels of the past, What Mad Universe, by Fredric Brown. — Read the rest
[I met John Serge at a reading over the weekend. He read his short story called "Lucian's Gift," and it reminded me of short stories I've read and loved by Richard Matheson, Fredric Brown, and Roald Dahl. I asked John if I could run his story on Boing Boing and he kindly consented. — Read the rest
The 2017 Hugo nominees were announced yesterday; attendees at this year's World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California will choose from among them to pick this year's Hugo Award winners.
When I was in junior high school, I joined the Science Fiction Book Club. One of the books I got from the club was an anthology that included several stories by Fredric Brown (who was primarily a mystery writer but occasionally delved into science fiction). — Read the rest
(Image from Hang Fire Books Flickr stream)
Manybooks.net has pulp author Charles Willeford's noir novella Wild Wives available for free in a variety of ebook formats.
Willeford, along with Fredric Brown, is one of my favorite pulp crime fiction writers because his work transcends the genre. — Read the rest
Rudy woke up earlier than I did this morning, so he started blogging before I had a chance to introduce him!
I met Rudy Rucker around 1987 when he gave a reading at a High Frontiers Monthly Forum meeting in Berkeley, California. — Read the rest
I enjoyed the "carnie girls" collection of vintage paperback covers from the Good Girl Art website. Shown here are covers to two (sadly out-of-print) carnival-themed books I highly recommend: Madball, by Fredric Brown, and Nightmare Alley, by William Lindsay Gresham. — Read the rest
I was pleased to find this hardbound edition of The Lights in the Skies are Stars sitting in the "free" bin at the Studio City Public Library. Fredric Brown is one of my favorite authors, and this is a good novel, though not as good as The Mind Thing, Martians Go Home, or What Mad Universe. — Read the rest
