The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown5/26/2023 ![]() His stories typically have a twist at the end, It is all about the story: there is hardly time for character development and so his tales depend on originality, surprise, mystery and in some of the longer ones suspense. When Brown finally returned home and sat himself in front of the typewriter, he produced work in a variety of genres: mystery, science fiction, short fantasy, black comedy–and sometimes, all of the above. ![]() If Brown had trouble working out a certain story, he would hop on a long bus trip and just sit and think and plot for days on end. He'd play his flute, challenge a friend to a game of chess, or tease Ming Tah, his Siamese cat. So he did everything he could to avoid it. ![]() This is from his wiki page:Īccording to his wife, Fredric Brown hated to write. He wrote mostly science fiction and mystery stories, which found their way into the pulp magazines and later were collected in book form. Apparently Brown has attracted a cult following being as popular now as he was when he produced most of his short stories between 19. Instead of getting a second hand copy shipped from America I took the easier option of downloading on my kindle the Frederic Brown Megapack of 33 of his short stories, five of which were featured in Space On My Hands. ![]() ![]() Searching for more science fiction from 1951 I came across by Frederic Brown. ![]()
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