From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown

by Fredric Brown

Other authorsBob Eggleton (Cover artist), Ben Yalow (Editor), Barry Malzberg (Introduction), Gerri Sullivan (Cover designer)
Hardcover, 2011-06

Status

Available

Call number

PS3503.R8135

Publication

The NESFA Press (Framingham, Mass., 2001). 1st edition, 4th printing. 693 pages. $29.00

Description

Short fiction originally published between 1941 and 1965.

User reviews

LibraryThing member BruceCoulson
Fred Brown was a writer justly famous for his short (sometimes VERY short) science fiction stories. Letter to a Phoenix, Knock, The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver...all of these gems and more are included. Highly recommended.
LibraryThing member roltgunner
An excellent and affordable collection of the works of Fredric Brown superbly printed. Beautiful collection
LibraryThing member scarequotes
There are a number of short stories in here that are far from perfect -- but you can't criticize a collection labeled "complete" for mixing up the one-star and five-star stories.

Back when I was a SF-addicted adolescent, Brown was one of my favorite writers. Unlike many of the authors I loved back
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then, though, Brown holds up from an adult perspective. In fact, many of his stories read better now than they did when I was mid-pubescent.

The famous classics are here, as are the non-famous classics, and plenty of stuff that was written for the paycheck and shows it. Even most of those show off his flair for turns of phrase. A few stories play like they were written to produce a rim-shot at the end.

A thorough pleasure.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

693 p.; 6.5 inches

ISBN

9781886778184
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