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Title: From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown, Fredric Brown ISBN: 1-886778-18-3 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ingenious, Irreverent, Ironic -- The O. Henry of SciFi
Comment: This volume collects all Fredric Brown's short science fiction, and an entertaining collection it is. Surprise endings abound as Brown spins short sagas of science and the supernatural. A few of my favorites:
"Armageddon" begins with the end of the world.
"Arena" served as the inspiration for the Star Trek episode of the same name, but the savior of humanity confronts a much more formidable task than Captain Kirk did.
"Etaion Shrdlu," a sentient linotype printing press, eagerly absorbs knowledge from its jobs until....
"Knock" sports the shortest title in all science fiction literature and the creepiest beginning: "The last man on Earth sat in a room. He heard a knock on the door."
The stories run the gamut from knee-slappingly funny to disturbingly somber. If you like short science fiction, you'll love Fredric Brown.
Rating: 5
Summary: The master of short-short SF
Comment: If you like classic Science Fiction this volume should be in your collection. If you think you don't like SF, but enjoy well written fiction full of ideas, surprises, and humor you should try this.
Fredric Brown was deservedly famous, his short story "Arena" was voted into the SFWA Hall of Fame. His name may not be mentioned frequently anymore, but those that had the fortune of reading some of his stories never forgot him.
This is an excellent collection that brings back to print his unique and thoughtful stories. Many of the stories collected here are classics, many are less than one page long, but in that short space they pack their concept (and a punch) so effectively, and are so well crafted, that more words would only dilute the effect. Some of the stories may be a little outdated in the science part of the fiction, but even those stand the test of time as speculative fiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best consumed in small doses
Comment: When I was a lot younger (like, 40 years ago) Fredric Brown was one of my favorite authors. I read all five of his SF novels, quite a few of his mysteries, and most of his SF shorts. The latter are what make up this book. And while I have enjoyed reading (actually, for the most part, re-reading) these little gems, I have to say that they're more enjoyable taken two or three at a time than read in one continuous batch. Certain themes (time travel, mind control, narrowly-averted alien conquests, awesome powers gone awry) crop up again and again. An extraordinary number of his protagonists are alcoholics, or at least drunk. And his depiction of man/woman relationships is often leering. Still, most of these stories are fun, thought-provoking, or in some instances (e.g. Hat Trick) downright scary. I hesitate to give this book five stars; it's really more of a high four-star entry. But I'll give it the full five just because Brown's writing gave me so much pleasure, long ago!
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Title: Martians and Madness (Nesfa's Choice Series) by Fredric Brown, Ben Yalow ISBN: 1886778175 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Hunter and Hunted: The Ed and Am Hunter Novels by Fredric Brown ISBN: 0971818509 Publisher: Stewart Masters Publishing, Ltd. Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Transfinite: The Essential A. E. Van Vogt by A. E. Van Vogt, A. E. Van Vogt, Rick Katze, Joe Rico ISBN: 1886778345 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 by William Tenn, James A. Mann, Mary C. Tabasko ISBN: 1886778191 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C.M. Kornbluth by C. M. Kornbluth, Timothy P. Szczesiul, Timothy Szczesuil, New England Science Fiction Association, Tim Szczesuil, Frederik Pohl ISBN: 0915368609 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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