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Fredric Brown

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American novelist, short story author (1906-1972)

United StatesWritersLived 1906 to 1972 · aged 65
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Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form - stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well.

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Brown's "Honeymoon in Hell" was the cover story in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950.Brown's "Honeymoon in Hell" was the cover story in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950.

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1948Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel

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Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form - stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted into a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1906 to 1972 · aged 65
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27 languages

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