Best Selling Books by Fredric Brown

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century''s most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short): UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds ONE-SHOT, by James Blish SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder ZEN, by Jerome Bixby LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond RIYA’S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt And don''t forget to check out all the other volumes in the "Megapack" series! Search on "Megapack" in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering more science fiction volumes, plus adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, westerns, and much more!

In the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genre’s literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter—here are five of their finest works This is the first of two volumes gathering the best American crime fiction of the 1960s, nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade. In The Murderers (1961) by Fredric Brown, an out-of-work actor, hanging out with Beat drifters on the fringes of Hollywood, concocts a murder scheme that devolves into nightmare. This late work by a master in many genres is one of his darkest and most ingenious. Dan J. Marlowe’s The Name of the Game Is Death (1962) channels the inner life of a violent criminal who freely acknowledges the truth of a prison psychiatrist’s diagnosis: “Your values are not civilized values.” Written with unnerving emotional authenticity, the story hurtles toward an annihilating climax. Charles Williams drew on his experience in the merchant marine for his thriller Dead Calm (1963). A newlywed couple alone on a small yacht find themselves at the mercy of the mysterious survivor they have rescued from a sinking ship, in a suspenseful story that chillingly evokes the perils of the open ocean. In the beautifully told and sharply observant The Expendable Man (1963), Dorothy B. Hughes’s final masterpiece of suspense, a young man in the American Southwest runs afoul of racial assumptions after he picks up a hitchhiker who soon turns up dead. In twenty-four brilliantly constructed novels, Richard Stark (a pen name of Donald Westlake) charted the career of Parker, a hard-nosed professional thief, with rigorous clarity. The Score (1964), a stand-out in the series, finds Parker and his criminal associates hatching a plot to rob simultaneously all the jewelry stores, payroll offices, and banks in a remote Western mining town, only to come up against the human limits of even the most intricate planning. Volume features include an introduction by editor Geoffrey O''Brien (Hardboiled America), newly researched biographies of the writers and helpful notes, and an essay on textual selection.

A serial killer holds a city hostage by fear, while the lives of ordinary citizens are drawn into an inescapable spiral of greed and chance.

Logical add-on to the old phrase about a busybody never resting. Fred Brown''s Lenient Beast is a five-part narrative telling of the perfect crime. The killer is driven not out of lust, greed or any of the usual sobs, rather ''cause he cares so much for all of us. First published 1956.

A collection of columns by world-famous mystery and science fiction author, Fredric Brown, looking at all aspects of proof-reading from obscure rules of grammar and punctuation to tips on the best way to lay out a book. A must for any budding author who wishes to publish their own book and needs some tips on how to avoid the most common mistakes. Also includes several other rare and uncollected items by Fredric Brown including a mystery short story (Fatal Facsimile) that hasn''t been reprinted since it was first published 49 years ago; 24 humorous advice columns by the intrepid Colonel Cluck; a selection of Brown''s early attempts at poetry; and much, much more

Vice and murder prowl Chicago--and one man hunts a killer through the glittering Gold Coast and seamy back alleys. (1948 winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.)

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (34 pagine) - Un uomo contro un alieno: dal loro scontro dipende il destino di due civiltà. Un grande classico dal quale è stato tratto uno dei più famosi episodi di Star Trek Un uomo e un alieno, soli, su un pianeta inospitale. Sono chiamati a confrontarsi come campioni della propria specie, ma non hanno a disposizione armi, se non quelle che saranno in grado di costruisi da sé, con le poche risorse offerte dal pianeta. Fredric Brown firma un grande classico della fantascienza, dal quale nel 1967 Gene L. Coon trarrà (molto liberamente) l''omonimo episodio di Star Trek. Fredric Brown è nato a Cincinnati nel 1906 ed è morto a Tucson nel 1972. Apprezzatissimo scrittore di gialli vincitore del Premio Edgar, Brown è noto nella fantascienza soprattutto per i suoi straordinari racconti brevi e brevissimi, come il famoso Sentinella o La risposta, col quale nel 1954 anticipava in poche righe il moderno concetto di singolarità tecnologica, o ancora Arena, incluso tra i migliori 25 racconti di fantascienza di tutti i tempi e dal quale è stato tratto un celebre episodio di Star Trek. Brown ha in curriculum anche due dei più divertenti e brillanti romanzi di fantascienza dell’età d’Oro: Marziani, andate a casa! (1955, Delos Books), incluso da varie fonti nei cento migliori romanzi di fantascienza di tutti i tempi, e Assurdo universo (1949), che sotto l’ironia irresistibile di Brown anticipa temi che saranno al centro dell’opera di Philip K. Dick.

Ed and Am have gotten away from the Carney life. These days, they''re working for the Starlock Detective Agency. Ed''s first case is a wealthy client trying to sound out whether an investment''s worth it. But then he finds a body with its throat cut, and hears some external howling that might just be from a werewolf.

After his visit with advanced beings in space, a mouse returns to earth with a master plan to better the lives of all mice.

First published in 1943, THEe ^FREAKSHOWe ^MURDERS is a classic, but long-neglected, 9-chapter mystery novella by the king of twisted crime fiction, Fredric Brown. Set in the shadowy confines of a travelling carnival, complete with its own freaks, waxworks and grifters, Brown''s story collides the clandestine world of Tod Browning''s film Freaks with elements of violent murder, robbery and suspense to forge a gripping genre piece shot through with disquiet and the grotesque. This new edition of THEe ^FREAKSHOWe ^MURDERS also includes Brown''s 6-part 1942 story Ae ^CATe ^FROMe ^SIAM, a spiralling descent into bloody murder, psychosis, mind control and hallucination.

Defying time, Jack Breton crosses into a parallel world to regain Kate - the wife who, nine years earlier, was found raped and strangled in a lonely park. But, in the alternate time-stream Kate is married to his double, John. And for one husband to remain either Jack or John must die.

For an instant you think it is temporary blindness, this sudden dark that comes in the middle of a bright afternoon. It "must" be blindness, you think; could the sun that was tanning you have gone out instantaneously, leaving you in utter blackness? Then the nerves of your body tell you that you are "standing," whereas only a second ago you were sitting comfortably, almost reclining, in a canvas chair. In the patio of a friend''s house in Beverly Hills. Talking to Barbara, your fiancee. Looking at Barbara -- Barbara in a swim suit -- her skin golden tan in the brilliant sunshine, beautiful. . . . If you had to give your life so that you could live it over again -- would you? Could you? "Should" you?

A clever 1953 mystery set in the world of the carnies and written by an author as famous for his science fiction as his crime fiction titles--Fredric Brown.

Ce roman de science-fiction est une excellente et attrayante parodie de l''oeuvre de Wells: ##La guerre des mondes##. Inénarrable et vraiment farfelu, mais chef-d''oeuvre en son genre. [SDM].

The reason George Weaver is able to rent the house near Taos so cheaply is that a girl was murdered there eight years before. Nobody knows where she came from, or what became of her killer, but gradually Weaver begins to find out. And as the clues to the riddle of Jenny Ames emerges, he discovers that nothing is more treacherously seductive than an unsolved murder.

"I’m called Howie, or The Professor. I’m on Skid Row in Los Angeles because I want to know what it’s like to be a bum, from the inside. But I didn’t know I’d fall for a part-time hustler named Billie the Kid. I didn’t know I’d get mixed up in two killings, and that the cops would pin them on me..." -- http://www.centipedepress.com/crime/wenchisdead.html (as viewed on February 16, 2017).

A radio soap-opera scriptwriter finds himself in the thick of murder when an unknown killer begins acting out scripts that were written but never shown to everyone

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics "The Waveries," "Honeymoon in Hell," "Cartoonist," and many more! Included are: THE WAVERIES OBEDIENCE ALL GOOD BEMS FIRST TIME MACHINE BLOOD THE LAST MARTIAN MAN OF DISTINCTION VENGEANCE FLEET THE WEAPON MOUSE THE DOME GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES I -- Invisibility GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES II -- Invulnerability GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES III -- Immortality MILLENNIUM SECOND CHANCE CONTACT A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR SOMETHING GREEN CRISIS, 1999 AND THE GODS LAUGHED MITKEY RIDES AGAIN PLACET IS A CRAZY PLACE HONEYMOON IN HELL DAISIES DAYMARE CARTOONIST And don''t forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure stories, westerns, and much, much more! (Sort by publication date to see the most recent of our 100+ releases.)