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Fredric Brown

Born

in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

October 29, 1906

Died

March 11, 1972

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers

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Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. His works have been periodically reprinted and he has a worldwide fan base, most notably in the U.S. and Europe, and especially in France, where there have been several recent movie adaptations of his work. He also remains popular in Japan.

Never financially secure, Brown - like many other pulp writers - often wrote at a furious pace in order to pay bills. This accounts, at least in part, for the uneven quality of his work.Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation

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Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Author.

(1906-1972) US author of detective novels and much sf, and for many years active in journalism. He is perhaps best known for such detective novels as The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947), which won an Edgar Award, but is also highly regarded for his sf, which is noted for its elegance and Humour, and for a polished slickness not generally found in the field in 1941, the year he published his first sf story, "Not Yet the End" (Winter 1941 Captain Future). Many of his shorter works are vignettes and extended jokes: of the 47 pieces collected in Nightmares and Geezenstacks (coll 1961), 38 are vignettes of the sort he specialized in (they feature sudden joke climaxes whose ironies are often cruel); this collection (plus additional stories) was assembled with Honeymoon in Hell (coll 1958) as And the Gods Laughed (omni 1987). Typical of somewhat longer works utilizing the same professional economies of effect are "Placet is a Crazy Place" (May 1946 Astounding), "Etaoin Shrdlu" (February 1942 Unknown) and "Arena" (June 1944 Astou

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Fredric Brown

American novelist and short story author

This article is about the science fiction and mystery writer. For others named Fred Brown, see Fred Brown (disambiguation).

Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown, date unknown
Born	(1906-10-29)October 29, 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1972(1972-03-11) (aged 65) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, short story author
Genre	Mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror
Notable works

Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972^[1]) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.^[2] 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 to a 1967 episode of the American television seriesStar Trek.

Life and works

Fredric Brown was born in Cincinnati.^[1]^[3] He spent a year at Hanover College