And in a reversal of my typical policy, I'm including Fredric Brown mystery books in addition to his SF. That's because (1) I really like his mysteries [they're really great, any mystery fan should try them] & (2) many of them have been recently reprinted. Fredric Brown is one of SF's classic humourists. His speciality is short, short-short & really-short stories with a twist (or twisted) ending. He also wrote several memoriable novels: "Martians, Go Home" [where the earth is invaded by little green men that don't *DO* anything, but do watch. Watch everything. And make snide comments. I understand that it's being made into a movie], "What Mad Universe" [an alternate universe where pulp SF is real life] & "The Lights in the Sky Are Stars" [a fine serious story of a man who isn't going into space, but helps fight for the jupiter project]. Read most any Fredric Brown that you can find. [C] == Short Story Collection. aka == Also known by this other title. contains == The other book is a subset of this one /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com blackholesarewheregodisdividingbyzero-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brown, Fredric [William] [U.S.A., 10/29/1906-3/11/1972] What Mad Universe [1949] Space on My Hands [1951] [C] The Lights in the Sky Are Stars [1953] [aka "Project Jupiter"] Angels and Spaceships [1954] [C] [aka "Star Shine"] Martians, Go Home [1955] Rogue in Space [1957] Honeymoon in Hell [1958] [C] Nightmares and Geezenstacks [1961] [C] The Mind Thing [1961] Daymares [1968] [C] Paradox Lost [1973] [C] The Best of Fredric Brown [1976] [C] The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown [1982] [C] And the Gods Laughed [1987] [C] [contains "Honeymoon in Hell" & "Nightmares and Geezenstacks"] NSF [almost all mysteries] The Fabulous Clipjoint [1947] The Dead Ringer [1948] Murder Can Be Fun [1948] [aka "A Plot For Murder"] The Bloody Moonlight [1949] [aka "Murder in Moonlight"] The Screaming Mimi [1949] Compliments of a Fiend [1950] Here Comes A Candle [1950] The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches [1951] Death has Many Doors [1951] The Far Cry [1951] Night of the Jabberwock [1951] We All Killed Grandma [1952] The Deep End [1952] Madball [1953] Mostly Murder [1953] [C] His Name Was Death [1954] The Wench is Dead [1955] The Lenient Beast [1956] The Office [1958] One For the Road [1958] Knock Three-One-Two [1959] The Late Lamented [1959] The Murderers [1961] The Five-Day Nighmare [1962] Mrs. Murphy's Underpants [1963] The Shaggy Dog and Other Murders [1963] [C] Mitkey Astromouse [1971] [J] Before She Kills [1984] [C] Homicide Sanitarium [1984] [C] Carnival of Crime: The Best Mystery Stories of Fredric Brown [1985] [C] The Freak Show Murders [1985] [C] Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter [1986] [C] Red is the Hue of Hell [1986] [C] Sex Life on the Planet Mars [1986] [C] Thirty Corpses Every Thursday [1986] [C] Nightmare in Darkness [1987] [C] Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? [1988] [C] Whispering Death [1989] [C]