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Fredric Brown was an American science fiction writer known for his unique style and profound philosophical insights. His works covered a range of themes from horror to science fiction, and had a significant influence on later writers.

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“YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - hath to write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our concerts because the monsters weren't horrible enough -' He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.”

Imagination Science Fiction Fandom

Book:"FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in Hell

Source: "FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in Hell

“YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - hath to write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our covers because the monsters weren't horrible enough -' He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.”

Imagination Science Fiction Fandom

Author:Fredric Brown

“YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - had to write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our covers because the monsters weren't horrible enough -' He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.”

Imagination Science Fiction Fandom

Author:Fredric Brown

“YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - used write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our covers because the monsters weren't horrible enough' He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.”

Imagination Science Fiction Fandom

Author:Fredric Brown

“YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - used to write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our covers because the monsters weren't horrible enough' He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.”

Imagination Science Fiction Fandom

Author:Fredric Brown

“The human race will last. Everywhere and forever, for it will never be sane and only insanity is divine. Only the mad destroy themselves and all they have wrought. And only the phoenix lives forever.”

Death Humanity Madness Insanity Human Race Sanity Phoenix

Book:Letter to a Phoenix

Source: Letter to a Phoenix

“people are complicated; you can't label 'em with a word.”

Happy Camping Happy Playgrounds Happy Campers

Author:Fredric Brown

“True. And there are an infinite number of universes, of course, in which we don't exist at all - that is, no creatures similar to us exist at all. In which the human race doesn't exist at all. There are an infinite number of universes, for instance, in which flowers are the predominant form of life -or in which no form of life has ever developed or will develop.”

Science Fiction Infinity Extinction Evolutionary Biology Multiverse Many Worlds Many Worlds Interpretation Speculative Science Fiction Speculative Phase Space

Book:"FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in Hell

Source: "FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in Hell

“Ce sera, dit-il au garçon venu prendre la commande de son dessert, un supervibrateur subatomique antiextraterrestre”

Science Folie

Book:Martians, Go Home

Source: Martians, Go Home

“No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named.”

Stills Statistics

Author:Fredric Brown

“When you look out of a window, when you look at anything, you know what you're seeing? Yourself. A thing can only look beautiful or romantic or inspiring only if the beauty or romance or inspiration is inside you.”

Ifs Knows Looks Inspiration Beautiful Romance Seeing Window Seeing Yourself

Book:The Fabulous Clipjoint

Source: The Fabulous Clipjoint

“There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course, you have to be regarded as a genius to get away with it, and that's the hardest part - convincing everybody you're a genius.”

Ifs Writing Ends Stories Courses Wish Middle Genius Conflict Hardest Suspense Get Away Convincing

Author:Fredric Brown

“Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do.”

Mankind Sells

Author:Fredric Brown

“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door... Two sentences and an ellipsis of three dots.”

Men Stories Earth Lasts Rooms Doors Horror Sat Horror Stories

Author:Fredric Brown

About the Author

Born: October 29, 1906
Died: March 11, 1972
Known for: Fiction writer
Quotes: 14

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"FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in HellRelated source material

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