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Sentry (short Story)
The bibliography of American writer Fredric Brown includes short stories, general fiction, mysteries and science fiction stories. Short stories ; 1938 * The Moon for a Nickel. ; 1939 * The Cheese on Stilts. * Blood of the Dragon. * There Are Bloodstains in the Alley. * Murder at 10:15. ; 1940 * Bloody Murder. * The Prehistoric Clue. * A Matter of Taste. * Trouble in a Teacup (also published as "Teacup Trouble"). * Murder Draws a Crowd. * Footprints on the Ceiling. * Town Wanted. * The Little Green Men. * Herbie Rides His Hunch. * The Stranger from Trouble Valley. * The Strange Sisters Strange. ; 1941 * Fugitive Impostor. * The King Comes Home. * Big-Top Doom. * The Discontented Cows. * Life and Fire. * Big-League Larceny. * Client Unknown. * Homicide Sanitarium. * Your Name in Gold. * Here Comes the Hearse. * Six-Gun Song. * Star-Spangled Night. * Wheels Across the Night. * Armageddon. * Little Boy Lost. * Bullet for Bullet. * Listen to the Mocking Bird. * You'll End Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.D. J. McReynolds, "The Short Fiction of Fredric Brown" in Frank N. Magill, (ed.) ''Survey of Science Fiction Literature'', Vol. 4. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1979. (pp. 1954–1957). He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the " short short" form—stories of 1 to 3 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 series ''Star Trek''. According to his wife, Fredric Brown hated to write. So he did everything he could to avoid it. He'd play his flute, challenge a friend to a game of chess, or tease Ming Tah, his Siamese cat. If Brown had trouble working out a certain story, he would hop on a long bus trip and just sit and think and plot for days on end. When Brown fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martians, Go Home
''Martians, Go Home'' is a science fiction comic novel by American writer Fredric Brown, published in the magazine ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in September 1954 and later by E. P. Dutton in 1955. The novel concerns a writer who witnesses an alien invasion of Earth by boorish little green men from Mars. Synopsis The story begins on 26 March 1964. Luke Deveraux, the protagonist, is a 37-year-old sci-fi writer who is being divorced by his wife. Deveraux holes himself up in a desert cabin with the intention of writing a new novel (and forgetting the painful failure of his marriage). Drunk, he considers writing a story about Martians, when, all of a sudden, someone knocks on the door. Deveraux opens it to find a little green man, a Martian. The Martian turns out to be very discourteous; he insists on calling Luke 'Mack,' and has little in mind other than the desire to insult and humiliate Luke. The Martian, who is intangible, proves to be able to disappear at will and to see throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Fredric Brown
Works may refer to: People * Caddy Works (1896–1982), American college sports coach * Samuel Works (c. 1781–1868), New York politician Albums * '' ''Works'' (Pink Floyd album)'', a Pink Floyd album from 1983 * ''Works'', a Gary Burton album from 1972 * ''Works'', a Status Quo album from 1983 * ''Works'', a John Abercrombie album from 1991 * ''Works'', a Pat Metheny album from 1994 * ''Works'', an Alan Parson Project album from 2002 * ''Works Volume 1'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * ''Works Volume 2'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * '' The Works'', a 1984 Queen album Other uses * Microsoft Works, a collection of office productivity programs created by Microsoft * IBM Works, an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system * Mount Works, Victoria Land, Antarctica See also * The Works (other) The Works may refer to: Music * ''The Works'' (Queen album), 1984 album by the British rock band Queen * ''The Works'' (Nik Kershaw album), 1989 album by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small amount of science fiction. His writing career lasted 60 years, including more than 30 years in television and film. He began his professional writing career immediately after graduation, aged 17. Best known as the writer of '' Psycho'' (1959), the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock, Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, who was the first to seriously encourage his talent. However, while he started emulating Lovecraft and his brand of ''cosmic horror'', he later specialized in crime and horror stories working with a more psychological approach. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as ''Weird Tales'' in his early career, and was also a prolific scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Fredric Brown
''The Best of Fredric Brown'' is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Fredric Brown, edited by Robert Bloch. It was first published in hardback by Nelson Doubleday in January 1977 and in paperback by Ballantine Books in May of the same year as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. The book has been translated into German and Spanish. Summary The book contains thirty-one short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction by editor Robert Bloch. Contents *"Introduction" (Robert Bloch) *"Arena" (from ''Astounding Science Fiction'', Jun. 1944) *"Imagine" (poem) (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', May 1955) *"It Didn't Happen" (from ''Playboy'', Oct. 1963) *"Recessional" (from '' The Dude'', Mar. 1960) *"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (with Carl Onspaugh) (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', Jun. 1965) *"Puppet Show" (from ''Playboy'', Nov. 1962) *"Nightmare in Yellow" (from ''Nightmares and Geeze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmares And Geezenstacks
''Nightmares and Geezenstacks'' is a short story collection consisting of 47 horror, science fiction and crime stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was first published in 1961 by Bantam Books and most recently republished by Valancourt Books. Contents * ''Nasty'' * ''Abominable'' * ''Rebound'' The Power” * ''Nightmare in Gray'' * ''Nightmare in Green'' * ''Nightmare in White'' * ''Nightmare in Blue'' * ''Nightmare in Yellow'' * ''Nightmare in Red'' * ''Unfortunately'' * ''Granny’s Birthday'' * ''Cat Burglar'' * ''The House'' * ''Second Chance'' * ''Great Lost Discoveries I - Invisibility'' * ''Great Lost Discoveries II - Invulnerability'' * ''Great Lost Discoveries III - Immortality'' * ''Dead Letter'' The Letter” * ''Recessional'' * ''Hobbyist'' * ''The Ring of Hans Carvel'' * ''Vengeance Fleet'' Vengeance, Unlimited”* ''Rope Trick'' * ''Fatal Error'' The Perfect Crime” * ''The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I'' * ''The Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon In Hell
"Honeymoon in Hell" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fredric Brown, first published in 1950 in literature, 1950. It was the title story of a short story anthology published in 1958. Contents Honeymoon in Hell*Too Far *Man of Distinction *Millennium *The Dome *Blood *Hall of Mirrors *Experiment *The Last Martian *Sentry *Mouse *Naturally *Voodoo *Arena (short story), "Arena" *Keep Out *First Time Machine *And the Gods Laughed *The Weapon *A Word from Our Sponsor *Rustle of Wings *Imagine Adaptations In 1956 the short story ''Honeymoon in Hell'' was adapted for radio on NBC's X Minus One program. In 1987, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro adapted ''Naturally'' into a short film entitled ''Geometria (film), Geometria''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Honeymoon In Hell 1958 short story collections 1958 short stories Fiction set in 1962 Fiction set in 1963 Short stories set on the Moon Short stories adapted into films Short story colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels And Spaceships
''Angels and Spaceships'' is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was initially published in hardcover by E. P. Dutton; a later Bantam paperback edition was retitled ''Star Shine''. Contents *"Introduction" (original essay by author) *"Pattern" (original) *"Placet is a Crazy Place" ( ''Astounding'' 1946) *"Answer" (original) *"Etaoin Shrdlu" ( ''Unknown'' 1942) *"Preposterous" (original) *"Armageddon" ''Unknown'' 1941) *"Politeness" (original) *" The Waveries" (''Astounding'' 1945) *"Reconciliation" (original) *"The Hat Trick" (''Unknown'' 1943) *"Search" (original) *"Letter to a Phoenix" (''Astounding'' 1949) *"Daisies" (original) *"The Angelic Angleworm" (''Unknown'' 1943) *"Sentence" (original) *"The Yehudi Principle" (''Astounding'' 1944) *"Solipsist" (original) The original stories are generally very short vignettes. Reception Anthony Boucher found the collection "contains a little of everything, from screwball fant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space On My Hands
''Space on My Hands'' is a 1951 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was first published by Shasta Publishers in 1951 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The story "Something Green" is original to this collection. The other stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', ''Captain Future'', ''Planet Stories'' and ''Weird Tales''. Contents * Introduction * "Something Green" * "Crisis" * "Pi in the Sky" * "Knock" * "All Good Bems" * "Daymare" * "Nothing Sirius" * "The Star Mouse" * "Come and Go Mad" Reception P. Schuyler Miller reported the collection to be "a selection of nine top-notch stories.""The Reference Library", ''Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue In Space
''Rogue in Space'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Fredric Brown, first published in 1957. Brown expanded two earlier novelettes ("Gateway to Darkness", published in '' Super Science Stories'' in 1949; and "Gateway to Glory", published in '' Amazing Stories'' in 1950) to form the novel. Plot summary In the book a sentient and powerful asteroid arrives in the solar system's asteroid belt after countless aeons of wandering interstellar space. Passing by another asteroid, the living asteroid makes its first ever encounter with other living beings - a likeable criminal involved in a life-and-death struggle with a corrupt and power-mad judge. The judge is eventually killed, but so too is his beautiful wife who had allied herself with the criminal, the couple falling in love. Whilst the god-like living asteroid builds a new world around itself, and blocks all mankind's efforts to investigate it, eventually the criminal returns to the planet with a small group. The senti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Colin
Margaret Colin (born May 26, 1958) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Margo Hughes on ''As the World Turns'' and as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on ''Gossip Girl''. Early life Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in Baldwin, New York, on Long Island. She is of Irish descent and was raised in a Catholic family; She graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1976, and after attended Hofstra University. Career Colin began her acting career in the soap opera ''The Edge of Night'', playing an heiress and former terrorist. In seven months on that show, her character survived seven murder attempts and ended up marrying her stepbrother. She followed that role with a longer stint on ''As the World Turns'', originating the role of Margo Montgomery, a character that endured nearly 30 years. She has appeared on a number of primetime television shows, starting with ''Foley Square'', ''Leg Work'', and several early episodes of ''Chicago Hope''. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Quaid
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy. He was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in ''The Last Detail'' in 1973. In 1978 he co-starred as a prisoner in '' Midnight Express''. Quaid also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in '' LBJ: The Early Years'' (1987). He also received Emmy nominations for his roles in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (1984) and ''Elvis'' (2005). Quaid is also known for his roles of Cousin Eddie in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' movies and Russell Casse in '' Independence Day'' (1996). He voiced Alameda Slim in the animated feature ''Home on the Range'' (2004). Early years and education Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, to Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" ( née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid (November 21, 1923 – February 8, 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
