Showing posts with label fredric brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fredric brown. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fredric Brown - Mrs. Murphy's Underpants (1963)


#7, and final, of the Uncle Am & Andy series.

Note: There are also two short stories in this series which are available as part of a Fredric Brown short story collection.

Fredric Brown - The Late Lamented (1959)


#6 in the Uncle Am and Andy series

Fredric Brown - Death has Many Doors (1951)


#5 in the Uncle Am and Andy series

Fredric Brown - The Bloody Moonlight (1949)


3rd in the Uncle Am & Andy series
From amazon.com
Product Description
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.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Blackmask.com (August 30, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596541172
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596541177
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches

Fredric Brown - The Dead Ringer (1948)

2nd in the Uncle Am & Andy series
From amazon.com:

Product Description
Three murders were too many for Ed Hunter. Not even a dazzling redhead from the carnival's girl show could keep Ed altogether happy--not with a murderer running loose. Then Ed found it was up to him and his Uncle Am to find the killer among the freaks and strippers of the carnival--a killer who chose his victims according to size!
Ed and his Uncle Am are back, working in a travelling carnival through the Midwest. Bodies, though smallish in stature, keep piling up, and Ed finds himself head over heels in love. Fascinating for the insights into carnival life that this book provides.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Blackmask.com (August 30, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596541180
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596541184
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.9 inches

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Fredric Brown - What Mad Universe (1949)

As a fan of Fredric Brown's crime novels, I thought I'd check out some of his sci-fi and I picked this one to start me off. My favorite science fiction author is Philip K Dick, and this book reminded me a lot of some of his stuff, although this book tended to get a little bit more "Star-Trekky" towards the end, but that's fine with me as well as I don't mind Star Trek either.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Fredric Brown - The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)


One of my all-time favorites, this was Fredric Brown's debut novel and also the first in a series of seven novels featuring Ed and Am Hunter. The entire book is available for download (for free) on the following website:

http://www.munseys.com/book/27436/Fabulous_Clipjoint,_The