Damn, it's been pretty long since anybody has posted anything here on our own little FB mad universe. I just finished one of Fred's books, so I thought it...
melrosejackson@...
Jul 9, 2001 1:07 am
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... That is one of the books I have yet to read. There are two or three titles (this, Wench, Office, and The Murderers) that I've delayed reading because to...
James Roberts
jamesroberts@...
Jul 10, 2001 3:59 am
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... Might I suggest that you'll enjoy THE OFFICE when you get around to it -- it's the closest thing I know of by way of an autobiography by Brown, although of...
ghcbnf@...
Jul 18, 2001 2:31 pm
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... I have that on my shelf of next books to read. That, plus the McMillan-edited version, too. Amazingly, that title has remained in my little public...
James Roberts
jamesroberts@...
Jul 21, 2001 10:21 pm
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I recently added a few things to my Fredric Brown collection and was rebuffed in my attempt to add another. 1.) THE OFFICE. I purchased the McMillan edition...
melrosejackson@...
Jul 22, 2001 1:07 am
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... You're right about "Office" -- the jacket on that is a piece of art. In fact, I have a poster in my basement that has uncut proofs of "Office" and ...
James Roberts
jamesroberts@...
Jul 22, 2001 3:51 am
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... The McMillan-edited version is supposed to be the *unexpurgated* version; the original 1948 Dutton edition has some editorial cuts of stuff considered too...
Joe Fann
ghcbnf@...
Jul 24, 2001 2:34 pm
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... I paid $60 for my copy of the McMillan edition of THE OFFICE, too. The same bookseller had SEX LIFE for $125 but I declined to buy it, considering that...
Joe Fann
ghcbnf@...
Jul 24, 2001 2:37 pm
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I came across the following article in Vol. 4 No. 10 of The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News. It accompanied the announcement of one of “next month’s Unicorn...
Roger Stewart
crotalus94502@...
Jul 27, 2001 6:03 am
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Hi, First, I want to thank Roger for the great post from Unicorn Book News. I enjoyed it very much, esp. Fred refering to The Fabulous Clipjoint as speaking...
melrosejackson@...
Jul 29, 2001 7:35 am
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Poul Anderson, the marvelous science fiction novelist and short story writer, died near midnight Tuesday, July 31. He was 74, which doesn't seem that old any...
James Roberts
jamesroberts@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:49 pm
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I remember Poul but a little. I recall he lived in Berkeley, or nearby in the north Bay Area of San Francisco. My dad brought me there a few times when he was...
linnlbrown@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:29 am
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... the ... he ... Nice tribute. It's those small things that have more weight for me than all of the grand tributes combined. We will miss him. Chuck Harvey ...
Chuck Harvey
charvey@...
Aug 3, 2001 1:04 pm
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... Poul lived in Orinda, an upscale bedroom community the other side of Tilden Park east of Berkeley. The bridge he crossed to get to San Quentin was the...
Joe Fann
ghcbnf@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:47 pm
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Hi, About the story "Homicide Sanitarium", I noticed that the first date of publication was different from a book to another, although still from the same...
emmanuel jackson
caradras@...
Aug 24, 2001 10:36 am
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... I did a Google search for "homicide sanitarium thrilling detective" and came up with a number of listings. Most of them say May 1941, but the ones from...
Joe Fann
ghcbnf@...
Aug 24, 2001 7:44 pm
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There's a new book out that may be of interest to anyone who, like me, collects vintage paperbacks. It's "The Great American Paperback" by Richard Lupoff, and...
Roger Stewart
crotalus94502@...
Aug 30, 2001 2:52 am
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I've seen the flyer for that book and the book is gorgeous. There's also another book out called The Pulps by Peter Haining which reproduces artwork and...
James Roberts
jamesroberts@...
Aug 30, 2001 3:31 am
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... I did a Bookfinder search for the book and found it at $45.56 at one site. With shipping, it was $50.04. Since the list price is $60, I thought this was...
Joe Fann
ghcbnf@...
Aug 30, 2001 2:15 pm
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Hey folks, I hope everybody in the group and their families are OK after the events of last week. I couldn't even read for a week, as I just didn't have the...
melrosejackson@...
Sep 20, 2001 4:51 am
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Several months ago, I promised to make copies of the magazine version of Fredric Brown's novella, "The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches." I finally got to the...
Jim, Thanks so much for the copying. It's just about time for me to read another one of Fred's works. I'm currently reading Elmore Leonard's Unknown Man #89....
Newton Baird wrote a nice book on Brown a bio/bibliography called " A key to Fredric Brown's Wonderland". I once exchanged some nice letters with Baird and he...
Hi everyone I've just found "From These Ashes" on EBay. That's a terrific book, a wonderful job has been done here. I'm however a little puzzled. The Editor's...
... No kidding. I just finished it and have never seen a finer collection of short SF in my life. One great tale after another. Waiting with abated breath for...
The NESFA web site is: http://www.nesfa.org/press/ They have re-published the works of many of the fine writers of the "Golden Age" of science fiction...
... Thank you. ... Yes -- the two Gateway stories are planned for volume 2. THey seemed to go better with the novel they got rewritten into, rather than...
Ben Yalow
ybmcu@...
Nov 27, 2001 5:13 am
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I've just finished His Name was Death and have to confess that I enjoyed this little book. I don't consider it one of Fred's best, but I did like the twists,...
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