tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post7110991532534104011..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 894: Death Has Many Doors / Fredric Brown (Bantam 1567)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-31904427188205326132015-06-28T15:12:13.540-07:002015-06-28T15:12:13.540-07:00Read a lot of Fredric Brown sci-fi short stories, ...Read a lot of Fredric Brown sci-fi short stories, when I was a teenager.<br />My fave was a one-page story, about a scientist who invented a machine that would make time run backwards, and turned it on, mid-story. Last half of the story was the letters from the first half, in reverse.<br />Primo.<br />M&AMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027736429645378004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-13538186573007894122015-06-27T12:33:45.379-07:002015-06-27T12:33:45.379-07:00Brown's sci-fi is more original than his myste...Brown's sci-fi is more original than his mysteries, but I think his mysteries are better, because a lot of times in his sci-fi he doesn't go far beyond the initial premise, and his are good enough to carry a whole story. His mysteries have to be worked out a bit more.<br /><br />Rex, I love how when you put up a book by an author you like you make sure to mention it. "FYI, sure I'm making fun of the cover, but this guy is NOT a hack!"Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-17165619759406186832015-06-25T03:13:06.023-07:002015-06-25T03:13:06.023-07:00I always forget that Brown wrote mysteries. To me ...I always forget that Brown wrote mysteries. To me he's the guy who wrote tight little short-short SF stories.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com