- American Science fiction, Time travel, Fiction, Space travelers
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Unpretentious, cool, classical in form and plot-driven.
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- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Fredric Brown
- First published
- 1949
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton, Bantam, Aeonian Press
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780930800000
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About Fredric Brown · 1906–1972
Fredric Brown was born in Cincinnati. He wrote science fiction and mystery fiction. His first novel, What Mad Universe, a popular parody of pulp science fiction, was published in 1949.
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