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“Good heavens!” exclaimed the Chief Composer. “An angelworm! It must have been quite a sight! I had never heard of an angelworm before!”
From "The Angelic Earthworm" C B1.
He was a perfectionist of accuracy, and he would get furious if his name was not spelled correctly, that is Fredric, and not Frederic or Frederick. This is pointed out by the writer and friend R. Bloch in the insightful afterword of C B2, where he takes the opportunity to tell some anecdotes about Brown.
His passions were: his cat, the flute, chess. His jokes were sharper than a sword. To draw inspiration, he traveled aimlessly on a bus for a few days.
Grand undisputed master of short-short stories, not only science fiction. In the two volumes, he has the opportunity to express his creativity and originality to the highest levels.
There are a total of 103 stories, some written in collaboration. 29 in C B1, 74 in C B2, for a total of 866 pages.
The reading is extremely satisfying, full of incredible surprises, even through the use of literary devices.
The introduction is entrusted to G. Lippi, who outlines a brief but effective examination of the author's narrative and biography.
“Man, a fleeting event, a parasite, a pawn; a million planets in the universe, each inhabited by a race of insects that constituted a single intelligence for that planet... and all the intelligences combined formed the single cosmic intelligence... God!”.
From "Come and Go Mad" C B1.
Brown is the writer of disillusionment, the unthinkable paradox, irony, and fierce satire.
Sometimes the stories have a humorous tone, like “Me Frittella and the Martians,” while others present desperately dramatic situations.
In the narrative, there is an impressive quality and versatility. It is impossible to describe them all.
Both in quantity and complexity, they present alternative endings such as: “The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver,” and “All the Colors of the Dark.”
The advice is to read them without hesitation, it will be hard to be disappointed.
“There was no kind of paradox. The cube remained. But the entire rest of the universe, professors and all, disappeared.”.
From "Experiment" C B2.
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