Fredric Brown was born on this date, October 29, in 1906.  He passed away in 1972.

Brown was equally adept at both science fiction and mystery.  In the SF field, he was regarded as a master of the short-short.  His Mystery novel The Fabuloous Clip Joint won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel.  His best known SF novels are What Mad Universe and Martians, Go Home.

I’ll be raising a toast to his memory this evening and reading some of his short fiction.  I don’t  know if I’ll read sf or mystery, since he was great at both.  Maybe I’ll read some of each.

If you’ve not read him, check his stuff out.  Brown is worth reading.