Falling Man: A Novel (9781416546023): Don DeLillo. 100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness - StumbleUpon. 137 Freaky Wikipedia Entries. Fredric Brown. Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was born in Cincinnati. Works[edit] His classic science fiction novel What Mad Universe (1949) is a parody of pulp SF story conventions. The novel functions both as a critique of its genre and a superior example of it. It may have provided a model for Philip K. Dick when he later created his own stories set in alternate personal realities. The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (1952) tells the story of an aging astronaut who is trying to get his beloved space program back on track after Congress has cut off the funds for it - an accurate prediction of the actual conditions for a space program, at a time when many SF writers still tended to ignore or downplay the financial side of spaceflight.
Brown's first mystery novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won the Edgar Award for outstanding first mystery novel. He wrote several short stories about Satan and his activities in Hell. Personal life[edit] Figment: Write yourself in. The End of the Affair. The Other Side of the Bridge. Unaccustomed Earth. Lanark: A Life in Four Books.