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Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown, American author (died 1972)

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Born
October 29, 1906
Died
March 11, 1972
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1906

About Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short" form—stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted into a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek. Brown's first mystery novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won the Edgar Award for outstanding first mystery novel. His first science fiction story, "Not Yet the End", was published in the Winter 1941 issue of Captain Future. His novel The Screaming Mimi became a 1958 film starring Anita Ekberg and Gypsy Rose Lee and directed by Gerd Oswald.

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Fredric Brown timeline

  1. His first science fiction story, "Not Yet the End", was published in the Winter 1941 issue of Captain Future.
  2. His novel The Screaming Mimi became a 1958 film starring Anita Ekberg and Gypsy Rose Lee and directed by Gerd Oswald.

The world when Fredric Brown was born

Fredric Brown was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

  • Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
  • Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
  • Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
  • World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Fredric Brown's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19062026
Population84.6M341 million

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