There are a number of short stories in here that are far from perfect -- but you can't criticize a collection labeled "complete" for mixing up the one-star and five-star stories.

Back when I was a SF-addicted adolescent, Brown was one of my favorite writers. Unlike many of the authors I loved back then, though, Brown holds up from an adult perspective. In fact, many of his stories read better now than they did when I was mid-pubescent.

The famous classics are here, as are the non-famous classics, and plenty of stuff that was written for the paycheck and shows it. Even most of those show off his flair for turns of phrase. A few stories play like they were written to produce a rim-shot at the end.

A thorough pleasure. ( )

An excellent and affordable collection of the works of Fredric Brown superbly printed. Beautiful collection ( )

Fred Brown was a writer justly famous for his short (sometimes VERY short) science fiction stories. Letter to a Phoenix, Knock, The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver...all of these gems and more are included. Highly recommended. ( )