Honeymoon in Hell

by Fredric Brown

Book Overview

[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. *NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.][Read by Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, and Harlan Ellison]A collection of stories from a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553207520
• ISBN13: 9780553207521
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great mind-benders from the master of short-short stories

Fredric Brown was the acknowledged master of "short-shorts" - stories that typically ran only 5-10 pages in length, sometimes only a page or two. "Honeymoon in Hell" collects 21 of these stories into a slim volume, and you'd be hard-put to come up with a better collection of imaginative, evocative, and sometimes frightening vignettes. Worth seeking out - or you can get all of Brown's short stories in one volume if you purchase the NESFA anthology "From These Ashes." (A companion volume, "Martians and Madness," anthologizes Brown's five SF novels.)

One of our great writers

I remember reading this collection about ten years ago and howmuch i enjoyed Fredric Brown's worlds. I think that "The Weapon", a short story in this collection, is one of the greatest short stories ever written by anyone, anywhere and a startling anti-war statement. "The Arena" is also a classic and the use of this story for the original episode of the first Star Trek series never really did it justice. I give "Honeymoon in Hell" my highest recommendation.

This is real nightmare material...

It's easy to slice, dice, slash, and bash; much harder to take the subtle approach and write something that worms its way into the subconscious and refuses to go away. I couldn't have been more than ten when I first read "The Arena"; thirty-five years later, I still remember it vividly (vividly enough that, whenever I look at a sandbox, I recall the story. How's that for persistence of memory?). It didn't frighten me in the way a horror movie might; it did, however, give me a huge case of the creeps. Bravo to Fredric Brown... and get this book back into print!