Conference noted::sf

I'll try to remember to look it up in my Fred Brown bibliography when
I get home in the morning.

Of course, I could also say that it doesn't really matter. It's worth
your while to pick up *any* Fred Brown novel or collection that you can
get your grubby little paws on.

--- jerry

But since Jerry didn't say it, I will.  

"It's worth your while to pick up *any* Fred Brown novel or collection that
you can get your grubby little paws on."  :-) 

--- Chris

re:.2

Now why didn't I say that? :-)

re:.0

OK, I found it after consulting Newton Baird's A KEY TO FREDRIC BROWN'S
WONDERLAND: A STUDY AND AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST (whew!).

The AHP episode is based on Brown's story "The Last Martian", which first
appeared in the October 1950 issue of GALAXY (that was the first issue,
incidentally). It appears in his collection HONEYMOON IN HELL.

(Horrors! I must not have read that collection, as I don't remember the
story. I shall have to correct that mistake.)

It also appears in:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES: 1951 (edited by Everett Bleiler & Ted Dikty)
GALAXY READER OF SCIENCE FICTION (edited by H. L. Gold)

I'd be willing to bet that a local library should have one of those two
anthologies. HONEYMOON IN HELL was a paperback original, though, and out
of print for the last 20 or so years, so it's unlikely to be found in a
library, though you might get lucky and find it in a good used-book store.

Incidentally, "The Last Martian" was also adapted as an episode of the
radio show X MINUS ONE. And, of course, it was also done for the original
AHP show. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that all of the new AHP
episodes are remakes from the original show, I might never have found
out this information short of skimming through all of the Fred Brown
stories in my collection.

--- jerry

If you happen to be in the Mill sometime, Jerry, let me know, I can lend you 
_Honeymoon in Hell_.  It seems to me it was reissued in paperback two or
three years back.  There was a lot of his stuff available at that time, which 
is when I was first acquainted with this delightful author.  I'll try to 
remember to check it out tonight, but I play volleyball on Wednesday's (which 
is an excuse to hit the bars afterwards, and I'll probably forget...)

"The last man on Earth sat in a room.  There came a knock on the door..."

- CW

re:.4

Oh, I *have* HONEYMOON IN HELL, I'm sure. Probably both first and second
Bantam editions. I'm just surprised that I haven't *read* it yet.

Now that you mention it, yes, I believe that Bantam reissued some of
Brown's books a few years ago. I don't remember that HIH was one of
them, but the only one I was really interested in was NIGHTMARES AND
GEEZENSTACKS, which had been long out of print and *very* difficult to
come by (I've since found a first edition, though).

By the way, are you going to send a royalty to Brown's estate for
having just reprinted his story? :-)

--- jerry

I thought quoting stories for fun was alright?  But jeez - if I have to send
in a royalty, do you have an address?   (Or can I trust you all not to sic 
Fred's lawyers on me?  :-)  

Besides, I only used the first and last line...

BTW - Jerry, you must be an alien of some sort.  I can't conceive of buying a
book that I don't read.  The only books I have on my shelves that I haven't at
least ATTEMPTED to read is the dictionary and my CRC handbooks. 

Hmm...  but maybe I'm the alien.  How many of you buy books you don't read, 
other than reference material?  (How's this for a timehonored mid-note change 
of subject?)

- CW

Let's see, how did that line go? In the TZ episode "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
(written by Harlan Ellison), Danny Kaye's character brings up the problem
of people seeing his library and asking him, "Have you read *all* of these
books??!!??" He finally came up with the answer, "Of course not. What fun
is it to acquire a library of books that you've already read?"

I am a book collector, and have somewhere around 1000 shelf-feet worth of
books, magazines, and comics. While it's my intention to read everything
that I own eventually, I haven't read a fraction of what I own yet. I just
figure I'll have something to keep me occupied in my old age. :-)

If you don't understand the mentality of a Collector (of anything), then
I don't think you ever will. We are the ultimate anal-retentives. There
is an old saying about collectors: "If you have enough shelf space, you
aren't a real Collector".

--- jerry

Re .7:

Unless you're THE Collector, but that belongs in HAMSTR""::SYS$NOTES:COMICS
:-)

Steve Kallis, Jr.

Not sure how I fit into the "Collector" category.  I've nowhere near the
required shelf space and I figure I've over 1000 (probably closer to 1500)
unread books, *but*: I don't measure my library by the foot!  Also, I don't
search for 1st editions (I don't usually pass 'em up, though).  If I read
a good anthology or a novel in a series I try to find more.  Sometimes I
continue it even after the appeal is gone just to keep a "collection"
going.  (<--damning evidence)  

I started keeping a listing when the pile got so big duplication set in. 
Now I don't care; There are a few people I know around these parts who read
SF & I usually offer the dupies.

Which leads smoothly into the next thought:

I have spares of Fredric (I've seen it "Frederick") Brown's ROGUE IN SPACE
and THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS.  They are p-backs and not in great shape,
but the words are readable (and that is what the ultimate goal is, ain't
it?). If you don't have 'em (be honest, share the wealth) and will take
recommendations from a coupla "Collectors", drop me a line.
                                                   
							Don

P.S.  When you told your wife (husband, etc.) you were a Collector, did you
get a "Yeah, a *Garbage* Collector!"?  My wife is very understanding.  Also,
they're put away where company can't see 'em. :-)