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Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906, Cincinnati – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer.

He is perhaps best known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form—stories of 1 to 3 pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a somewhat postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well.

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. Martians, Go Home (1955) is both a broad farce and a satire on human frailties as seen through the eyes of a billion jeering, invulnerable Martians who arrive not to conquer the world but to drive it crazy.

A more serious novel, 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.