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Honeymoon in Hell

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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!

I remember reading this collection about ten years ago and how
much 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.

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.)

Book was sealed and well packaged. In very good shape. Amazone had several sources to choose from and all were well graded for quality.