BROWN, FREDRIC — The Screaming MIMI
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1950. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. Bantam Book number 831 with a price of .25 cents on the page of advertising at the rear of the book. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but have some lightish generalized toning. "According to his wife, Brown hated to write, and did whatever he could to put it off: play his flute, challenge a friend to a game of chess, or tease Ming Tah, his Siamese cat. When Brown would have trouble with a certain story, he would take a long bus trip in order to sit and think for days on end. When he would finally return home to sit himself in front of the typewriter, he produced work in a variety of genres: mystery, science fiction, short fantasy, black comedy. Many of his books make use of the threat of the supernatural or occult before the "straight" explanation comes at the end. For example, "Night of the Jabberwock" is a humorous narrative of an extraordinary day in the life of a small-town newspaper editor. Brown began to sell mystery short stories to American magazines in 1936. His first science fiction story, "Not Yet the End", was published in the Winter 1941 issue of Captain Future magazine." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
