About

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was born in Cincinnati. E 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. Is classic science fiction novel What Mad Universe (1949) is a parody of pulp SF story conventions.

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. Humor and a somewhat postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. He was born in Cincinnati. 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.

“Fredric Brown tops himself again,” says the Los Angeles Mirror-News of this taut, dramatic novel of one night when a desperate rapist-killer stalked a town, ten hours of panic and terror that turned the night into a nightmare For as the net tightened around the killer more and more, people became entangled in a chain of events that ended in an explosion of maniacal savagery nock 3-1-2 is widely considered to be one of Fredric Brown's best suspense novels, and is rarely reprinted.

Ull color dustjacket with black Brillianta cloth, ribbon marker Limited to just 200 signed and numbered copies.

Edition Details

• Limited to 200 copies, each signed by Jack Seabrook and cover artist Ron Lesser.
• Introduction by Jack Seabrook.
• Includes five bonus short stories.
• Ribbon marker, color dustjacket, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.

External Links

• Knock 3-1-2. Centipede Press page for Knock 3-1-2
• Fredric Brown (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Fredric Brown