Angels And Spaceships

''Angels and Spaceships'' is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was initially published in hardcover by E. P. Dutton; a later Bantam paperback edition was retitled ''Star Shine''.

Contents

*"Introduction" (original essay by author)
*"Pattern" (original)
*"Placet is a Crazy Place" ( ''Astounding'' 1946)
*"Answer" (original)
*"Etaoin Shrdlu" ( ''Unknown'' 1942)
*"Preposterous" (original)
*"Armageddon" (''Unknown'' 1941)
*"Politeness" (original)
*" The Waveries" (''Astounding'' 1945)
*"Reconciliation" (original)
*"The Hat Trick" (''Unknown'' 1943)
*"Search" (original)
*" Letter to a Phoenix" (''Astounding'' 1949)
*"Daisies" (original)
*"The Angelic Angleworm" (''Unknown'' 1943)
*"Sentence" (original)
*"The Yehudi Principle" (''Astounding'' 1944)
*"Solipsist" (original)

The original stories are generally very short vignettes.

Reception

Anthony Boucher found the collection "contains a little of everything, from screwball fantasy to sober science fiction" and praised Brown's "sparkling originality and delightfully crisp writing." P. Schuyler Miller found the stories to be "good fun", though not so impressive as Brown's novel-length work."The Reference Library", ''Astounding Science Fiction'', February 1955, p.144-45 Groff Conklin called the book "perfectly delightful", with eight of Brown's "very best stories".

References

{{Fredric Brown

Science fiction short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by Fredric Brown
1954 short story collections