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The Water-Walker

Fredric Brown

First published 1990
Publisher Dennis McMillan
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Joe Servello
Pages 188
Price $35.00

contains the novel, martians go home, and stories by Fredric Brown. stories in this omnibus: Case Of The Apocryphal Ark. Case Of The Bewildering Barn. Case Of The Conjurer's Cat. Case Of The Flying Cow, Or How Did The Critter Get Into The Silo? Case Of The Haunted Haystack. Case Of The Languid Lamb. Case Of The Rambling Rocks. Case Of The Rebellious Rooster. Case Of The Refrigerating Windmill. Case Of The Shrinking Stallion. Case Of The Stuttering Shoat. Case Of The Uncountable Sheep. Case Of The Wandering Scarecrow. Ernie Catches Up With Wily Willie, Case Of The Vanishing Duck. Ernie Stops Shivering, Case Of the Trackless Tractor. Ernie, Minister Of Peace And Goodness, Case Of the Multiplying Eggs. Martians, Go Home • (1955) • Novel By Fredric Brown Matter Of Taste, A. Miracle On Vine Street. Tit For Tat, Case Of The Purple Percheron.

  • Limited to 425 numbered copies.
  • Cover artist credited on copyright page.
  • "FIRST EDITION" [over] "Published October 1990" on copyright page.
  • No ISBN.
  • No LCCN.
  • Only spec-fic content in main entry. Entire contents in these notes.
    • 5 The Wench is Dead (Novelette Version) 1953-07-00 (Manhunt).
    • 37 Miracle on Vine Street 1941-01-00 (The Layman's Magazine).
    • 45 A Matter of Taste 1940-06-00 (The Layman's Magazine).
    • 49 The "Feedum & Weep" Stories (discovered in Brown's files and published in "Feedstuffs" magazine, probably from the mid-'30s to the early '40s). Individual stories are:
      • 50 The Case of the Uncountable Sheep.
      • 54 Ernie, Minister of Peace and Goodness, or The Case of the Multiplying Eggs.
      • 58 Ernie Stops Shivering, or The Case of the Trackless Tractor.
      • 62 The Case of the Languid Lamb.
      • 65 The Case of the Rambling Rocks.
      • 69 The Case of the Haunted Haystack.
      • 73 The Case of the Stuttering Shoat.
      • 77 The Case of the Apocryphal Ark.
      • 81 The Case of the Bewildering Barn.
      • 85 You Can't Get Brodway's Goat, or The Case of the Kidnapped Kid. (Yes, "Brodway" is spelled that way.)
      • 89 The Case of the Flying Cow, or How Did the Critter Get Into the Silo?
      • 93 Ernie Catches Up With Wily Willie or The Case of the Vanishing Duck.
      • 96 The Case of the Refrigerating Windmill.
      • 101 The Case of the Shrinking Stallion.
      • 105 The Case of the Conjurer's Cat.
      • 109 The Case of the Rebellious Rooster.
      • 113 The Case of the Wandering Scarecrow.
      • 117 Tit for Tat, or The Case of the Purple Percheron.
    • 123 Martians, Go Home! (Novelette Version) 1954-10-00 (Astounding Science Fiction).
    • 187 The Water Walker 1990-10-00 (First publication here).

Page Title Author(s) Type
123 Martians, Go Home! Fredric Brown Novella