"Letter to a Phoenix" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fredric Brown, first published in the August 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It takes the form of an open letter to humanity from a 180,000-year-old man, attempting to convey a fundamental fact about humanity he has learned in the course of observing the rise and fall of multiple civilizations.
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- contained in Angels and Spaceshipscollection
- contained in From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Browncollection
- contained in The Best of Fredric Browncollection
- contained in The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasycollection