algis budrys

Is he a good writer?I picked up a copy of man of earth.

This was a very disappointing science fiction novel. Why? Because for much of the book the science fiction was irrelevant. There are two main SF elements: an enigmatic and deadly alien artefact found on the moon and a matter transmitter remarkably similar in principle to the later Star Trek...

The writing career of Algis Budrys stretched over the second half of the last century, publication dates starting in 1954 and finishing in 1993. In that time he published eight novels along with many short stories. I used to own copies of three of the novels: Who?; Rogue Moon; and The Iron...

The Nebula nominees thread digressed into Budrys and that got me to thinking he deserved a non-obit thread of his own. I first read Budrys' "Nobody Bothers Gus" in Judith Merrill's SF: The Best of the Best but I didn't follow up on him until, oddly, I read Charles Platt's interview with him...

Haven't seen an obit on any news sites yet, but Locus has it: Locus Online: 2008 News Archive He didn't write many novels, but was still an important voice in the industry as an editor/critic. "Who?" is a pretty great example of Cold War paranoia....