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''; ''

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'' caused him at the age of 11 to want to become a science fiction writer. Budrys was educated at the

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, and later at

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in New York. His first published science fiction story was "The High Purpose", which appeared in ''Astounding'' in 1952. Beginning in 1952 Budrys worked as

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and manager for such science fiction publishers as

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and

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

. Some of Budrys's science fiction in the 1950s was published under the pen name "John A. Sentry", a reconfigured Anglification of his Lithuanian name. Among his other pseudonyms in the SF magazines of the 1950s and elsewhere, several revived as bylines for vignettes in his magazine ''

Tomorrow Speculative Fiction ''Tomorrow Speculative Fiction'' was a science fiction magazine published in the United States from 1993 through 2000. Over this period, it had 24 bi-monthly issues as a print magazine from 1993 to 1997,. then transitioned to become one of the ...

'', is "William Scarff". Budrys also wrote several stories under the names "Ivan Janvier" or "Paul Janvier", and used "Alger Rome" in his collaborations with

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. Budrys's 1960 novella ''Rogue Moon'' was nominated for a

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, and was later anthologized in ''

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'' (1973). His

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science fiction novel '' Who?'' was adapted for the screen in 1973. In addition to numerous

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and

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nominations, Budrys won the

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's 2007

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for lifetime contributions to speculative fiction scholarship. In 2009, he was the recipient of one of the first three Solstice Awards presented by the SFWA in recognition of his contributions to the field of science fiction. Having published about 100 stories and a half-dozen novels, with a wife and children to support, after 1960 Budrys wrote less fiction and worked in publishing, editing, and advertising. He became better known as among science fiction's best critics than as writer, reviewing for''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'' and ''

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'', a book editor for ''

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'', a longtime teacher at the

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and an organizer and judge for the

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awards. In addition, he worked as a

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; in a famous

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, he erected a giant pickle on the proposed site of the

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during the time the newly arriving sculpture was embroiled in controversy. Budrys was married to Edna Duna; they had four sons. He last resided in

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. He died at home, from

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on June 9, 2008.

Bibliography

Novels

*'' False Night'' (1954) *'' Man of Earth'' (1956) *'' Who?'' (1958) *''

The Falling Torch ''The Falling Torch'' is a 1959 in literature, 1959 science fiction novel by American writer Algis Budrys. A 1999 Baen Books edition was very slightly rewritten, and includes one entirely new chapter. The novel is about a group of human freedom ...

'' (1959) *''

Rogue Moon ''Rogue Moon'' is a short science fiction novel by American writer Algis Budrys, published in 1960. It was a 1961 Hugo Award nominee. A substantially cut version of the novel was originally published in ''F&SF''; this novella-length story was in ...

'' (1960) *'' Some Will Not Die'' (1961) (an expanded and restored version of ''False Night'') *'' The Iron Thorn'' (1967) (as serialized in '' If''; revised and published in book form as ''The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn''). On a bleak forbidding planet, humans hunt Amsirs – flightless humanoid birds – and vice versa. After one young hunter makes his first kill, he's initiated into the society's secrets. Still, he figures there are secrets the human race has forgotten altogether, and begins to hunt for answers. *''

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'' (1977) *''

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'' (1993) *'' The Death Machine'' (2001) (originally published as ''Rogue Moon'' against Budrys's wishes)

Collections (fiction, essays, and mixed)

* ''The Unexpected Dimension'' (1960) * ''Budrys' Inferno'' (1963) * ''The Furious Future'' (1963) * ''Blood and Burning'' (1978) * ''Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf'' (1985) * ''Writing to the Point'' (1994) * ''Outposts: Literatures of Milieux'' (1996) * ''Entertainment'' (1997) * ''The Electric Gene Machine'' (2000) * ''Benchmarks Continued: F&SF "Books" Columns 1975-1982'' (2012) * ''Benchmarks Revisited: F&SF "Books" Columns 1983-1986'' (2013) * ''Benchmarks Concluded: F&SF "Books" Columns 1987-1993'' (2013)

Short stories

* "The High Purpose" (1952) in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'' * "Walk to the World" (1952) in ''

Space Science Fiction Between 1952 and 1954, John Raymond published four digest-size science fiction and fantasy magazines. Raymond was an American publisher of men's magazines who knew little about science fiction, but the field's rapid growth and a distributo ...

'', Nov 1952 * "The Congruent People" (1953) in ''Star Science Fiction Stories'' No. 2 (edited by

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

), 1953 *
Protective Mimicry
in ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'', 1953. * "Riya's Foundling" (1953) in ''

Science Fiction Stories ''Future Science Fiction'' and ''Science Fiction Stories'' were two American science fiction magazines that were published under various names between 1939 and 1943 and again from 1950 to 1960. Both publications were edited by Charles Hornig f ...

'', 1953. * "The End of Summer" (1954) in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

''; also published in the short story anthology ''Penguin Science Fiction'' (edited by

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, 1961). *
Ironclad
in ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

", 1954. * "Citadel" (1955) in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', February 1955. * "

Nobody Bothers Gus "Nobody Bothers Gus" is a 1955 science fiction short story by Algis Budrys. It was first published in '' Astounding Science-Fiction''. There were two sequel stories: "The Peasant Girl" (1956), and "And Then She Found Him" (1957).< ...

" (1955) published in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', November 1955. *
Calculated Decision
in ''

Science Fiction Quarterly ''Science Fiction Quarterly'' was an American pulp science fiction magazine that was published from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1951 to 1958. Charles Hornig served as editor for the first two issues; Robert A. W. Lowndes edited the remainder. ...

'', November 1956. * "The War is Over" (1957) – first appeared in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'' Feb. 1957. Also published in the short story anthology '' 13 Great Stories of Science Fiction'' (edited by

Groff Conklin Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvemen ...

, 1960). *
The Barbarians
(1958) (as John Sentry) in '' If'', February 1958. * "The Stoker and the Stars" (1959) (as John A. Sentry) in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', February 1959. * "The Price" (1960) – first appeared in ''

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

'', February 1960. Also published in the short story anthology ''The War Book'' (edited by

James Sallis James Sallis (born December 21, 1944) is an American crime writer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel '' Drive'', which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same nam ...

, 1969). *
Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night
in ''Galaxy'', December 1961 *
For Love
(originally published in ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'', June 1962) – appears in ''The Seventh Galaxy Reader'' edited by

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

(Doubleday Science Fiction, 1964). *
Die, Shadow!
in ''If'', May 1963. * "Be Merry" (1966) published in '' If'', December 1966, Vol. 16, No. 12, Issue 109. * "The Master of the Hounds" (1966) first published in ''

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'' and an

Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...

nominee.

Audio recording

* ''84.2 Minutes of Algis Budrys'' (1995), Unifont (Budrys's own company). Released on cassette, this featured Budrys reading his short stories "The Price", "The Distant Sound of Engines", "Never Meet Again", and "Explosions!".

Interviews

* ''Taking Your Chances'' (1990) in

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#20/21

Magazine

* ''

Tomorrow Speculative Fiction ''Tomorrow Speculative Fiction'' was a science fiction magazine published in the United States from 1993 through 2000. Over this period, it had 24 bi-monthly issues as a print magazine from 1993 to 1997,. then transitioned to become one of the ...

'' (1993–2000); initially edited by Budrys and published by

Pulphouse Publishing Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon, and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996. Over that ...

, with its second issue it was published and edited by Budrys with assistance from Kandis Elliott under the Unifont rubric. It ceased publication as a paper and ink magazine and became a webzine late in the decade.

Anthologies

* ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III'' (1987) * ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 6'' (1990) * ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol 12'' (1996) * ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 16'' (2000) * ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol 19'' (2003)

References

6. Williams, Mark. "The Alien Novelist." ''Technology Review 111, 6''. (Nov/Dec 2008). pp. 80–84

External links

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Tim Powers Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels ''Last Call (novel), Last Call'' and ''Declare''. ...

, as well as an interview, images, cover art, and audio files *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

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Bibliography

Novels

Collections (fiction, essays, and mixed)

Short stories

Audio recording

Interviews

Magazine

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References

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