Book description
In his latest science fiction volume Algis Budrys, author of 'The
Unexpected Dimension' and 'Who?', continues to cast a scorching eye at
life as it is lived today, skilfully extrapolating a present trend into
the future, or presenting a current social problem in a new light. The
stories are varied in mood and theme, yet they take an ironic view of
mankind and its prospects, and the quality of writing is uniformly high.
Algis Budrys (1931-2008) Born in East Prussia in 1931, Budrys and his
family were sent to the United States when he was just five. After
studying at the University of Miami and Columbia University, Budrys
turned his hand to both writing and publishing science fiction. Over the
years he worked as an editor, manager and reviewer for various
publishing houses, while maintaining an impressive output of fiction and
editing his own magazine, Tomorrow Speculative Fiction. He was
shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Hugo and the Nebula, for
his fiction and critical non-fiction. He died in 2008.
