Book description
Science fiction begins, wrote Algis J. Budrys, where unreality leaves
off. In these unforgettable stories Budrys creates an alien but familiar
world stripped of the lies of everyday life: a world where cannibalism
is a medical, not an ethical problem; where "not-dying" is the
alternative to both life and death; where the last man on Earth dances
in hideous and exquisite joy 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.
