author
Algis Budrys
1931–2008
A sharp, influential voice in science fiction, he wrote psychologically rich novels like Who?, Rogue Moon, and Michaelmas while also shaping the field as an editor and critic. Born in Europe and raised in the United States, he brought a distinctive outsider's eye to questions of identity, technology, and human ambition.
14 Audiobooks
Desire No More
by Algis Budrys
The Stoker and the Stars
by Algis Budrys
Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night
by Algis Budrys
Infiltration
by Algis Budrys
Between the dark and the daylight
by Algis Budrys
Citadel
by Algis Budrys
Never meet again
by Algis Budrys
Die, Shadow!
by Algis Budrys
The Barbarians
by Algis Budrys
The burning world
by Algis Budrys
Blood on my jets
by Algis Budrys
Riya's Foundling
by Algis Budrys
Firegod
by Algis Budrys
The Rag and Bone Men
by Algis Budrys
About the author
Born Algirdas Jonas Budrys in Königsberg, East Prussia, on January 9, 1931, he came to the United States with his family in 1936. He became a Lithuanian-American science fiction writer whose work stood out for its intelligence, tension, and interest in how people change under pressure.
He began publishing fiction in the 1950s and went on to write several of his best-known novels, including Who?, Rogue Moon, and Michaelmas. Alongside his fiction, he built a strong reputation as an editor, reviewer, and columnist, writing criticism for major science fiction publications and newspapers.
Readers and writers alike remember him as one of the field's most thoughtful commentators: someone who cared deeply about craft and took science fiction seriously as literature. He died on June 9, 2008, in Evanston, Illinois, leaving behind a body of work that still feels alert, probing, and modern.