The three Algis Budrys novels I've read have all been very good: "Who?" is a tale of an injured American scientist (vital to the national defense) returned by the Russians. The problem is that so much of him has been replaced with prosthetics that the Americans can't be sure it's *really* the same person. "Rogue Moon" contains an alien artifact (a maze) on the far side of the moon that quickly kills anyone attempting to enter it. "Michaelmas" is an excellent story of the secret president of Earth. (OK, the story sounds hokey, but it's really very good). His fiction is particularly strong on characterization. He's also one of the great SF reviewers in history ("Benchmarks" is a collection of his reviews, he currently reviews in F&SF). And he does the "Writers of the Future" anthologies. I can recommentd any of the three novels I've read. [C] == Short Story Collection. [CP] == Chapbook (a very short book, or pamphlet).. [S] == Scholarly abr == Abridgement of other listed title aka == Also known by this other title. exp == Expansion of other listed title /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com iputinstantcoffeeinamicrowaveandalmostwentbackintime-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Budrys, Algi[rda]s [Jonas] [Prussia, U.S.A., 1/9/1931- ] False Night [1954] Man of Earth [1958] Who? [1958] The Falling Torch [1959] Rogue Moon [1960] The Unexpected Dimension [1960] [C] Some Will Not Die [1961] [exp. of "False Night"] Budrys' Inferno [1963] [aka "The Furious Future"] [C] The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn [1967] [aka "The Iron Thorn"] Michaelmas [1977] Blood and Burning [1978] [C] The Life Machine [1979] [C] Science Fiction Dialogues [1982] [S] [CP] [abr. of "Non-Literary ..."] Non-Literary Influences on Science Fiction [1983] [S] [CP] Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf [1985] [S] [C] [reviews] Cerberus [1989] [CP]