WebAlgirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John A. Sentry, William Scarff, and Paul Janvier.He is known for the influential 1960 novel Rogue Moon.

WebJames Benjamin Blish (May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence.His novel A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award. He is credited with creating the term "gas giant" to refer to large planetary …

WebCrime fiction in history. Crime Fiction came to be recognised as a distinct literary genre, with specialist writers and a devoted readership, in the 19th century.Earlier novels and stories were typically devoid of systematic attempts at detection: There was a detective, whether amateur or professional, trying to figure out how and by whom a particular crime was …

WebAlgis Budrys wrote that Knight and "William Atheling Jr." (James Blish) had "transformed the reviewer's trade in the field", in Knight's case "without the guidance of his own prior example". The term " idiot plot ", a story that only functions because almost everyone in it is an idiot, became well known through Knight's frequent use of it in ...

WebIn computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user or the user's character or persona.Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums and other online communities, where they are also known as profile pictures, userpics, or formerly picons (personal icons). Alternatively, an avatar can take the form of a three-dimensional model, …

WebAlgis Budrys of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1966 praised The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, citing "Heinlein's expertise for dirt-level politics, snappy dialogue and a sense of an actual living society." He said that he had never read a more believable computer character than Mike ("may in fact be the most fully realized individual in the story").

WebA science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard-copy periodical format or on the Internet.Science fiction magazines traditionally featured speculative fiction in short story, novelette, novella or (usually serialized) novel form, a format that continues into the present day. Many also contain editorials, book …

Web1968: Media type: Hardback & paperback: Pages: 582: ISBN: 0-09-919110-5: Stand on Zanzibar is a dystopian New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first published in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969, as well as the 1969 BSFA Award and the 1973 Prix Tour …

WebRobert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction.He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. He has attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953.

WebThe Armageddon Rag is a 1983 mystery/fantasy novel by American author George R. R. Martin, first co-published in hardcover by both Poseidon Press and The Nemo Press. The novel contains subdued and hidden fantasy elements and is structured in the form of a murder mystery; it is also a meditation on the rock music era of the 1960s (and its …