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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5
Embark on fantastic journeys through the limitless expanse of space and the boundless edges of time with creative and engrossing stories by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy--the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.
Content:
Introduction by Algis Budrys;
-- Daddy’s Girls / K.D. Wentworth;
-- The Nomalers / Jamil Nasir;
-- Blue Shift / Stephen M. Baxter;
-- Just Don’t / Eolake Stobblehouse;
Circulate, essay by L. Ron Hubbard;
-- Rachel’s Wedding / Virginia Baker;
-- The Wallet and Maudie / Dan’l Danehy-Oakes & Alan Wexelblat;
-- Dear Mom / Stephen C. Fischer;
A Little Womanly Advice, essay by Marta Randall;
-- Prosthetic Lady / Paula May;
-- Despite and Still / Marc Matz;
-- A Walk by Moonlight / Mark Anthony;
Wisdoms & Warnings: Writing SF for Younger Readers, essay by Jane Yolen;
-- Starbird / J. Steven;
-- York A Ghost in the Matrix / Steve Martindale;
-- Under Ice / C.W. Johnson;
The Magic Picture, essay by Hal Clement;
-- The Disambiguation of Captain Shroud / Gary Shockley;
Writing for the Future by Algis Budrys;
Illustrating for the Future by Frank Kelly-Freas;
About the Illustrators;
About the contest.
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L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard) USA (1911 - 1986).
Algis Budrys (Algirdas Jonas Budrys) USA (1931 - 2008) aka Frank Mason.
Content:
Introduction by Algis Budrys;
-- Daddy’s Girls / K.D. Wentworth;
-- The Nomalers / Jamil Nasir;
-- Blue Shift / Stephen M. Baxter;
-- Just Don’t / Eolake Stobblehouse;
Circulate, essay by L. Ron Hubbard;
-- Rachel’s Wedding / Virginia Baker;
-- The Wallet and Maudie / Dan’l Danehy-Oakes & Alan Wexelblat;
-- Dear Mom / Stephen C. Fischer;
A Little Womanly Advice, essay by Marta Randall;
-- Prosthetic Lady / Paula May;
-- Despite and Still / Marc Matz;
-- A Walk by Moonlight / Mark Anthony;
Wisdoms & Warnings: Writing SF for Younger Readers, essay by Jane Yolen;
-- Starbird / J. Steven;
-- York A Ghost in the Matrix / Steve Martindale;
-- Under Ice / C.W. Johnson;
The Magic Picture, essay by Hal Clement;
-- The Disambiguation of Captain Shroud / Gary Shockley;
Writing for the Future by Algis Budrys;
Illustrating for the Future by Frank Kelly-Freas;
About the Illustrators;
About the contest.
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L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard) USA (1911 - 1986).
Algis Budrys (Algirdas Jonas Budrys) USA (1931 - 2008) aka Frank Mason.
427 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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About the author
Algis Budrys
362 books70 followersAlgis Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome, John A. Sentry, William Scarff, Paul Janvier, and Sam & Janet Argo.
Called "AJ" by friends, Budrys was born Algirdas Jonas Budrys in Königsberg in East Prussia. He was the son of the consul general of the Lithuanian government, (the pre-World War II government still recognized after the war by the United States, even though the Soviet-sponsored government was in power throughout most of Budrys's life). His family was sent to the United States by the Lithuanian government in 1936 when Budrys was 5 years old. During most of his adult life, he held a captain's commission in the Free Lithuanian Army.
Budrys was educated at the University of Miami, and later at Columbia University in New York. His first published science fiction story was The High Purpose, which appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1952. Beginning in 1952 Budrys worked as editor and manager for such science fiction publishers as Gnome Press and Galaxy Science Fiction. Some of his science fiction in the 1950s was published under the pen name "John A. Sentry", a reconfigured Anglification of his Lithuanian name. Among his other pseudonyms in the SF magazines of the 1950s and elsewhere, several revived as bylines for vignettes in his magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, is "William Scarff". He also wrote several stories under the names "Ivan Janvier" or "Paul Janvier." He also used the pen name "Alger Rome" in his collaborations with Jerome Bixby.
Budrys's 1960 novella Rogue Moon was nominated for a Hugo Award, and was later anthologized in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973). His Cold War science fiction novel Who? was adapted for the screen in 1973. In addition to numerous Hugo Award and Nebula Award nominations, Budrys won the Science Fiction Research Association's 2007 Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to speculative fiction scholarship. In 2009, he was the recipient of one of the first three Solstice Awards presented by the SFWA in recognition of his contributions to the field of science fiction.
Budrys was married to Edna Duna; they had four sons. He last resided in Evanston, Illinois. He died at home, from metastatic malignant melanoma on June 9, 2008.
Called "AJ" by friends, Budrys was born Algirdas Jonas Budrys in Königsberg in East Prussia. He was the son of the consul general of the Lithuanian government, (the pre-World War II government still recognized after the war by the United States, even though the Soviet-sponsored government was in power throughout most of Budrys's life). His family was sent to the United States by the Lithuanian government in 1936 when Budrys was 5 years old. During most of his adult life, he held a captain's commission in the Free Lithuanian Army.
Budrys was educated at the University of Miami, and later at Columbia University in New York. His first published science fiction story was The High Purpose, which appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1952. Beginning in 1952 Budrys worked as editor and manager for such science fiction publishers as Gnome Press and Galaxy Science Fiction. Some of his science fiction in the 1950s was published under the pen name "John A. Sentry", a reconfigured Anglification of his Lithuanian name. Among his other pseudonyms in the SF magazines of the 1950s and elsewhere, several revived as bylines for vignettes in his magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, is "William Scarff". He also wrote several stories under the names "Ivan Janvier" or "Paul Janvier." He also used the pen name "Alger Rome" in his collaborations with Jerome Bixby.
Budrys's 1960 novella Rogue Moon was nominated for a Hugo Award, and was later anthologized in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973). His Cold War science fiction novel Who? was adapted for the screen in 1973. In addition to numerous Hugo Award and Nebula Award nominations, Budrys won the Science Fiction Research Association's 2007 Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to speculative fiction scholarship. In 2009, he was the recipient of one of the first three Solstice Awards presented by the SFWA in recognition of his contributions to the field of science fiction.
Budrys was married to Edna Duna; they had four sons. He last resided in Evanston, Illinois. He died at home, from metastatic malignant melanoma on June 9, 2008.
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May 11, 2016
Okay, I can hardly be called a disinterested party since I myself have a story in this book... (A one page story in fact. This book had both the shortest and the longest story they had yet published.)
It does have some very good stories though, including Blue Shift by now-famous Stephen Baxter (we were all new writers when we were classmates and book-mates back then), and the yearly winner of the contest; The Disambiguation of Captain Shroud by Gary Shockley (a highly unusual story), and Rachel's Wedding by Viginia Baker.
The workshop connected to this book and contest was a great time. Algis Budry and Tim Powers were outstanding teachers and persons, and my classmates were so great. I recommend beginning writers to enter the contest.
Oh: seeing Hubbard's name, some may wonder if the contest promotes Scientology. The answer is no, not in the slightest, they keep them strictly separate.
It does have some very good stories though, including Blue Shift by now-famous Stephen Baxter (we were all new writers when we were classmates and book-mates back then), and the yearly winner of the contest; The Disambiguation of Captain Shroud by Gary Shockley (a highly unusual story), and Rachel's Wedding by Viginia Baker.
The workshop connected to this book and contest was a great time. Algis Budry and Tim Powers were outstanding teachers and persons, and my classmates were so great. I recommend beginning writers to enter the contest.
Oh: seeing Hubbard's name, some may wonder if the contest promotes Scientology. The answer is no, not in the slightest, they keep them strictly separate.
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