Algis “A.J.” Budrys, age 77, of Evanston, beloved husband of Edna F. Budrys; loving father of Jeffrey (Kathleen), Steven, Timothy (Mary) and David Budrys; dear grandfather of Zia and Dexter Budrys.

Algis Budrys wrote deeply intellectual science fiction that grappled with the motives behind human behavior, and he taught the craft of writing to hundreds of students through seminars and workshops.

If Algirdas Budrys–who signed his work “Algis Budrys” and answered to “Ajay” among the regular Americans with whom he lived–maintained an apprehensive watchfulness toward much of the human race, it ...

As with so many exiles, his name tells a tale. The American science-fiction writer and editor Algis Budrys was born Algirdas Jonas Budrys in Königsberg in East Prussia, to a family which identified ...

Algis Budrys was a terrific SF author, and a fantastic editor — but he was also a stupendously entertaining critic, whose book reviews ran in Galaxy Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science ...

Famous sci-fi writer Algis Budrys told Sci-Fi.Com that he will be writing the book prequel to Battlefield Earth. Budrys said his as-yet untitled prequel will cover events centuries before those in ...

Algis Budrys is a writer’s writer, admired more for his style in the genre than his visionary ideas. The Lithuanian-American novelist and critic is the subject of a glowing profile by Technology ...

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Wednesday September 17 2008 East Prussia was not absorbed into the Soviet Union as a result of the 1939 ...

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