| Citadel by Aldris Budrys, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera, High Tech Contributor(s): Budrys, Algis (Author), Casil, Amy Sterling (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 160664386X ISBN-13: 9781606643860 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6" W x 9" (0.20 lbs) 52 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Budrys, Algis: - "Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (1931 - 2008) 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, and Paul Janvier. 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."Casil, Amy Sterling: - Amy Sterling Casil is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and recipient of other awards and recognition for her short science fiction and fantasy, which has appeared in publications ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to Zoetrope. She is the author of 28 nonfiction books, over a hundred short stories, three fiction and poetry collections, and three novels. Amy is a founding member and treasurer of Book View Cafe and former treasurer of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and teaches writing and composition at Saddleback College. She is the founder of Chameleon Publishing. |