Algis Budrys
Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys 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. In the 1990s he was the publisher and editor of the science fiction magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction.
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Trending topics shown first"I know what Claire is. You know I know it. I told you the first minute I met you. But did you ever stop to think it’s all worth it to me? Every time she makes a pass at another man, I know she’s compa…"
"That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time."
"It isn’t given to very many men to have their dreams come true in their lifetimes."
"Never try to reason with a man who can see the blade swinging for his head."
"Any intelligent race you can hope to someday relate to is going to have to come up essentially the same developmental roads and deal with the physical laws of the Universe in about the same way."
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