Science Fiction

Algis Budrys in 1985

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Algirdas Jonas Budrys was born on January 9, 1931 in Königsberg, East Prussia. His father was consul general of the exiled Lithuanian government and in 1936 his family found sanctuary in the U.S.A., where he lived for the rest of his life.

Algis Budrys died from cancer on June 9, 2008.

Psychological development is very important in Algis Budrys’ stories: action is generally limited and it just leads to consequences on the characters’ minds. His attention to the characters’ development brought him the critics’ favor, not always the general public appreciation yet his stories are interesting to read for that very reason.

Flood by Stephen Baxter

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The novel “Flood” by Stephen Baxter starts in 2016. Four people are liberated from a group of Christian fanatics after some years of captivity. They think they can finally go back to their normal life but they discover that during the years they were captives sea levels started rising quickly so more and more lands are flooded.

Doctor Who - The Twin Dilemma

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“The Twin Dilemma” marks the Sixth Doctor’s debut. Together with him there’s his companion Peri. It’s a four parts story written by Anthony Stevens and directed by Peter Moffatt.

Fritz Leiber Jr at A Change of Hobbit on February 26, 1977

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Fritz Leiber was an extraordinalily eclectic writer, able to produce stories of various kinds with originality and sensitivity reinterpreting classic plots in new ways offering his readers stories always different from each other.