The moon had finally been reached, and on it was found the most terrifying structure, that killed men over and over again, in torturous, unfathomable ways. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Click to read more about rogue moon by algis budrys. Algirdas jonas algis budrys january 9, 1931 june 9, 2008 was a lithuanianamerican science fiction author, editor, and critic.
Described by robert silverberg as containing the most terrifying pages in any sf novel i have ever read, rogue moon is the disquieting story of what. Buy rogue moon by algis budrys, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. That the planet is still in one piece on the brink of the 21st century is directly attributable to the constant, secret electronic sleuthing of the worlds most revered newscaster and his loyal computer domino, a sardonic type keyed into virtually. Miller, jr, rogue moon is one of the few genre novels that algis budrys wrote. So far, the human guinea pigs sent there in hopes of unraveling the. The science fiction of algis budrys showed literary artistry. The eye wont follow it, and photographs convey only the most fragile impression.
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Start reading rogue moon on your kindle in under a minute. Publication date 1960 topics science fiction publisher. After studying at the university of miami and columbia university, budrys turned his hand to both writing and publishing science fiction. Rogue moon is a short science fiction novel by american writer algis budrys, published in 1960. Humanity struggles to understand a killing labyrinth discovered on the moon in this science fiction adventure about death and rebirth hugo and nebula awardwinning author robert silverberg credits rogue moon with containing the most terrifying pages in any sf novel i have ever read. Nobody knows what it is, why its located there, what its true purpose might be, or what created it. His science fiction novels include rogue moon, hard landing, falling torch, and many others.
Rogue moon is the disquieting story of what happens when aberrant scientific ambition is matched by human obsession. Rogue moon is about the meaning of life and humanitys yearning to transcend death. Humanity struggles to understand a killing labyrinth discovered on the moon in this science ficti. To get started finding rogue moon algis budrys, and you are right to find the biggest collection of listed. In rogue moon, published two years later, trips to earths.
Shortlisted for the 1961 hugo award, rogue moon is the disquieting and story of what happens when monstrous scientific ambition is matched by human obsession. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The family came to the united states when budrys was five years old. Budrys capped the decade off with another book, rogue moon 1960, that knowledgeable. Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages including those with maps or plates but may lack endpapers. He is known for the influential 1960 novel rogue moon. Buy a cheap copy of rogue moon book by algis budrys. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rogue moon. There is reason to suspect it exists in more than three spatial dimensions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Humanity struggles to understand a killing labyrinth discovered on the moon in this science fiction adventure about death and rebirth hugo and nebula awardwinning author robert silverberg credits rogue moon with containing the most terrifying pages in any sf novel i.
Because for much of the book the science fiction was irrelevant. Shortlisted for the 1961 hugo award, rogue moon is the disquieting and story of what happens when monstrous scientific ambition is matched by. Rogue moon is a short science fiction novel, one of only a few novels written by budrys. Algis budrys 19312008 born in east prussia in 1931, budrys and his family were sent to the united states when he was just five. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Rogue moon has a nice premise, and a good scifi hook, but it is really far more about characterisation than sicfi. Rogue moon by algis budrys books hachette australia. Rogue moon by algis budrys book cover, description, publication history. We also recommend you download or enable the zoom application. Rogue moon by algis budrys, 9780575108004, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Joined jun 29, 2010 messages 7,680 location scottish highlands. The best work of the american sciencefiction author algis aj budrys, who has died aged 77, often questions the notion of identity. A fixup or fixup is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published.
Robert silverberg, brian aldiss, ben bova, alfred bester and james blish have all. Rogue moon by good book, released 18 december 2014 1. Hugo and nebula awardwinning author robert silverberg credits rogue moon with containing the most terrifying pages in any sf novel i have ever read. In this booker prizewinning novel about novels, atwood bends genre and traps time, toying brilliantly with. Algis budrys uses the trip through the alien labyrinth as a metaphor for life. When i was a kid, i thought laurent michaelmas made the news, gushes the ambitious young reporter to the great man himself.
Budryss novel constantly shifts the action the astronauts, the moon, the labyrinth into the background, while insisting that the human concerns the antagonism between connington and. Algis budrys has 243 books on goodreads with 25442 ratings. It was a 1961 hugo award nominee, losing to walter m. The stories may be edited for consistency, and sometimes new connecting material, such as a frame story or other interstitial narration, is written for the new work. Rogue moon is a short sf novel by algis budrys, published in 1960. In rogue moon, budrys was trying out what was then a wholly new approach to science fiction. It devours and destroys in ways so incomprehensible to humans that a new language must be invented to describe it and a new kind of thinking to understand it.
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