The Furious Future
by Algis Budrys
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Nine stories travel through time and space to share insights into the human--and not so human--experience inthis gripping science fiction anthology from respected author and critic Algis Budrys Through stories of humans mistaken for gods and assimilation into an android society, this stunning collection illustrates our inability to understand and communicate with one another. In "Silent Brother," the spaceship Endeavor returns to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from the five-planet solar show more system of Alpha Centaurus; in an unprecedented move, the UN forbids interviews with the returning astronauts or any examination of the starship, but one man--wheelchair-bound Harvey Cable--thinks he knows the nature of a strange disease that may be spreading. In "Between the Dark and the Daylight," people trapped under a dome in the aftermath of an expedition that crashes on an unlivable planet find a terrifying way to fight back. "The Man Who Tasted Ashes" is a longtime assassin who meddles in human history; his latest assignment will set off World War III. And nothing is what it seems in a story where a doctor visits a man blinded in an accident. Other tales are populated by humanoids, mutants, parasitic aliens, and a girl with a special gift, who is rejected by others of her kind. show lessTags
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I seem to enjoy Budrys more than most. I think of him as the grand master of scifi noir. At his best, he drew nuanced characters who drift across moral shades of gray and are much more driven by id than ego. In this collection of nine early stories we get hints of that voice in “Contact Between Equals” and “Between the Dark and the Daylight,” and a compelling example of that voice in "Dream of Victory," which was my favorite in the collection. A few of these stories feel sexist in a very dated way.
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- Canonical title
- The Furious Future
- Original title
- Budrys' Inferno
- Original publication date
- 1963-07
- Dedication
- To Damon Knight
- First words
- Well, this is a collection of stories by one man, namely somebody with the improbable name of Algis Budrys, and I assure you the author hopes you enjoy reading them, because I wrote them with that purpose in mind.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He'd learned to be pretty fond of the boy, but he never forgave Dorothy.
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- Reviews
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- (3.75)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 15
