Algis Budrys is a Guest of Honor at the 1997 World Science Fiction Convention

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:     August 26, 1997
Contact:  Laurie Mann, LoneStarCon 2 Press Relations
          210-601-5343
          Room 108, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
          http://www.io.com/~lsc2/press


SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- The 55th World Science Fiction Convention, 
LoneStarCon 2, will take place here from August 28-September 1, 1997.  
The Worldcon is the annual gathering of science fiction writers, artists,
publishers and readers.  LoneStarCon 2 will attract about 5,000
attendees from around the world and feature programming, an art show,
dealers room, masquerade and the annual Hugo Awards.
One of Worldcon's guests of honor is Algis Budrys.

Algis Budrys (aka A.J.) is a genuine triple-threat: a renowned SF
writer, critic, and editor.  His best-known novels include _Rogue Moon
(selected for inclusion in _Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels),
_Michaelmas, _Who? and _Falling Torch. In the mid-1960s, he began doing
regular book reviews, many of which appeared in _The Magazine of Fantasy
& Science Fiction. He has taught writing workshops at the Library of
Congress and many other places. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he
was involved with the Writers of the Future project, a contest that
introduced such writers as Karen Joy Fowler, Robert Reed, and David
Zindell to the field. He has also served as an administrator for the
Philip K. Dick Award, and now edits _Tomorrow Speculative Fiction
Magazine, a totally online science fiction magazine.

Algirdas Jonas Budrys was born in Knigsberg (Kaliningrad), East
Prussia. His family moved to the U.S. in 1936, where his father was
Consul General for Lithuania.  He remained a Lithuanian citizen until
his naturalization as an American citizen in 1987.

Budrys published his first fanzine at 15, named "Slantasy" after A.E.
van Vogt's _Slan, which was published in the same year. He sold his
first piece of fiction in 1952.

In 1959, he was nominated for two Hugo awards: _Who? for Best Novel
and "The Edge of the Sea" for Short Story. His second Hugo novel
nomination was in 1961, for _Rogue Moon.

His next nomination for the Hugo came in 1976, for the short story "The
Silent Eyes of Time." He was also nominated that same year for a Nebula
Award, for "A Scraping at the Bones."

His novel _Hard Landing was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1993. In
the same year, he became editor of the _Tomorrow Magazine of Speculative
Fiction. It was nominated for a Hugo award for Best Semiprozine in 1994
and 1995. It is currently available online at http://www.tomorrowsf.com/.
Budry's latest work, _Entertainment, is being published by the Worldcon.

In addition to his literary pursuits, Budrys has been a 
high-performance bicycle mechanic and former director of a 
four-wheel drive racing team. Budrys lives in Illinois.


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