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    Never Meet Again
    Never Meet Again
    Never Meet Again
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    Never Meet Again

    By Algis Budrys and John Betancourt

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    When a disillusioned quantum physicist activates his invention to escape from totalitarian rule in 1958 Berlin, he plunges headfirst into a nightmare reality where Germany lost the war. Shocked to discover Soviet forces occupying a bombed-out shell of a city, Professor Kempfer struggles to survive, haunted by persecution from power-hungry government agents determined to claim his technology for themselves.


    Just as all seems lost, a bittersweet reunion sparks hope for Kempfer to rebuild his life with his long lost love. But sinister agendas continue to endanger the scientist, forcing him to make an impossible choice between personal happiness and moral conscience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2023
    ISBN9781667682877
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    Algis Budrys

    Algis Budrys (1931–2008) was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, where his father served in the Lithuanian diplomatic corps. The family came to the United States when Budrys was five years old. A Renaissance man, he wrote stories and novels, and was an editor, critic, and reviewer, a teacher of aspiring writers, and a publisher. In the 1960s Budrys worked in public relations, advertising products such as pickles, tuna fish, and four-wheel-drive vehicles. His science fiction novels include Rogue Moon, Hard Landing, Falling Torch, and many others. His Cold War science fiction thriller Who? was adapted for the screen, and he received many award nominations for his work. Budrys was married to his wife, Edna, for almost fifty-four years.  

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      Never Meet Again - Algis Budrys

      Table of Contents

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      INTRODUCTION, by John Betancourt

      NEVER MEET AGAIN, by Algis Budrys

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      Copyright © 2023 by Wildside Press LLC.

      Originally published in Infinity, March 1958.

      Published by Wildside Press LLC.

      wildsidepress.com | bcmystery.com

      INTRODUCTION,

      by John Betancourt

      Algirdas Jonas Budrys (1931–2008)—A.J. to those who knew him—was born in Lithuania in 1931. His family immigrated to the United States when he was a child. From an early age, he was an avid reader of pulp magazines and science fiction. After serving in the Army during the Korean War, he progressed to writing, making his first professional sales in 1952.

      As an author, Budrys is best known for stories that blend science fiction with philosophical questions. While he wrote some space adventures early in his career, he was more interested in exploring political and ethical issues through his fiction. Novels like Michaelmas examine identity and conformity in totalitarian futures. (Never Meet Again touches on this, too.) And throughout it all, his prose was always crisp and his characters fully drawn.

      Though less famous than many of his contemporaries, Budrys nevertheless made substantial contributions to the genre. His 1960 novella Rogue Moon was nominated for a Hugo Award and was later anthologized in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973). His Cold War science fiction novel Who? was adapted for the screen in 1974 in a film of the same name starring Elliott Gould. In addition to numerous Hugo Award and Nebula Award nominations, Budrys won the Science Fiction Research Association’s 2007 Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to speculative fiction scholarship. In 2009, he received one of the first Solstice Awards presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America in recognition of his contributions to the field.

      Budrys left a distinct mark on science fiction primarily through his work as an editor. He worked on popular genre magazines like Galaxy and later edited

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