
Rogue Moon
Author: Algis Budrys
Narrator: Graham Halstead
Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 10/09/2018
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Author: Algis Budrys
Narrator: Graham Halstead
Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 10/09/2018
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
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. 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.
Graham Halstead, an Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator, is a professionally trained actor and voice artist. As an actor, he has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.
I've long been aware of Budrys as a 'classic' author in the SF genre, and 'Rogue Moon' was a Hugo nominee, so this seemed like a good place to check out his work. A mysterious alien artifact has been discovered on the Moon. Under the supervision of a brilliant researcher, Dr. Hawks, it's being inves......more
This book is one of the SF Masterworks series of classic sf novels so it clearly is not something to be sniffed at, plus it was cited by Alastair Reynolds as a favorite so I duly added it to my reading list (a year or so ago!) and finally got around to it. Really not what I was expecting to be hones......more
It started out so well... With a premise like the one this book has, it seemed like a must read. published and set in 1960 before we went to the moon, this sci-fi tells of space exploration. Some kind of implied NASA agency has created a cloning device that transports a pilot's double up to the moon......more
“[Contains] the most terrifying pages in any SF novel I have ever read.” Robert Silverberg, five-time Nebula Award winner and SFWA Grand Master
“A masterpiece…Not only a bequest but a monument…[Proof] that a science fiction novel can be a fully realized work of art.” James Blish, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Famer
“[Rogue Moon] has come very close to realizing our ideal of science fiction, the story of how human beings may be affected by the science of the future.” Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
“Masterful.” Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review (9½ stars)