Algis Budrys
Like more than a few of the 1950s’ classic science fiction novels, Algis Budrys’s
Who? began as a short story. He wrote it––he later claimed––having been inspired by a Kelly Freas painting he had seen in the offices of
Fantastic Universe, and published it in that magazine in April 1955. Here is the original “Who?”
Algis Budrys discusses his novel
Who?, along with many other subjects, in this interview with Darrell Schweitzer published in
Amazing Stories in November 1981.