The Furious Future Author:Algis Budrys The Furious Future at last available in paperback after many years out of print, a classic collection of stories which prompted the highest praise from the leading SF critics. In these stories Algis Budrys casts a scorching eye at life as it is lived today, skillfully extrapolating a present trend into the future, or presenting a current social ... more »problem in a new light. The stories are varied in mood and theme, yet they are consistent in two respects: they take an ironic view of mankind and its prospects, and the quality of writing is uniformly high. Three stories deal with the meeting between Man and Alien, and a further three are concerned with the mutation of humans. The remaining stories deal with time-travel, treason, and androids respectively. Stories include: