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Who?

Algis Budrys

First published 1958
Type Novel

In a November 1981 Amazing Stories interview by Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys talked about the origin of "Who?". It all started with an illustration by Frank Kelly Freas, which Budrys saw in office of Fantastic Universe magazine. Although counter to magazine policy, they bought his novelette "Who?" inspired by the Freas illustration and published it in the April 1955 Fantastic Universe with the Freas cover. Interestingly enough, they did not identify "Who?" as the cover story. Budrys realized he could build a novel around the character and situation of "Who?". There are some pieces of the 1955 novelette incorporated in the novel but for the most part it was inspired by it.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1959 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
2007 British Science Fiction Award BSFA Fiftieth Anniversary Award: Best Novel of 1958 Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1958 Cover Who? Pyramid Books Novel 5
1958 Cover Who? Pyramid Books Novel
1960 Cover Who? Badger Novel
1962 Cover Who? Gollancz Novel
March 1963 Cover Who? Gollancz Novel 5
November 1964 Cover Who? Penguin Books Novel 5
1968 Cover Who? Lancer Books Novel 1
June 1972 Who? Gollancz Novel
1975 Cover Who? Quartet Books Novel 5
August 1975 Cover Who? Ballantine Books Novel 1
August 1975 Cover Who? Ballantine Books Novel 1
May 1979 Cover Who? Fontana Novel
June 1979 Cover Who? Gregg Press Novel
February 1987 Cover Who? Questar / Popular Library Novel 1
September 2011 Cover Who? Gateway / Orion Novel
September 2012 Cover American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s The Library of America Omnibus 555|11
September 2012 Cover American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956-1958 The Library of America Omnibus 555
February 2016 Cover Who? Open Road Integrated Media Novel
December 2018 Cover Who? Blackstone Audio Novel
December 2018 Cover Who? Blackstone Audio Novel
December 2018 Cover Who? Blackstone Audio Novel