Benchmarks Revisited 1983-1986 — Algis Budrys

The second collection (volume two of three) of Algis Budrys's celebrated review columns for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, covering the years 1983 to 1986. Budrys won a Locus Award for his similar collection Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf (1985) and a Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction and fantasy criticism. Tim Powers, multiple award-winning sf/fantasy novelist, writes: As well as one of the best writers in our field, Algis Budrys was the best writer about our field. These essays are much more than reviews -- altogether they're a deeply perceptive history of science fiction literature.