Jim Baen's Universe

Authors | Bud Webster

        Bud Webster was 17 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, but he'd been reading sf since he was seven.  It took a while (41 years, to be exact) but he sold his first story, "Bubba Pritchert and the Space Aliens," to Analog in 1994.  Since then, he's been published in a number of paper as well as online magazines, and a few anthologies as well.  He is a dedicated bibliophile, and his interest in the history of fantastic literature has driven him to the depths of scholarship: researching and writing several columns dealing with classic stories, books and writers, as well as a book on anthologist extraordinaire Groff Conklin.  An award-winning epic poet, he lives in Central Virginia with an understanding Significant Other and three damn cats.

In a Klass By Himself (or, Tops On a Scale of One to Tenn) Full Story From: I never met Phil Klass face-to-face, which (it goes without saying) means I never met his alter ego, William Tenn.

Merrily We Roll Along or, That's Funny, You Don't Look Judith Full Story From: Wonder—informed, thoughtful, purposeful wonder—is loose on the Earth again.

Murray Leinster's a Ten(ster), or Deal out the Lincolns to William F. Jenkins Full Story From: It has long been my belief that science fiction is really the hope of the nation.

Let Me Be Frank (or Welcome to the Allamagoosa Russell-Palooza!) Full Story From: Eric Frank Russell (who heartily dislikes writing about himself) was born on January 6, 1905, at Sandhurst, Surrey, England.

The Lordly Loofah Full Story From: I wonder how many of us, as we lie luxuriating in our bathtubs, think about the romance and mystery of the loofah?