Editor/Author Algis “AJ” Budrys Dies

Steven Silver reports “Just heard from Betty Anne Hull that Algis (AJ) Budrys has died. There will probably be a wake on Friday and the funeral on Saturday.”
The 77-year-old Budrys was an author and editor. He edited Tomorrow Speculative Fiction in the 1990s, and was for many years associated with the Writers of the Future Contest.
We’ll have an updated, longer obituary soon.
[Edited later in the day: the full obituary is here.]