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    Riya’s Foundling
    Riya’s Foundling
    Riya’s Foundling
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    Riya’s Foundling

    By Algis Budrys

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    Now, if the animal we know as a cow were to evolve into a creature with near-human intelligence, so that she thought of herself as a “person” ...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateMar 5, 2016
    ISBN9781515404842
    Riya’s Foundling
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    Algis Budrys

    Algis Budrys (1931–2008) was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, where his father served in the Lithuanian diplomatic corps. The family came to the United States when Budrys was five years old. A Renaissance man, he wrote stories and novels, and was an editor, critic, and reviewer, a teacher of aspiring writers, and a publisher. In the 1960s Budrys worked in public relations, advertising products such as pickles, tuna fish, and four-wheel-drive vehicles. His science fiction novels include Rogue Moon, Hard Landing, Falling Torch, and many others. His Cold War science fiction thriller Who? was adapted for the screen, and he received many award nominations for his work. Budrys was married to his wife, Edna, for almost fifty-four years.  

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      Riya’s Foundling - Algis Budrys

      Riya’s Foundling

      By Algis Budrys

      © 2016 Positronic Publishing

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-0484-2

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      Riya’s Foundling

      Now, if the animal we know as a cow were to evolve into a creature with near-human intelligence, so that she thought of herself as a person ...

      The loft of the feed-house, with its stacked grainsacks, was a B-72, a fort, a foxhole—any number of things, depending on Phildee’s moods.

      Today it was a jumping-off place.

      Phildee slipped out of his dormitory and ran across the yard to the feed-house. He dropped the big wooden latch behind him, and climbed

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