Nobody Bothers Gus

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"Nobody Bothers Gus" is a 1955 science fiction short story by Algis Budrys. It was first published in Astounding Science-Fiction .

Contents

There were two sequel stories: "The Peasant Girl" (1956), and "And Then She Found Him" (1957). [1]

Synopsis

Gus Kusevic has astounding mutant powers, but cannot have any effect on the world, because one of his powers is being superhumanly unmemorable.

Reception

"Nobody Bothers Gus" was a finalist for the 1956 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. [2] The Independent , in Budrys' 2008 obituary, noted that the story "remains intensely readable", [3] while The Times called it "exceptional". [4]

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