Re: YASID: Algis Budrys story, protagonist vs. cop, hurricane

Tim McDaniel wrote:
> In article <g00hfp$i8f$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Relayed from a panix-only forum, in a thread that started out being
>> about rechargeable batteries:
>>
>> -------- [ *begin* ] --------------------------------------------
>>
>>>> Back in the dark ages (mid 1950's) someone gave me an old
>>>> "portable" radio which had a sizeable single cell lead-acid wet
>>>> cell battery and a vibrator supply to boost it to the plate
>>>> voltage.
>>>
>>> Just last night, I encountered a story by Algis Budrys from
>>> 1957.  The hero, at one point, holds a policeman at gunpoint.
>>> He insists that the policeman open his radio and hand him his
>>> vibrator.  Later, the hero is reflecting that the policeman's
>>> vibrator is now being blown across the ocean (there's a
>>> hurricane on), and they'll probably make him buy the police a
>>> new vibrator, and it may well be treated as robbery and theft of
>>> official property, &c.  I could tell only by context that it was
>>> likely a part needed for the radio to work.
>>
>> What story was this?  I'd like to read it!
>>
>> -------- [ *end* ] ----------------------------------------------
>>
>> ...and the middle poster hasn't yet answered and for all I know
>> never will.  So, can anyone here ID the Budrys story?  (Mind you, it
>> might not be sf.)
>
> Jesus!  I was out of town for the weekend and haven't otherwise gotten
> around to replying!
>
> The collection I found it in is _Worlds to Come_, edited by Damon
> Knight, 1967-70 (depending on the edition).
> <http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?WRLDSTCMBM1967>
>
> The story is Algis Budrys, "The Edge of the Sea", 1958.
> ISFDB says that the table of contents is as follows (I don't have it
> to hand because I'm at the office and the book is at home SITTING NEXT
> TO MY COMPUTER):
>
> vii * Introduction (Worlds to Come) * (1967) * essay by Damon Knight
> 11 * The Sentinel * (1951) * shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
> 23 * Moonwalk * (1952) * novelette by H. B. Fyfe
> 71 * Mars Is Heaven! * (1948) * shortstory by Ray Bradbury
> 91 * The Edge of the Sea * (1958) * shortstory by Algis Budrys
> 113 * The Martian Way * (1952) * novella by Isaac Asimov
> 167 * The Big Contest * (1950) * shortstory by John D. MacDonald
> 177 * Ordeal in Space * (1948) * shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
> 195 * That Share of Glory * (1952) * novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
> 231 * Sunken Universe * (1942) * novelette by James Blish
> 255 * More Good Reading in Science Fiction * (1967) * essay by Damon
> Knight

Funny, I've read all of those except the Budrys and maybe the Fyfe.

>
> I was not impressed upon re-reading, or actually (re-)skimming,
> this story, even though it got the best short-story Hugo of 1959.

It couldn't have; it wasn't in any of the Hugo anthologies.  Let's see
.... 
It was nominated, but lost to "That Hell-Bound Train".