Bob Shaw
Bob Shaw | |
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aircraft designer , journalist | |
Period | 1954–1995 |
Genre | Science fiction |
Robert Shaw
Life
Shaw was born and raised in
He gave up writing and went with his first wife Sadie (née Sarah Gourley) and their son and two daughters to live in Canada from 1956 to 1958. His novel Vertigo is set in
Shaw nearly lost his eyesight through illness, and suffered migraine-induced visual disturbances throughout his life. Speculative treatments of seeing, and references to eyes and vision, appear in some of his works.[7] He was known as a drinker, and at one stage considered himself an alcoholic.[10] He was quoted in 1991 as saying: "I write science fiction for people who don't read a great deal of science fiction." He married American Nancy Tucker in 1995 and went to the US to live with her, then returned to England in the last months of his life. Shaw died of cancer on 11 February 1996.[11]
Works
Shaw is the author of "Light of Other Days" (August 1966), the story that introduced the concept of
His work ranged from essentially
Shaw was known in the fan community for his wit. Following his early membership of Irish Fandom, with
Bibliography
Novels and collections of short stories
- Night Walk (1967). Banner.
- The Two-Timers (1968). New York: Ace Books.
- The Palace of Eternity (1969). New York: Ace Pub. Corp.
- The Shadow of Heaven (1969). New York: Avon.
- One Million Tomorrows (1970). New York: Ace Books.
- Avon Books. – revised edition published as The Peace Machine (1985). London: Gollancz.
- Other Days, Other Eyes (1972). New York: Ace Books.
- Tomorrow Lies in Ambush (1973). London: Gollancz. – collection.
- The Orbitsville trilogy
- Orbitsville (1975). London: Gollancz.
- Orbitsville Departure (1983). New York: DAW Books.
- Orbitsville Judgement (1990). London: Gollancz.
- A Wreath of Stars (1976). London: Gollancz.
- Cosmic Kaleidoscope (1976). London: Gollancz. – collection.
- Cosmic Kaleidoscope (1977). New York: Doubleday – collection.
- Medusa's Children (1977). New York: Doubleday.
- The Warren Peace saga
- Who Goes Here? (1977). London: Gollancz. – reissued in 1988 with a short story The Giaconda Caper.
- Warren Peace (1993). London: Gollancz. – reissued in 1994 as Dimensions
- Ship of Strangers (1978). London: Gollancz – collection.
- Vertigo (1978). London: Gollancz. reissued in 1991 as Terminal Velocity by the same publisher.
- Dagger of the Mind (1979). London: Gollancz.
- The Ceres Solution (1981). London: Granada.
- Galactic Tours (1981, with David A. Hardy).
- Courageous New Planet (1981). Birmingham Science Fiction Group – limited-edition chapbook.
- A Better Mantrap (1982). London: Gollancz – collection.
- Fire Pattern (1984). London: Gollancz.
- Messages Found in an Oxygen Bottle (1986). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nesfa. – collection. Bound double format with Between Two Worlds by Terry Carr
- Land and Overland trilogy
- The Ragged Astronauts (1986). London: Gollancz.
- The Wooden Spaceships (1988). London: Gollancz.
- The Fugitive Worlds (1989). London: Gollancz.
- Killer Planet (1989). London: Gollancz.
- Dark Night in Toyland(1989). London: Gollancz – collection.
- Overload (1995). Birmingham Science Fiction Group – limited-edition chapbook.
Nonfiction
- The Best of the Bushel (1979)
- The Eastercon Speeches (1979)
- How to Write Science Fiction (1993)
- A Load of Old BoSh (1995) (includes The Eastercon Speeches)
Selected short stories
- "Light of Other Days" (1966)
- "Skirmish on a Summer Morning" (1976)
- "Unreasonable Facsimile" (1974)
- "A Full Member of the Club" (1974)
- "The Silent Partners" (1959)
- "The Element of Chance" (1969)
- "The Gioconda Caper" (1976)
- "An Uncomic Book Horror Story" (1975)
- "Deflation 2001" (1972)
- "Waltz of the Bodysnatchers" (1976)
- "A Little Night Flying" ("Dark Icarus") (1975)
See also
- List of Northern Irish writers
References
- ^ Nicholls 1981
- ^ a b Lyons & O'Malley-Younger 2008, p. 195
- ISBN 9781781381199.
- ^ Stableford 1995, p. 22
- ^ Reginald 1974, p. 240
- ^ "Oblique House - Fancyclopedia 3".
- ^ a b c d "Cloud Chamber 118 – D. Langford". Ansible.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Title: Aspect".
- ^ Lyons & O'Malley-Younger 2008, p. 197
- ^ Priest, Christopher. "Bob Shaw | Christopher Priest, author". Christopher-priest.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Bob Shaw Obituary". The Independent. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Ashley 2005, p. 286
- ^ Lyons & O'Malley-Younger 2008, p. 200
Sources
- Ashley, Mike (2005). Transformations: the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1950 to 1970. ISBN 0-85323-769-7.
- Lyons, Paddy; O'Malley-Younger, Alison (2008). No country for old men: fresh perspectives on Irish literature (1st ed.). Peter Lang. p. 195. ISBN 978-3-03911-841-0. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Nicholls, Peter, ed. (1981). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. St Albans: Granada Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-586-05380-8.
- Reginald, Robert (1974) [1970]. Contemporary Science Fiction Authors (2nd ed.). Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 1-4344-7858-0. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ISBN 0-89370-283-8. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
Further reading
- Langford, David (2005). The Sex Column and Other Misprints. Wildside Press LLC. p. 31. ISBN 9781930997783.