bob shaw

I hadnt intended to take so long on this book but I got the flu with a raging fever and it knocked me sideways and interfered with my reading (amongst other things like work, and the kids) so a short novel ended up taking flipping ages! (OK 12 days!) Anyhoo its basically a story about how...

I've only read 2 of his books, 1984's Fire Pattern about Spontaneous Human Combustion and The Palace of Eternity which is excellent but was wondering what to look for next. I know Anthony G Williams is a reader (and reveiwer) of Shaw's books, but are there many other readers on here? I've heard...

I have previously reviewed another of Bob Shaw's books, Night Walk (September 2007). In that review, I said the following: "Shaw is one of my favourite SF authors: from the 1960s until his death in the mid-1990s he wrote 26 novels plus a large number of short stories. Most of his novels were...

It is the 22nd century and humanity has spread to nineteen planets scattered across the Galaxy. They are connected by spaceships using portals in "null-space", a little-understood phenomenon which permits instantaneous transits across interstellar distances. There is a catch, however; the...