Bob Shaw

I have i think Two-Timers at home somewhere. I remember buying it very cheaply because the cover with twins/two copies of the same guy.

Anyone read it ?
 
Connavar said:
I have i think Two-Timers at home somewhere. I remember buying it very cheaply because the cover with twins/two copies of the same guy.

Anyone read it ?
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Yep, it's a super read - a wrenching treatise on love and loss across parallel worlds (spot the blurb). I loved it. Also a bit of revenge fantasy thrown in - you couldn't be bad to it. ;)
 
jp, I had a look at your comments about A Wreath of Stars and, while I agree it's a superb read, I think you might want to take a look at John Clute's comments on the novel in the Encyclopedia of SF - he called it a poetic novel, and it is, because the premise compresses all its inherent tragedy and contradictions into the neutrino/anti-neutrino stand-off. In fact, I can't think of a more compelling take on 'the cold equations'.
 
blacknorth said:
Yep, it's a super read - a wrenching treatise on love and loss across parallel worlds (spot the blurb). I loved it. Also a bit of revenge fantasy thrown in - you couldn't be bad to it. ;)
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My old copy had a few words that didnt say anything for synopsis blurb.

Hard to know if it was his weakest work or a good enough work to start him with.
 
AE35Unit said:
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 about his legendary device called slow glass and know that it was used in a short story but what collection is it found in? (Fantastic Fiction only lists 4 collections) and also is the later novellisation of said story worth hunting down?
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The original story can be found in Shaw's non fiction book How To Write Science Fiction. You should be able to pick up a cheap copy somewhere.
 
Connavar said:
My old copy had a few words that didnt say anything for synopsis blurb.

Hard to know if it was his weakest work or a good enough work to start him with.
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It's not his weakest work - it is fairly typical middle rank material.

I got to know Shaw through his short fiction and moved onto the novels later - it worked for me, so you could try that. His collection are worth taking the time to seek out and read.
 
Depends on if i can find him in the library.

Personally i always prefer collections to try a writer. A short story or two can tell you much more than a 100 pages of a middle ranked novel.
 
Connavar said:
Depends on if i can find him in the library.

Personally i always prefer collections to try a writer. A short story or two can tell you much more than a 100 pages of a middle ranked novel.
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Thats a good point Conn! But arent some authors better at novels and others better at shorts?
 
AE35Unit said:
Thats a good point Conn! But arent some authors better at novels and others better at shorts?
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Yes of course but the short stories dont have be masterpieces.

Just to see they arent a total waste of my time,money on getting the their famous novel.

Only the biggest classic authors you can find novels of in english in th library or second hand over here.

Not all SF writers are as classic as Clarke for example.
 
Hopefully this is the right place to post this, but has anyone read "Warren Peace" by the wonderful Mr Shaw? Of course I have read "Who goes here" and would be curious to see if anyone here has read the sequel, assuming it is a sequel as such.

Also reading through this thread, I am reminded that I must read more of his books. :)
 
MrBobbles said:
Hopefully this is the right place to post this, but has anyone read "Warren Peace" by the wonderful Mr Shaw? Of course I have read "Who goes here" and would be curious to see if anyone here has read the sequel, assuming it is a sequel as such.

Also reading through this thread, I am reminded that I must read more of his books. :)
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If you like Bob Shaw's stuff you might be interested in this:
Boshblog
 
One story from the collections that is worth a look is 'Dream Fighter'. This is an entertaining enough story in its own right, but is doubly interesting as Mr Shaw's homage to Robert Wise's 1940's movie 'The Setup'. (The movie itself is also worth a look.)
 
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