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Bob Shaw


UK flag (1931 - 1996)

Bob Shaw was born in Northern Ireland in 1931. After working in structural engineering, industrial public relations and journalism he became a full time writer in 1975. Among his novels are Other Days, Other Eyes, The Ragged Astronauts, The Wooden Spaceships and The Fugitive Worlds. He died in 1996.
 

Awards: BSFA (1989)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Series
Orbitsville
   1. Orbitsville (1975)
   2. Orbitsville Departure (1983)
   3. Orbitsville Judgement (1990)
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Warren Peace
   1. Who Goes Here? (1977)
   2. Warren Peace (1993)
     aka Dimensions
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Novels
   The Enchanted Duplicator (1954) (with Walt Willis)
   Night Walk (1967)
   The Two-timers (1968)
   The Palace of Eternity (1969)
   One Million Tomorrows (1970)
   Shadow of Heaven (1970)
   The Peace Machine (1971)
     aka Ground Zero Man
   Other Days, Other Eyes (1972)
   A Wreath of Stars (1976)
   Medusa's Children (1977)
   Ship of Strangers (1978)
   Vertigo (1978)
     aka Terminal Velocity
   Dagger of the Mind (1980)
   The Ceres Solution (1981)
   Fire Pattern (1984)
   Killer Planet (1989)
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Collections
   Tomorrow Lies in Ambush (1973)
   Cosmic Kaleidoscope (1976)
   Galactic Tours (1981)
   A Better Mantrap (1982)
   Dark Night in Toyland (1989)
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Books containing stories by Bob Shaw
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The Last Dangerous Visions (2024)
(Dangerous Visions, book 3)
edited by
Harlan Ellison
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Emerald Eye (2005)
The Best Irish Imaginative Fiction
edited by
Roelof Goudriaan and Frank Ludlow

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Awards
1989 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Dark Night in Toyland
1986 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Ragged Astronauts
1975 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Orbitsville

Award nominations
1988 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Wooden Spaceships
1987 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Ragged Astronauts
1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Ragged Astronauts
1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Ragged Astronauts
1976 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Orbitsville
1973 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Other Days, Other Eyes
1967 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Light of Other Days
1967 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Light of Other Days


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