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Born in Belfast but latterly living in England, Bob Shaw has managed to keep up a steady production of good, readable, thoughtful science fiction for many years. In his time he has produced some excellent idea driven fiction - try Other Days, Other Eyes - some excellent people-centred stuff, like his delightful wooden spaceships sagas, and of late humour too. To illustrate his range, Dark Night in Toyland covers SF, fantasy and horror - and it's all good stuff.

Orbitsville
Fleeing Elizabeth Lindstrom's anger at the death of her son, Vance Garamond, a flickerwing commander, leaves the solar system far behind. Pursued by Earth's space fleet, Garamond finds a vast, alien-built spherical structure which might just change the destiny of the human race.   Updated 14 October 2004

Other Days, Other Eyes.   
Shaw's masterpiece of idea fiction, this book takes the brilliant concept of slow glass - glass that takes months or even years for light to travel through - and explores the consequences from window farms overlooking beautiful views to windows as witnesses to murder. It's great stuff. We are now even seeing a technology that might make slow glass possible! See Light Years for more details. Out of print now, but there are plenty of used copies available from the Marketplace link by clicking on the UK shop button (many shipping worldwide). Updated 11 February 2004

The Ragged Astronauts.
A delightful concept - faced with a terrible plague, a low technology world with no metal conceives of a daring plan of evacuation to their sister world, so close in orbit that their atmospheres intermingle. These are astronauts with a difference - using hot air balloons. Excellent stuff. New 25 April 1998

The Wooden Spaceships.
A sequel to The Ragged Astronauts, this book sees the sister world under dual threat - from invasion by the mutated remainder of the population of the home world and a much stranger attack from an unexpected direction. The detail of dog-fights in space using wooden jets is wonderful. Out of print now, but there are plenty of used copies available from the Marketplace link by clicking on the UK shop button (many shipping worldwide). New 25 April 1998/Updated 11 February 2004

A Wreath of Stars.
Ironically, for Gilbert Snook, who considered himself the human equivalent of a neutrino, it all started with the panic that followed the sighting of an anti-neutrino planet as it approached Earth. Snook ended up teaching English to African miners, and the the miners started seeing ghosts.   New 12 July 2001

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