Bob Shaw, born Robert Shaw, (31 December 1931 - 12 February 1996) was a science fiction author and fan from Northern Ireland. He was noted for his originality and wit. He was two-time recipient (in 1979 and 1980) of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. His short story "Light of Other Days" was a Hugo Award nominee in 1967, as was his novel The Ragged Astronauts in 1987.
Shaw was born and raised in Belfast, one of three brothers. He originally trai...
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Bob Shaw, born Robert Shaw, (31 December 1931 - 12 February 1996) was a science fiction author and fan from Northern Ireland. He was noted for his originality and wit. He was two-time recipient (in 1979 and 1980) of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. His short story "Light of Other Days" was a Hugo Award nominee in 1967, as was his novel The Ragged Astronauts in 1987.
Shaw was born and raised in Belfast, one of three brothers. He originally trained as a structural engineer, but also worked as an aircraft designer and journalist. He and his first wife Sadie and their children left Northern Ireland for Ulverston, England in the mid-1970s, because they were worried about the political situation. They subsequently moved to Grappenhall in Warrington, where Shaw lived for some years after Sadie's death. Throughout this period they were members of the Liverpool Science Fiction Group (LiG).
Shaw is perhaps best known for "Light of Other Days", the story that introduced the concept of slow...
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