Bob Shaw
A Northern Irish craftsman of the elegant idea, who could break your heart with a single piece of imagined glass.
Bob Shaw was a much-admired Northern Irish science-fiction author, prized for clever central ideas executed with warmth and human feeling. He is best remembered for the concept of “slow glass” — glass through which light takes years to pass, so a window can show a scene long after it happened — introduced in the haunting story “Light of Other Days” and the novel Other Days, Other Eyes.
Shaw combined a gift for the striking science-fictional conceit with genuine emotional resonance and accessible, unpretentious storytelling; he was also a famously funny convention speaker. Expect ingenious premises, real humanity, and the bittersweet ache his best work is known for. For readers who love science fiction built around a single beautiful idea — elegant, moving, and humane rather than merely clever — Shaw is a quietly wonderful author whose finest stories have lost none of their power.
- For readers who love the elegant central idea
- The unforgettable concept of slow glass
- Cleverness married to real human feeling
