![]() ![]() ![]() In the meanwhile Shaw published his first professional story, "Aspect" (see Matter Transmission), with Nebula Science Fiction in August 1954, followed by "The Trespassers" (his first professional sale but published second) in the December 1954 issue during the mid-1950s he contributed several more stories to Nebula and one to Authentic Science Fiction before ceasing to write for some years. ![]() ![]() Shaw was early involved in sf Fandom, with stories and articles published in the Fanzine Slant from 1951 and his first book being The Enchanted Duplicator ( 1954 chap) with Walt Willis, an allegory of fan and Fanzine activities he received Hugos in 19 for his fan writing, which was also collected in such volumes as The Best of the Bushel (coll 1979 chap) and The Eastercon Speeches (coll 1979 chap) the former is a selection from his column "The Glass Bushel" in Hyphen (two later instalments were to appear in Science Fiction Review in 1984) and the latter assembles five early examples of the Serious Scientific Talks (joky and only tenuously scientific) which were for many years highly popular at Conventions. He worked in structural engineering until the age of twenty-seven, then aircraft design, then industrial public relations and journalism, becoming a full-time author in 1975. Working name of Northern Irish author Robert Shaw (1931-1996), in Canada 1956-1958 and the mainland UK from 1973. ![]()
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