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Shot at by aliens, eaten up by monsters, frozen up, burned up and
shipped all over the galaxy war was one game Private Peace didn't want
to play. So why had he joined the Space Legion? Warren Peace had joined
the Space Legion to forget - exactly what, he hadn't the faintest idea.
But he was sure about one thing - however horrific the crime he'd once
committed, the memory of it could hardly be more unbearable than life in
the lunatic Space Legion. Private Peace knew he'd got to get out The
trouble was, the only way to escape his 30-year contract was to discover
exactly why he'd signed it in the first place. And that meant a hair
raising journey into his forgotten past to meet the one person Peace
definitely didn't want to know - Warren Peace Mark I - in other words,
himself! Bob Shaw (1931 - 1996) Bob Shaw was born in Belfast in 1931.
After working in engineering, aircraft design and journalism he became a
full time writer in 1975. Among his novels are Orbitsville, A Wreath of
Stars, The Ragged Astronauts and his best-known work Other Days, Other
Eyes, based on the Nebula Award-nominated 'Light of Other Days', the
story that made his reputation. Although his SF novels and stories were
for the most part serious, Shaw was well-known in fannish circles for
his sense of humour, and his witty 'Serious Scientific Talks' were a
favourite of attendees at Eastercons. Bob Shaw won two Hugos and three
BSFA Awards. He died in 1996.
