Book description
Rob Hasson was an Air Patrolman, one of the best, until the day someone
jumped him in mid-air and sent him hurtling into a fall that should have
killed him. Now his mind, still tormented by memories of the shrieking
air and rushing ground, protects his patched-together body by refusing
to let him fly again. And what use to anyone is an Air Patrolman who's
afraid to fly? Rob Hasson thinks he's a coward. No one could have
foreseen the chain of events that would prove him wrong. 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.
