Book description
Shrouded by its shell of drifting lunar fragments, the planet Mnemosyne
is a refuge for creative artists and poets, a place isolated from the
desperate, losing struggle of the humans against the Syccans. But then
COMsac, theFederation's High Command, come to Mnemosyne, and suddenly
the planet is more a military colony than a place for artists. For Mack
Taverner, the dilemma is stark: either go along with the brutal military
visitation or join the hopeless resitance and become a 'traitor'. His
choice has awesome and extraordinary consequenses . . . 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.
