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3.0 out of 5 stars
Remake of van Vogt's Space Beagle,
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This review is from: Ship of Strangers (Hardcover)
I see that Amazon books lists very few of the works of Bob Shaw, probably mostly because he is British (no American outlet). He wrote an extensive number of books, always quite workmanlike. The earlier part of his oevre is quite imaginative, constantly picking up an interesting SF idea of one sort or the other. The later part, e.g. the trilogy on the "wooden spaceships", is a bit of a let down. At least Bob Shaw did not decline as fast or as sadly as Heinlein. He died in 1996."Ship of Strangers" is dedicated to AE van Vogt and is patterned on the classic "The Voyage of the Space Beagle". A ship with a mission to map planets brings the protagonist in a series of alien situations. Compared to the "Space Beagle" the ship is a lot smaller, does not have a nexologist, but does have an AI. The general run of adventures is more straightforward, as are the characters. Nevertheless, anybody who loved the "Space Beagle" will at least like "Ship of Strangers" |
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Ship of Strangers by Bob Shaw (Hardcover - May 1978)
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