Al inicio de Los mundos fugitivos, Toller Maraquine II, nieto del protagonista de Los astronautas harapientos y Las astronaves de madera, lamenta el hecho de que la vida en los gemelos Land y Overland es demasiado tediosa y plácida comparada con los acontecimientos excitantes de la época en que vivió su ilustre antepasado. Entonces, mientras volaba en globo entre mundos, hizo su asombroso descubrimiento: un disco de cristal enorme, con miles de millas de extensión, crecía rápidamente, creando una barrera entre ellos. Impulsado por razones personales a investigar el enigmático fenómeno, Toller, sin más armas que su espada y su valor ilimitado, llegó a ser una figura destacada en los sucesos que decidirían el futuro de los planetas y sus civilizaciones.

„Milion nowych dni” to powieść, której akcja rozgrywa się dwa wieki później, i w której pewien wierny małżonek zostaje uwikłany w biologiczny eksperyment związany z konsekwencjami nieśmiertelności. Powieść ciekawie napisana, niemal sensacyjna, ale wartka akcja to nie jest jej jedyny walor. Ciekawe jest również tło, w którym rzecz się dzieje. Autor wykazuje się wieloma nowymi, świeżymi pomysłami na temat, jak może wyglądać codzienne życie za dwieście lat. Taki np. klucz hotelowy wysyłający impulsy działające na fluoryzujące pod ich wpływem strzałki na ścianach korytarzy, i w ten sposób wskazujące drogę do własnego pokoju, mógłby być stosowany już dziś.

When the young son of Elizabeth Lindstrom, the autocratic president of Starflight, falls to his death, Vance Garamond, a flickerwing commander, is the obvious target for Elizabeth’s grief and anger. She is not a forgiving employer and Garamond has no choice but to flee.But fleeing Elizabeth’s wrath means leaving the Solar System behind for ever and hiding somewhere in deep space.Pursued remorselessly by Earth’s space fleet, the ‘somewhere’ that Garamond discovers in an unimaginably vast, alien-built, spherical structure which could just change the destiny of the human race.Orbitsville ranks alongside Larry Niven’s Ringworld and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama as one of the great imaginative constructs of SF. Deftly written, it powerfully conveys the immensity of space and the infinite possibilities it offers.

A sequel to Orbitsville.Alien beings, Ultrans, built an enormous sphere, millions of times the size of Earth, which contains its own sun as a trap for sentient beings of the universe. The artificial world attracts the world’s population to such an extent that soon Earth is a half-deserted historical curiosity. Scientist Garry Dallen learns of the Ultrans’ plans second before Orbitsville and its population are whisked millions of light years into outer space.

Orbitsville—scene of two of Bob Shaw’s novels—is a vast hollow world completely enclosing its sun and habitable across its entire inner surface. At the end of “Orbitsville Departure”, the whole world was shifted to an alternate universe and this book tells what happens next.

El “vidrio lento” es un cristal que absorbe poco a poco la luz de los sucesos que ocurren delante de él, los cuales resultan visibles meses o años después.A partir de esta idea, Bob Shaw construye una excelente y a la vez original novela. La profética visión de lo que podría ser un invento de estas características y la problemática social de su uso, desde el crimen casi perfecto hasta la verificación por parte de la justicia al cabo de cinco años— hacen de esta novela una obra maestra de ciencia ficción en el mas puro sentido de la palabra.

Poseía uno de los secretos más importantes el universo, y por ello sus ojos fueron cegados y fue recluído en una de las prisiones más seguras de Emm Luther. Pero Sam Tallon tenía una misión que cumplir. Y asi ideó uno de los más audaces y peligrosos planes de fuga. Mediante un dispositivo que le permitía ver a través de ojos ajenos: los de un perro, un pájaro, una rata… incluso los ojos de sus propios perseguidores, Sam Tall inició el más terrible y angustioso periplo nocturno en pos de su objetivo…

Un pianeta su cui si è sviluppata una società avventurosa ma arretrata, spinta da una grande sete di conoscenza ma dotata di una tecnologia elementare e proprio per questo ancora più eroica. Un ambiente duro e ostile da cui si può evadere solo fuggendo verso l’ignoto, nello spazio: sono le premesse da cui parte Bob Shaw per costruire un romanzo di avventure i cui protagonisti sono astronauti che volano su navi di legno ed esploratori dell’ignoto disposti a muoversi fra i mondi con poco più di una caravella. In condizioni simili non c’è da stupirsi che i pericoli del viaggio si moltiplichino per mille e le incognite dell’arrivo siano ancora più tremende. Ma cosa ha da perdere chi non ha nulla da perdere? Non è esagerato dire che in questa saga di un futuro “diverso” Shaw sia riuscito a darci tutti gli elementi di un originale racconto epico.

This is the gripping story of the collision between two vastly different human civilisations. One is Earth in the early 21st century, rushing toward self-inflicted nuclear doom. The other is the distant world of Mollan, whose inhabitants have achieved great longevity and the power to transport themselves instantly from star to star.Bob Shaw’s novel unfolds a tale which spans thousands of years and the reaches of interstellar space. On Earth’s side, there is Denny Hargate, whose indomitable courage drives him to alter the course of history. On their side is the Gretana ty Iltha, working on Earth as a secret observer, who dreams of returning to the delights of her world’s high society, but who gets caught up in a cosmic train of events leading to an explosive climax.

The concluding volume of the trilogy which began with “The Ragged Astronauts” and “The Wooden Spaceships” finds the twin worlds of Land and Overland facing a strange new threat. Bob Shaw’s previous novels have earned him a world-wide reputation and he has won the British Science Fiction Award.

First published in 1971 as Ground Zero Man, this novel was revies by the author and published in 1985 as The Peace Machine.It is 1988, and an obscure scientist, Lucas Hutchman, has made a momentous discovery. He can build a neutron resonator: a device which, once triggered, will detonate every nuclear warhead in the planet. In a future on the brink of nuclear suicide (Damascus has just been wiped out by a terrorist nuclear bomb), the temptation is irresistible to use his invention as a gun held against the heads of the world’s leaders. Lucas constructs the machine, and then sends plans to prominent scientists and politicians everywhere, giving a deadline on which he will activate it. They will be forced to dismantle their weapons, and the world will breathe again.Very quickly, Lucas discovers that he has pitched himself into a world with which he is ill-equipped to cope: the world of secret agents, espionage, kidnapping and murder. His problem is to stay under cover and survive long enough to implement his plan.

Land and Overland — twin worlds a few thousand miles apart. On Land, humanity faces a threat to its very survival — an airborne species, the ptertha, has declared war on humankind, and is actively hunting for victims. The only hope lies in migration. Through space to Overland. By balloon. The Ragged Astronauts — first volume in an epic adventure filled with memorable characters, intense action, engaging notions, exotic locales.Won BSFA Award for Best Novel in 1987.

THE TWO-TIMERS is an unpredictable and fascinating novel of a man literally fighting himself… while the universe fell apart…THE TWO-TIMERS is his third novel, but the first to achieve maior publication.

Twenty-three years ago, the inhabitants of Overland left Land to escape the Plague. In this sequel to The Ragged Astronaut, the survivors of Land bring an ultimatum—submit or die of the Plague.

Toller Maraquine Drugi, kapitan Służb Podniebnych, podążając z Landu na Overland za ukochaną — dumną księżną Vantarą — napotyka ogromny, zywy kryształowy dysk. Dysk okazuje się planetą, a księżna znika bez śladu. Niebezpieczna wyprawa ratunkowa pozwala Tollerowi odkryć groźbę zagłady wiszącą nad jego światem. Walka o ocalenie planety może jednak przynieść nieoczekiwany efekt…