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Wreath Of Stars (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by Bob Shaw (Author) "Gilbert Snook sometimes thought of himself as being the exact social equivalent of a neutrino ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (4 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575071478
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575071476
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 821,399 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ironically, for Gilbert Snook - who considered himself the human equivalent of a neutrino, a particle able to travel through the Earth without disturbing any other particle - it all started with the panic that followed the sighting of the anti-neutrino planet as it approached Earth. Earth was unaffected but Snook ended up in a small African Republic teaching English to diamond miners. Then the miners started seeing ghosts and Snook found himself at the centre of a bizarre and far-reaching scientific discovery - and in the middle of some very dirty political infighting.

About the Author

Bob Shaw was born in Northern Ireland in 1931. After working in structural engineering, industrial public relations and journalism he became a full-time writer in 1975. Among his novels are Other Days, Other Eyes, The Ragged Astronauts, The Wooden Spaceships and The Fugitive Worlds. He died in 1996.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute spellbinder, 23 Mar 2001
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Bob Shaw's <i>A Wreath of Stars<\i> is a must for SF fans, and would quite likely be enjoyed by those who have no interest in SF. The only SF ghost story that I'm aware of, the book starts with a mysterious planet making a close approach to earth. Although this causes panic, scientists are puzzled, because the planet appears not to be made of solid matter, but rather, neutrinos. A few months later, the rogue planet is billions of miles away, and virtually forgotten by the human race. However, the fun has only just started, and when weird scenes start occurring in a diamond mine in central Africa, Gil Snook, whose only ambition is to go from birth to death without achieving anything, must become humankind's ultimate ambassador to the beings from...well, I won't spoil it for you!

Marks out of 10:

Enjoyability - 11 (eleven)

Originality - 10

Plausibility - 0 (nil, but don't let that put you off!)

A haunting, beautiful and brilliant book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute spellbinder!, 8 Jan 2007
The story opens with the discovery of a large planet-like mass of anti-neutrinos that narrowly misses the Earth in a spiralling orbit around the sun. A scientific curiosity, spectacular even, but otherwise irrelevant to the everyday lives of people on Earth. But when miners in an equatorial African country start seeing ghosts in the deepest mine shafts a chain of events is set in motion that will have an impact on the lives of everyone on Earth.

Bob Shaw brilliantly blends conceptual hard sf ideas with his usual exceptional characterisation. His depiction of the political machinations in a post-colonial African nation is both humane and prophetic and the personal struggles of the main characters in the story are as gripping as the overall narrative. The book itself is short, the prose sleek and stylish, reminding us once again just how enjoyable it is to read the works of the 70s SF 'new wave' masters. This one is very highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Shaw's best, 13 April 2009
By Blackhorse47 "I.J. Parnham" (Moray, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Gilbert Snook is confronted with lots of scientific waffle in which an anti-neutrino planet is entering our solar system and it can be detected only by using weird apparatus. And it's getting closer to Earth. What will the effect on us be?

Like all of Shaw's novels, the author hits you with the bizarre plot premise. You then take a deep breath before you decide if you're going to swallow it. In this case it can be done easily. The novel is one of the tightest and best written of his works. It's not quite as good as Orbitsville, but it is nicely set up with real people you can care about facing problems in real ways. The aliens are believable, the characters engaging, the plot develops well, and it's very short without any padding or unnecessary diversions. What more can you ask for?
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