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BoSh Goes South by Bob Shaw (Charlotte Proctor, 1994, no ISBN, 39pp, ph, co) [edited by Charlotte Proctor]
Limited to 100 numbered copies.

1 · Bob Shaw Enters Irish Fandom · Walt Willis · ex from “Bob Shaw”, ConFederation Program Book ed. Charlotte Proctor, Worldcon Atlanta, Inc., 1986

3 · Bob’s First Visit to the South · Bob Shaw · ms TriContinental One-Shot August 1981, as “First Visit to the South”

4 · The Fugitive Book · Alan Sandercock, Charlotte Proctor & Bob Shaw · ms

7 · They’re Such Graceful Creatures, Aren’t They? · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #20/30, November 1983

8 · Bargaining Up the Wrong Tree · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil July 1992

10 · How Do They Say It? · Bob Shaw · pm Anvil #55, April 1993

11 · BoSh Speaks to DSC · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #52, October 1990, as “DeepSouthCon 28 Speech”

13 · Seasonal Greetings · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil April 1991

15 · Life Is but a Raffle · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil October 1990

18 · Merry Christmas · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil May 1989

19 · Bob Shaw’s Patented Ever-Fail Get-Rich-Quick Schemes · Bob Shaw · ar ConFederation Program Book ed. Charlotte Proctor, Worldcon Atlanta, Inc., 1986

22 · What I Learned from Watching Star Trek · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #3, September 1987
delivered as a speech at Rivercon XII, July/August 1987.

27 · How to Be Sick…and Live to Tell About It · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #36, June 1985

29 · Has-to-Ride Belt, or A Streetcar Named Bizarre · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #22, July 1982

32 · Bob Shaw Talks to BoShCon · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #27, May 1983, as “BoShcon Non-Speech”

Courageous New Planet by Bob Shaw (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1981, no ISBN, 75p, 10pp, ph, ss) [Novacon Booklets]
Original short story issued in a limited edition of 550 numbered copies, to coincide with Shaw’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 11.

The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw (Inca Press, 1979, no ISBN, 90p, 50pp, A5, co, cover by Jim Barker)
Volume two in “Complete BoSh”.

7 · Introduction · Mike Glicksohn · in; illustrated by Jim Barker

8 · A Note from the Author · Bob Shaw · ms; expanded from the foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat”.

9 · 1974: Tynecon: The Need for BAD Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Goblin’s Grotto #1, June 1975; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Tynecon, Easter 1974.

16 · 1975: Seacon: Time-Travellers Among Us · Bob Shaw · ar Triode #21, June 1975, as “Time Travel Talk”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’75, Easter 1975.

23 · 1976: Mancon: The Return of the Backyard Spaceship · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #11, July 1976; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Mancon 5, Easter 1976.

32 · 1977: Eastercon: The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, June 1977; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Eastercon ’77, Easter 1977.

42 · 1978: Skycon: Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology · Bob Shaw · ar Drilkjis #3, August 1978; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Skycon, Easter 1978.

The Full Glass Bushel by Bob Shaw (Ansible Editions, June 2020, 978-1-913451-69-1, free, 231pp, tp, co)
This collects all Bob Shaw’s “Glass Bushel” columns from Hyphen, plus his other pieces in Hyphen and the two additional “Bushel” columns for Science Fiction Review in 1984.

fc. · [front cover] · Jim Barker · cv The Best of the Bushel by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979

· Introduction, 2020 · Rob Jackson · in

· Introduction, 1986 · Bob Shaw · in Messages Found in an Oxygen Bottle by Bob Shaw, NESFA, 1986

· The Best of the Bushel · co (r)

· Introduction, 1979 · Walter Willis · in The Best of the Bushel by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979

· Pyrotechnics · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #12, December 1954

· BoSh Goes Loco · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #14, June 1955

· Canadian Capers (1) · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #16, August 1956, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Rush Report re Portrush · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #18, May 1957

· Canadian Capers (2) · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #21, October 1958, as “The Molehill”

· The Man in the Grey Flannel Toga · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #24, March 1960

· The Strange Pond of Dr. Moreau · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #25, November 1960, as “The Glass Bushel”

· I Have Been Faithful to Thee, Cinema · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #26, January 1961

· Bowmen in the Gloamin’ · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #27, March 1961

· Booze in the Night · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #29, September 1961

· The Merry, Merry Paean of Pipes · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #31, March 1962

· Tommy Johnston versus Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #32, 1963

· Ad Astra? · Bob Shaw · ar Vector #65, May/June 1973

· The Rest of the Bushel

· Water, Wind and Gales of Laughter · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #1, May 1952, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Comes the Revelation · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #2, September 1952

· The Advent of the SEWIFAVSAG · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #3, February 1953

· Cyclic History · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #6, January 1954, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Kolektinbug · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #8, January 1954, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Hoax · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #10, September 1954

· The Ladies’ Armchair Companion · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #11, November 1954, as “The Glass Bushel”

· The Haunted House · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #13, March 1955

· The Supernatural and the Underworld · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #15, November 1955, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Sprinting in the Rockies · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #17, December 1956

· The Ballistics of Bards and Buses · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #19, January 1958, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Perchance to Sleep · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #20, February 1958

· Two Years Before the Potato Hatch · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #22, March 1959

· None but My Foe to Be My Guide · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #28, May 1961

· The Blue Plate Special · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #33, June 1961

· QVO VOIDVS · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #30, December 1961

· A Fine Pere · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #35, April 1964

· Weekend Return · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #36, February 1965

· More Shaw in Hyphen

· SFAN! · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #3, February 1953

· The Soupcon Report · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #5, November 1953

· Reviews · Bob Shaw · rc Hyphen #7, March 1954

_ · Tomorrow’s Universe · Bob Shaw · br Hyphen #7, March 1954 [Ref. H. J. Campbell]

_ · Authentic #40, December 15, 1953 · Bob Shaw · lr Hyphen #7, March 1954

_ · Authentic #41, January 15, 1954 · Bob Shaw · lr Hyphen #7, March 1954

· Your First Murders · Bob Shaw · vi Hyphen #10, September 1954

· Subtle Horror Story · Bob Shaw · vi Hyphen #11, November 1954

· Homing Odyssey · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #23, November 1959

· The History of Irish Fandom: Part 4 · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #23, November 1959

· The Bushel Returns (1984-1987)

· Pipes, Plates and Politicians · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #51, Summer 1984, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Creepy Coincidences · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #53, Winter 1984, as “The Glass Bushel”

· Trance with a Stranger · Bob Shaw · ar Hyphen #37, October 1987

· Appendix: Previous Collections · Various · ms

· Original Appearances · David Langford · bi

A Load of Old BoSh: Serious Scientific Talks by Bob Shaw (Beccon Publications, April 14, 1995, 1-870824-34-2, £4.95, 94pp, A5, co, cover by Sue Mason)
Collection of ten of Bob Shaw’s incomparably funny speeches, mainly given at the British Eastercons between 1974 and 1988. This includes all of the speeches from The Eastercon Speeches (Paranoid/Inca Press, 1979) and Serious Science (Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984), 1984; plus two others collected for the first time.

2 · Introduction · Alison Scott · in

2 · A Note from the Author · Bob Shaw · ms The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979; expanded from the foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat”.

5 · The Need for BAD Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Goblin’s Grotto #1, June 1975; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Tynecon, Easter 1974.

13 · Time-Travellers Among Us · Bob Shaw · ar Triode #21, June 1975, as “Time Travel Talk”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’75, Easter 1975.

21 · The Return of the Backyard Spaceship · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #11, July 1976; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Mancon 5, Easter 1976.

29 · The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, June 1977; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Eastercon ’77, Easter 1977.

41 · Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology · Bob Shaw · ar Drilkjis #3, August 1978; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Skycon, Easter 1978.

51 · Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

59 · Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

67 · Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

75 · Worldcon After Dinner Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985, as “My Life and Space/Times”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

85 · A Serious Scientific Talk · Bob Shaw · ar Nowhere Fast #4, August 1988, as “The Importance of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Follycon, Easter 1988.

The Serious Scientific Talks by Bob Shaw (Ansible Editions, July 2020, 978-1-913451-20-2, free, ebook, co, cover by Jim Barker)
Revised from the November 2019 edition to include “Campus Fugit”.

· Publisher’s Note · David Langford · ms

· Introduction, 1979 · Mike Glicksohn · in The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979

· Introduction, 1995 · Alison Scott · in A Load of Old BoSh by Bob Shaw, BECCON Publications, 1995

· A Note from the Author · Bob Shaw · ms The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979; expanded from the foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat”.

· The Speeches

· The Need for BAD Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Goblin’s Grotto #1, June 1975
delivered as a speech at Tynecon, Easter 1974.

· Time-Travellers Among Us · Bob Shaw · ar Triode #21, June 1975, as “Time Travel Talk”
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’75, Easter 1975.

· The Return of the Backyard Spaceship · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #11, July 1976
delivered as a speech at Mancon 5, Easter 1976.

· The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, June 1977
delivered as a speech at Eastercon ’77, Easter 1977.

· Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology · Bob Shaw · ar Drilkjis #3, August 1978
delivered as a speech at Skycon, Easter 1978.

· Eau de Clone · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #30, June 1980
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’79, August 1979.

· The Mysterious World of Bob C. Shaw · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #37, August 1981
delivered as a speech at Yorcon 2, Easter 1981.

· Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

· Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

· Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

· My Life and Space/Times · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· What I Learned from Watching Star Trek · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #3, September 1987
delivered as a speech at Rivercon XII, July/August 1987.

· Campus Fugit · Bob Shaw · ar Xyster #13, November 1987
delivered as a speech at Conspiracy ’87, August/September 1987.

· The Importance of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies · Bob Shaw · ar Nowhere Fast #4, August 1988
delivered as a speech at Follycon, Easter 1988.

· Foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat” · Bob Shaw · is Pulp #18, January 1991

· Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #9, December 1990
delivered as a speech at Confiction, August 1990.

· Appendix: Past Collections · Various · ms

· Original Appearances · David Langford · bi

Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw (The Shaw Fund, 1984, no ISBN, 24pp, ph, co)
Given as Serious Science on the cover.

3 · Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

10 · Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

18 · Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

Slow Pint Glass by Bob Shaw (Ansible Editions, August 2020, 978-1-913451-71-4, free, 462pp, tp, co)

fc. · [front cover] · Jim Barker · cv Tyne Capsule ed. Rob Jackson, Tynecon III, 2015

· Introduction · David Langford · in

· The 1950s

· The Fansmanship Lectures I · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #5, Spring 1951

· I Remember · Bob Shaw · ar Phantasmagoria #2, Spring 1951

· The Moon Will Be Hell · Bob Shaw · ar Phantasmagoria #3, Summer 1951

· The Fansmanship Lectures II · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· 1961: Extrapolated · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· The Fansmanship Lectures III · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #7, Winter 1952/1953

· An Inexpensive Fanzine Printing Press · Bob Shaw & Vince Clarke · hu Slant #7, Winter 1952/1953

· Crud and Punishment · Bob Shaw · ar Bem #3, September 1954

· The Modern Mariner · Bob Shaw · ar Alpha #13, Winter 1955/1956

· Wholly Berry · Bob Shaw · ar Grue #29, April 1956

· Goon Abroad This Year? · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #4, October 1956

· The Top of the Turnip · Bob Shaw · ar À Bas #9, November 1956

· A Chance of a Ghost · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #7, 1957

· I Refuse to Budgie · Bob Shaw · ar Veritas #4, June 1957

· Greener on the Other Side · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_63 · [letters] · Bob Shaw · lt Oopsla #22, September 1957

_64 · [letters] · Bob Shaw · lt Oopsla #25, July 1958

· None but the Loony Heart · Bob Shaw · ar The Compleat Faan December 1958

· Filthy Looker · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #13, May 1959

· The 1960s

· Lesion of the Damned · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #16, January 1961

· Where There’s a Willis There’s a Waysgoose · Bob Shaw · ar Void #23, January 1961

· Purple Writers of the Sage · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #17, July 1961

· Dragnit · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #1, April 1963

· A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to the Typewriter · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #3, January 1964

· Take Me to Your Leader · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #4, April 1964

· Discourse on Metaphysics · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #6, November 1964

· Slobland Revisited · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #8, June 1965

· Air on a Harp String · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #120, May 1967

· The Cosy Universe · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #24, August 1968

· The Mortal Gael I · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #25, November 1968

· The Mortal Gael II · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #26, February 1969

· The 1970s

· The Jaundiced Goggle · Bob Shaw · ar Scottishe #55, March 1970

· Speculations on Fan Mortality · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #36, 1970

· The Mortal Gael III · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #27, September 1970

· BoSh Tosh I · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point September 14 1970

· BoSh Tosh II: How I Saved Winston Churchill’s Life · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point December 21 1970

· BoSh Tosh III · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point January 4 1971

· The Extraordinary Behaviour of Ordinary Materials · Bob Shaw · ar Energumen #7, July 1971

· BoSh Tosh IV · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point August 17 1971

· By a Specious Correspondent · Bob Shaw · ar Egoboo #13, October 8 1971

· James White · Bob Shaw · ar Novacon Programme Book ed. Dave Langford, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1971

· This Is…Uh…He Publishes…Er… · Bob Shaw · ar Warm Heart Pastry #1, 1972

· The Jig Is Up · Bob Shaw · ar Rats! #14, January 1972

· Never Respond to a Review · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_ · [letter] · Bob Shaw · lt Algol #18, May 1972

_ · [letter] · Bob Shaw · lt Algol #20, May 1973

· BoSh Tosh V · Bob Shaw · ar Tandem #1, January 1973

· Two Recipes · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_ · Deadline Stew · Bob Shaw · ms Cooking Out of This World ed. Anne McCaffrey, Ballantine, 1973

_ · Martian Madness · Bob Shaw · ms Cooking Out of This World ed. Anne McCaffrey, Ballantine, 1973

· All Our Chester Days · Bob Shaw · ar Blazon #1, April 1974

· Bicycle to Betelgeuse · Bob Shaw · ar Tynecon ’74 Programme Book ed. Rob Jackson, Tynecon, 1974

· Billion Year Esprit de Corps · Bob Shaw · br Cypher #11, May 1974 [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss]

· Hi, Fen! · Bob Shaw · ar Random #6, February 1975

· Once Upon a Tyne · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #7, 1975

· Allies in Sunderland · Bob Shaw · ar Prevert #1, March 1975

· Beyond Apollo · Bob Shaw · br Foundation #7/8, March 1975 [Ref. Barry Malzberg]

· Bringing Them Out of Their Shells · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #11, July 1975

· Beer · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #19, November 1996

· Prediction or Predilection? · Bob Shaw · ar Diaspar #17, November 1975

· Income Taxi · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #10, March 1976

· Escape to Infinity · Bob Shaw · ar Foundation #10, June 1976

· Irish Rose · Bob Shaw · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Patrick Wyatt]

· Introduction to “The Exorcists of IF” · Bob Shaw · is Algol Fall 1976/Winter 1977

· The Writer’s Year · Bob Shaw · ar BSFA Yearbook ed. Dave Lewis, BSFA, 1977

· The Two-Year Warning · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Bid Progress Report #3, April 1977

· Tango Time · Bob Shaw · br The New Statesman April 15 1977 [Ref. Michael Moorcock]; review of The Condition of Muzak.

· Wetfoot in the Head · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, July 1977

· How Short Is “Short”? · Bob Shaw · ar Rigel Magazine #60, December 1977

· Talking a Lot of Bilge · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #24, March 1978

· PRO and Con · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #15, June 1978

· The Game of Dog and Crab · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #26, November 1978

· The View from Serendip · Bob Shaw · br Vector #90, November/December 1978 [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke]

· Auld Slang Sayings · Bob Shaw · ar DNQ #16, April 1979

· Pro Lapse · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #23, April 1979

· What Is Science Fiction? My View · Bob Shaw · ar The Science Fiction Book Club News Summer 1979

· Confessions of a Philistine · Bob Shaw · ar Inca #1, 1979

· Dreams of Empire · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Programme Book ed. Graham Charnock, Seacon, 1979; contribution to symposium.

· Tiles of Horror · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Programme Book ed. Graham Charnock, Seacon, 1979

· Coming Apart at the Themes · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #35, May 1980

· BoSh of Arabia · Bob Shaw · ar Energumen #16, September 1981

· Has-to-Ride Belt, or A Streetcar Named Bizarre · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #22, July 1982

· When Fandoms Collide · Bob Shaw · ar Zine That Has No Name #3, November 1982

· BoShcon Non-Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #27, May 1983

· Private Passions · Bob Shaw · ar New Internationalist December 1982

· James White, An Appreciation · Bob Shaw · ar Albacon II Programme Book ed. Frances Jane Nelson & Dave Ellis, Albacon II, 1983 [Ref. James White]

· Comparative Fizzyology · Bob Shaw · ar Australian Fan Funds’ Newsletter #1, December 1983

· Murphan’s Law · Bob Shaw · ar Microwave #7, February 1984

· You Don’t Really Mean That · Bob Shaw · ar Ron’s Raygun #2, September 1984

· A Word in Your Beer · Bob Shaw · ar Mainstream #10, October 1984

· V: Plumbing the Depths · Bob Shaw · mr Starburst #75, November 1984

· Seducers with Staples · Bob Shaw · ar Focus #10, February 1985

· How to Be Sick…and Live to Tell About It · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #36, June 1985

· Aussiecon Two After-Dinner Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985, as “My Life and Space/Times”; illustrated by Jim Barker; this is a slightly revised extract that was published in Thyme #49, January 1986.
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· Aussiecon Two Fan Natter · Bob Shaw · ar Thyme #49, January 1986
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· Foreword to PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions · Bob Shaw · fw PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions ed. Jim Ridgway & Michele Benjamin, The British Psychological Society, 1987

· Bob Shaw’s Patented Ever-Fail Get-Rich-Quick Schemes · Bob Shaw · ar ConFederation Program Book ed. Charlotte Proctor, Worldcon Atlanta, Inc., 1986

· The Extra Dimension · Bob Shaw · ar Vector #134, October/November 1986

· Silverberg and Slow Glass · Bob Shaw · ex from “Comment on Two of Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder”, Foundation #38, Winter 1986/1987

· Escaping from a Monster of the Mind · Bob Shaw · ar The Independent May 26 1987

· Friends on a Train · Bob Shaw · ar Empties #9, September 1988

· Merry Christmas · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #49, May 1989

· The 1990s

· Perspex Parrot · Bob Shaw · ar Perspex Parrot #1, 1990

· DeepSouthCon 28 Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #52, October 1990

· Life Is but a Raffle · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #52, October 1990

· Mickey Mouse Works · Bob Shaw · ar Sticky Quarters #20, December 1990

· Play Mystic for Me · Bob Shaw · ar Trap Door #10, January 1991

· Seasonal Greetings · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #53, April 1991

· Twenty Years of Novacon · Bob Shaw · hu Novacon 21 Programme Book ed. Alice & Steve Lawson, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1991, as ““I Have Missed Only Two Novacons””

· Key Bored · Bob Shaw · ar Nexus #2, Spring 1992

· Bargaining Up the Wrong Tree · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #54, July 1992

· The Half-Life of Brian · Bob Shaw · ar Novacon 25 Progress Report One ed. Martin Tudor, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1994 [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss]

· An Introduction to “The Mercenary Mirage” · Bob Shaw · is String #2, Summer 1991

· Appendix: Quotes and Nuggets; most of these are from published letters of comment, the originals usually being untitled.

· Fan File · Bob Shaw · ms Quandry #13, August 1951

· Stunned Speculation on the Manchester Mushroom · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· Pun Primer · Bob Shaw · ms Bem #2, June 1954

· Absent-Minded Astronauts · Bob Shaw · lt Nebula Science Fiction #13, 1955, as “[letter]”

· Fan Chess · Bob Shaw · ms Fanac #12, December 1958

· An Old Fan and Tired? · Bob Shaw · ms Hyphen #22, March 1959

· A Word from the Co-Author · Bob Shaw · in 1962
from the introduction to the second edition The Enchanted Duplicator (August 1962).

· A Presentation to Terry Carr · Bob Shaw · ms Innuendo #12, May 1990

· Advice to a Beginning Writer · Bob Shaw · ms SF Writer’s Bulletin #5, July 1970; contribution to Q&A symposium.

· The Bun Is the Lowest Form of Wheat · Bob Shaw · ms Focal Point July 6 1970

· The Rustle-Bedspring Diagram · Bob Shaw · lt Maya #9, November 1975, as “[letter]”

· The House on the Borderland · Bob Shaw · ms Checkpoint #78, January 1977

· Ming the Mercenary · Bob Shaw · ms Quark #14, April 1977

· You Can B. Shaw · Bob Shaw · ms True Rat #9, April 1977

· Writing Funny · Bob Shaw · ms MOTA #28, June 1979

· Practical Joke · Bob Shaw · ms Ansible #6, February 1980

· Law of the Jungle · Bob Shaw · ms Holier Than Thou #9, January 1981

· Hugos There? · Bob Shaw · ms Boonfark #5, August 1981

· First Visit to the South · Bob Shaw · ms TriContinental One-Shot August 1981

· TED Author Credits · Bob Shaw · ms Boonfark #6, Spring 1982

· On Perfectionism · Bob Shaw · ms Pong #33/34, April 19 1982

· Correction · Bob Shaw · ms File 770 #71, December 1987

· Swelling and Skating · Bob Shaw · ms Sikander #15, March 1989

· Interzone Newsflash · Bob Shaw · lt Interzone #34, March/April 1990, as “[letter]”

· How Do They Say It? · Bob Shaw · pm Anvil #55, April 1993

· Certificate · Bob Shaw · ms (r); undated; personalised copies given at various times to various fans.

· Original Appearances · David Langford · bi

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