The Serious Scientific Talks

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Table of Contents:

• Publisher's Note: Dave Langford
• Introduction, 1979: Mike Glicksohn
• Introduction, 1995: Alison Scott
• A Note from the Author: Bob Shaw

The Speeches

• The Need for BAD Science Fiction (1974)
• Time-Travellers Among Us (1975)
• The Return of the Backyard Spaceship (1976)
• The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery (1977)
• Up the Conjunction: An Investigation into Astrology (1978)
• Eau de Clone (1979)
• The Mysterious World of Bob C. Shaw (1981)
• Beyond Cosmos (1982)
• Conning Your Way (1983)
• Ten Years, but Not Decayed (1984)
• My Life and Space/Times (1985) -- titled Worldcon After Dinner Speech in A Load of Old BoSh
• What I Learned from Watching Star Trek (1987)
• The Importance of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies (1988) -- titled A Serious Scientific Talk in A Load of Old BoSh
• Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat (1990)

Appendix: Past Collections

• The Eastercon Speeches (1979)
• Serious Science (1984)
• A Load of Old BoSh (1995)
• Original Appearances

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