Shaw was known in the fan community for his wit . Following his early membership of Irish Fandom , with Walt Willis , and James White , he always remained a keen reader of and contributor to fanzines . Later , and for many years , at the British science fiction convention Eastercon , he would deliver a humorous speech ( often part of his famous series known by the tongue-in-cheek label of " Serious Scientific Talks " ) ; these were eventually collected in '' The Eastercon Speeches '' ( 1979 ) and '' A Load of Old Bosh '' ( 1995 ) , which included a similar talk from the 1979 Worldcon in Brighton , 37th World Science Fiction Convention . For these he won the 1979 and 1980 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer . He wrote '' The Enchanted Duplicator '' with Walt Willis in 1954 , a piece of fiction about science fiction fandom modelled on John Bunyan 's '' The Pilgrim 's Progress ''
37th World Science Fiction Convention
37th World Science Fiction Convention
Bob Shaw