On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:57:44 -0000, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:

>     No, but the name rings a bell. Is that the kind of writing he was/is 
>good at?
>

Actually no, he wrote about the oil and natural sources not quite
running out. As in "Stand on Zanzibar" 1968 is about over population,
The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972) and The Shockwave
Rider (1975). His most well known ones. He died in Glasgow in 1995 at
a World Science Fiction Convention. 

I can't remember the writers who I've read, that dealt with the oil
and water running out but I get the impression that they were mostly
West Coast American writers. 

>      Presently, I've just started reading "The Vang: The Military Form" by 
>Christopher Rowley. Seems to be good so far.

I can't say that I've read any of his. To tell the truth the name puts
me off :) I'm reading one of the "Monster Books" of SF. I've ran out
of books in the library. That is somewhere that is feeling the pinch.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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