Ian Hawker: 3 books

In the not too distant future, Simon, Jane, Stephen and John graduate from university and secure IT positions in the industries of banking, agriculture, power and telecommunications. At their regular reunions, they discuss the benefits of using machines to assist in their work. They become credited...

Born to Dorothy and Peter in the post-war years, John is a working-class lad from Wallasey on Merseyside. He grows up with a fanatical interest in science, completes a degree and then a doctorate. After rejecting the opportunity of an academic life, he somehow manages to land a good job with Telecom...

This assorted collection of sixteen thought-provoking short stories has a prevalent futuristic element, beginning with A Male Problem where a mysterious virus has left 99 % of the male population infertile. The exploration of how a variety of people cope with this is both shocking and amusing. As...