title: Fire Pattern
text: # Fire Pattern
  
  Fire Pattern is a novel by Bob Shaw published in 1984.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  Fire Pattern is a novel in which a reporter investigates victims of spontaneous human combustion.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Dave Langford reviewed Fire Pattern for White Dwarf #58, and stated that "A good read but – in its implications and its appearance from witty Bob Shaw – a slightly depressing one."
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * Review by Chris Morgan (1984) in Fantasy Review, October 1984
  * Review by David Barrett (1984) in Vector 122
  * Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #87 December 1986
  