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Adam Charles Roberts (born 30 June 1965) is a British science fiction and fantasy novelist. In 2018 he was elected vice-president of the H. G. Wells Society. Career Roberts has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Roberts has been nominated three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001 for his debut novel, Salt, in 2007 for Gradisil and in 2010 for Yellow Blue Tibia. He won both the 2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, for Jack Glass. It was further shortlisted for The Kitschies Red Tentacle award. His short story "Tollund" was nominated for the 2014 Sidewise Award. On his website, Roberts states that an ongoing project of his is to write a short story in every science fiction sub-genre. In May 2014, Roberts gave the second annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of Tolkien and Women. Published works Novels Salt (2000, ISBN 0-575-06896-5) On (2001, ISBN 0-575-07176-1) Stone (2002, ISBN 0-575-07396-9) Polystom (2003, ISBN 0-575-07541-4) The Snow (2004) Gradisil (2006) Land of the Headless (2007) Splinter (2007) Swiftly: A Novel (2008) Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel (2009, ISBN 0-575-08356-5) New Model Army (2010) By Light Alone (2011) Jack Glass (2012, ISBN 0-575-12763-5) Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (2014) Bête (2014, ISBN 978-0-575-12768-5) The Thing Itself (2015) The Real-Town Murders (2017) By the Pricking of Her Thumb (2018) Haven (2018) The Black Prince (2018) Purgatory Mount (2021) The This (2022) The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (2023) Novellas Park Polar (2002) Jupiter Magnified (2003) Anticopernicus (2011) Bethany (2016) The Lake Boy (2018) The Man Who Would Be Kling (2019) The Compelled (2020) Stealing for the Sky (2022) The Midas Rain (2023) High (2024) Short stories and short story collections "S-Bomb" in Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (2008, ISBN 0-9802114-0-9) "Trademark Bugs: A Legal History", Reach for Infinity (2014) Swiftly: Stories (2004) Adam Robots (2013) Saint Rebor (2015) Parodies The Soddit (2003, The Hobbit) The McAtrix Derided (2004, The Matrix) The Sellamillion (2004, The Silmarillion) Star Warped (2005, Star Wars) The Va Dinci Cod (2005, The Da Vinci Code) Doctor Whom: E.T. Shoots and Leaves (2006, Doctor Who) I am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas (2009, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol). The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo (2010, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) I, Soddit: The Autobiography (2013, The Hobbit) Criticism Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy (1998) Science Fiction (The New Critical Idiom) (2000, second edition 2005) Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings (original version by Lin Carter) (Roberts updated the text for the 2003 edition) The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Histories of Literature) (2006, second edition 2016) The Riddles of The Hobbit (Palgrave Macmillan) (2013) Sibilant Fricative: Essays and Reviews (2014) Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014 (2015) (Won the BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction.) It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of (2020) (Won the BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction.) Poetry Wodwo Vergil (2018) Other non-fiction Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (2014, ISBN 978-1-4447-9565-3) References External links Academic Biography at RoyalHolloway.ac.uk Archived 23 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Adam Roberts at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Adam Roberts at Library of Congress, with 34 library catalogue records Don Brine at LC Authorities, with 1 record The Valve: A Literary Organ (blog, archived December 2013) Bibliography at SciFan (archived December 2014) Review of Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea at Upcoming4.me (archived February 2014) Appearances by Roberts on the Lancer Kind podcast. Discover the Adam Roberts popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Roberts books.
Best Seller Adam Roberts Books of 2024
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The Good Book
Andrew BlaunerThirtytwo prominent writers share the Bible passages most meaningful to them in this “Sunday School class you’ve been waiting for” (Garrison Keillor).The Good Book, with an introdu...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
N. K. SandarsGilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the...
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The Rig
Roger LevyOn a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with ...
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Sternenstaub
Adam RobertsNichts zu verlierenAe wird für ein Verbrechen bestraft, das in der zukünftigen Gesellschaft, in der er lebt, nur noch selten vorkommt: Mord. Nanotechnologie macht es beinahe unmögl...
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The Letters of Private Wheeler
B.h. Liddell Hart'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent ... We have no more human account of the Peninsular War from a participant in all its battles. Vivid images of ...
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Sternensturm
Adam RobertsNichts ist, wie es scheintStellen Sie sich ein Universum vor, das nach ganz anderen physikalischen Regeln funktioniert. In dem die Planeten so eng aneinander liegen, dass man mit F...
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Flesh in the Age of Reason
Roy Porter'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an...
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Pigs
George MacleodWritten in response to a growing demand on the part of pig farmers, here is a textbook which will provide a working manual to which reference can be readily made.Not all the diseas...
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Making History
Richard CohenA “supremely entertaining” (The New Yorker) exploration of who gets to record the world’s historyfrom Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burnsand how their biases influenc...
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Hope Island
Tim MajorA gripping supernatural mystery for fans of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos from the author of Snakeskins.Workaholic TV news producer Nina Scaife is determined to fight for her ...
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Wolves
Simon IngsA chilling literary dystopia for those who love Iain Banks and JG Ballard.Conrad is desperate for an escape after a devastating accident changes his way of life. When his childhood...
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We Fought at Arnhem
Mike RossiterOperation Market Garden: a plan to capture the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem and outflank the German front. In all twelve thousand airborne troops were to land, either by parachu...
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Journals and Letters
Peter Sabor & Frances BurneyNovelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 17521840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until t...
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Nineteen
Adam J.T. RobartsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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The Breach
M.T HillFrom Philip K. Dick Awardnominated author M.T. Hill and selected as The Times 'Best Book of the Month', The Breach is a unique science fiction mystery set in the dangerous undergro...
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Snakeskins
Tim MajorA timely sciencefiction thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals' sense of identity and on wider society.Caitlin Hext's first shedding ceremo...
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Nuclear Deterrence
Sir Lawrence FreedmanPart of the new Ladybird Expert series, Nuclear Deterrence is an accessible and authoritative introduction to the deterrent tactics employed to prevent war, drawing on the unpreced...
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Postcards to Europe
Various AuthorsThis is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly uni...
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Beyond the Burn Line
Paul McAuleyWHAT WILL BECOME OF US?In the deep future beyond the burn line of the Anthropocene and the extinction of humanity, the city states of an intelligent species of bear have fallen to ...
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Why Britain is at War
Harold Nicolson"If we in Great Britain are resolute and wise there will emerge from this catastrophe something which may well give hope to the world" First published in 1939 as a Penguin Special,...
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Die Centauri-Maschine
M. John HarrisonSeit Jahrzehnten unter den Top Ten der besten SFBücher aller Zeiten: M. John Harrisons legendärer Roman „Das CentauriSpiel“, mit dem der Autor des Bestsellers „Licht“ das Genre der...
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Salt
Adam RobertsTwo narrators tell the story of the simmering tensions between their two communities as they travel out to a new planet, colonise it, then destroy themselves when the tensions turn...
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Dream Again
Isaiah AustinThe inspiring story of Isaiah Austin, the man who captured our hearts when he was made the honorary NBA draft pick after a shocking diagnosis ended his professional basketball care...
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Genetics
Adam RutherfordPart of the ALLNEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.Who discovered genetics?How does gene inheritance work?Is DNA common to all living things?We inherit CODES from our parents. And these cod...
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Zero Bomb
M.T HillShortlisted for Neukom Literary Arts Award for Speculative Fiction, from Philip K. Dick Awardnominated author M.T. Hill, Zero Bomb is a startling science fiction mystery that asks:...
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The Battle of The Nile
Sam WillisPart of the ALLNEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES Why was the Battle of the Nile so decisive in the French Revolutionary Wars? Why did the French believe they were unassailable? And why di...
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The Secret Life of Genes
Derek HarveyGenes have a huge impact on who we are, from defining us as humans, to governing how we behave. Whether controlling our cells or creating new forms of life, discover how DNA makes ...
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Adam Roberts. The History of Science Fiction
Utopian StudiesAdam Roberts. The History of Science Fiction. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave, 2005. 368 pp. Cloth, 72.00 [pounds sterling],
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Invisible Planets
Hannu RajaniemiMindblowingly inventive and beautifully written short stories from the most exciting new name in SFHannu Rajaniemi exploded onto the SF scene in 2010 with the publication of his fi...