Adam Roberts (British writer)
Adam Roberts Cambridge University | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, parody |
| Notable works | Salt, Gradisil, Yellow Blue Tibia, By Light Alone, Jack Glass |
| Notable awards | BSFA Award for Best Novel 2012 Jack Glass Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee 2001 Salt 2007 Gradisil 2010 Yellow Blue Tibia |
Adam Charles Roberts FRSL (born 30 June 1965)[1] 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
Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.[2]
Adam Roberts has been nominated three times for the
Sidewise Award.[3] On his website, Roberts states that an ongoing project of his is to write a short story in every science fiction sub-genre.[4]
In May 2014, Roberts gave the second annual
Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of Tolkien and Women.[5]
Published works
Novels
- ISBN 0-575-06896-5)
- ISBN 0-575-07176-1)
- 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 NovelISBN 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)[7]
- Haven (2018)
- The Black Prince (2018)
- Purgatory Mount (2021)
- The This (2022)
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)[8]
- 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)[9]
- 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
- ^ "Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles)". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Adam Roberts". The Guardian. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "2014 Sidewise Award Finalists". Locus. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Roberts, Adam. "Writing". Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Adam Roberts Lecture Podcast Now Available, The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, 14 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-4039-3869-5. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
English (gargling with the phrase) "yellow blue tibia". Compare this to Burgess's khoroshô (R xopoulo "all right!, well, nicely, good', 'it is good.
- If you say 'Yellow Blue Tibia' then it sounds a bit like 'Я Люблю Тебя' – Russian for 'I love you'.
- Martini, Adrienne (April 2009). "reviews Adam Roberts' Yellow Blue Tibia". Locus Magazine.
- ^ ""By The Pricking of Her Thumb" Cover Re-Reveal! | www.AdamRoberts.com". adamroberts.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- Tor.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ Whyte, Nicholas (16 October 2004). "Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings by Lin Carter". Infinity Plus. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adam Roberts.
Wikiquote has quotations related to Adam Roberts.
- 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
