Adam Roberts (1) (1965–)
Author of Yellow Blue Tibia
For other authors named Adam Roberts, see the disambiguation page.
Adam Roberts (1) has been aliased into A.R.R.R. Roberts.
About the Author
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Series
Works by Adam Roberts
Works have been aliased into A.R.R.R. Roberts.
Cardboard Box of the Rings: "The Soddit", "The Sellamillion", "Bored of the Rings" (GollanczF.) (2004) 21 copies
Stealing For The Sky 13 copies
The Midas Rain 6 copies
Shoreline of Infinity 32: Science fictional fairy tales and myths (Science Fiction Magazine) (2022) 3 copies
Jack din sticla (Romanian Edition) 3 copies
Swiftly [short story] 3 copies
Poem in Four Parts 2 copies
What Did Tessimond Tell You? 2 copies
War of Another World [short story] 2 copies
Petrolpunk {short story} 2 copies
Anhedonia (Short story) 2 copies
Woodpunk 2 copies
And tomorrow and [short fiction] 2 copies
The Time Telephone {short story} 2 copies
Baedecker's Fermi [short fiction] 2 copies
Balancing 1 copy
Jerie [short fiction] 1 copy
And Future King 1 copy
The Order Of Things 1 copy
Dick Does Time 1 copy
Man You Gotta Go 1 copy
New Model Computer 1 copy
lo sghrbit 1 copy
The Chrome Chromosome 1 copy
Dantean [short fiction] 1 copy
ReMorse [short fiction] 1 copy
Wonder: A Story in Two Acts 1 copy
Gross Thousand (short story) 1 copy
Throwness [short fiction] 1 copy
Mocputer (Short story) 1 copy
In the Night of the Comet 1 copy
Moon Poem (poem) 1 copy
Noose (short story) 1 copy
Saint Rebor (short story) 1 copy
The Sixth Star (short story) 1 copy
Godbombing [short fiction] 1 copy
Recursitopia 1 copy
Between Nine and Eleven 1 copy
S-bomb [short fiction] 1 copy
Pied Piper [short story] 1 copy
Associated Works
Works have been aliased into A.R.R.R. Roberts.
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) — Introduction, some editions; Introduction, some editions — 2,954 copies
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Introduction, some editions — 1,920 copies
Flirting with Pride & Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece (2005) — Contributor — 237 copies
Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006) — Contributor — 183 copies
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (2019) — Contributor — 130 copies
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to… (2005) — Contributor — 127 copies
So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica (2006) — Contributor — 81 copies
Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek (Smart Pop… (2006) — Contributor — 79 copies
2001: An Odyssey in Words: Celebrating the Centenary of Arthur C. Clarke's Birth (2018) — Contributor — 53 copies
Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association (2008) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium (Smart Pop series) (2006) — Contributor — 33 copies
Investigating CSI: An Unauthorized Look Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York (2006) — Contributor — 22 copies
King Kong Is Back!: An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (Smart Pop series) (2005) — Contributor — 18 copies
Beta-Life: Short Stories from an A-Life Future (Science-Into-Fiction) (2014) — Contributor — 14 copies
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers (2020) — Contributor — 11 copies
Scarlet Traces: An Anthology Based on The War of the Worlds: A War of the Worlds Anthology (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies
Crises and Conflicts: Celebrating the First 10 Years of Newcon Press (2016) — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Roberts, Adam Charles
- Other names
- Roberts, A.R.R.R.
Roberts, A3R
Brine, Don - Birthdate
- 1965-06-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Croydon, London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK - Education
- University of Aberdeen (BA - English)
University of Cambridge (PhD) - Occupations
- professor
critic
novelist - Organizations
- University of London
- Agent
- Anne Perry
- Short biography
- Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He also blogs at The Valve, a group blog devoted to literature and cultural studies.
He has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD 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.
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Reviews
The Midas Rain by Adam Roberts
Neo-noir: in a pollution choked future Detroit, the protagonist is trying to pull off a heist that might get him out of the dirty air and dirty deeds, by stealing from the megacorp that is constantly throwing valuable rocks from space to the ground, heedless of who gets killed as a result. But there are plenty of twists and turns in this novella. Ultimately I didn’t think it was very persuasive, but if you want a communist protagonist, here he is
Salt by Adam Roberts
Loses a star for not being "The Dispossessed"
Uses unreliable narration to explore Terrorism V Freedom Fighting , and the barbed nature of imperialism. There's a spectacularly unpleasant rape scene which adds little.
Uses unreliable narration to explore Terrorism V Freedom Fighting , and the barbed nature of imperialism. There's a spectacularly unpleasant rape scene which adds little.
Didn't really care for this. The tone straddles satire and realism, which made me very uncertain about how to feel about the novel's pack of oddball antihero characters. Maybe just Not My Thing.
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Statistics
- Works
- 123
- Also by
- 93
- Members
- 5,725
- Popularity
- #4,315
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 234
- ISBNs
- 264
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 12
