Adam_Roberts_(British_writer)

Adam Roberts (British writer)

Adam Roberts (British writer)

British writer of speculative fiction and parody novels; literature and writing academic

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.

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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.[2]

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.[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

  • 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[6] (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)[7]
  • 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)[8]
  • Swiftly: Stories (2004)
  • Adam Robots (2013)
  • Saint Rebor (2015)

Parodies

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.)
  • H G Wells: A Literary Life (2019)
  • 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

References

  1. [1]
    "Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles)". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Adam Roberts". The Guardian. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    "2014 Sidewise Award Finalists". Locus. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. [4]
    Roberts, Adam. "Writing". Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    Adam Roberts Lecture Podcast Now Available, The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, 14 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. [6]
  7. [7]
    ""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.
  8. [8]
    Alexander, Niall (12 June 2014). Jonathan Strahan (ed.). "Step into the Stars: Reach for Infinity". Tor.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  9. [9]
    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.
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