Adam Roberts (British writer)


Adam Charles Roberts 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

Born in London, 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 women in The Lord of the Rings. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.

Published works

Novels

Salt On Stone Polystom The Snow Gradisil Land of the Headless Splinter Swiftly: A Novel Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel New Model Army By Light Alone Jack Glass Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea Bête The Thing Itself The Real-Town Murders By the Pricking of Her Thumb Haven The Black Prince Purgatory Mount The This The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate
  • ''Lake of Darkness''

Novellas

Park Polar Jupiter Magnified Anticopernicus Bethany The Lake Boy The Man Who Would Be Kling The Compelled Stealing for the Sky The Midas Rain
  • ''High''

Short stories and short story collections

Parodies

The Soddit The McAtrix Derided The Sellamillion Star Warped The Va Dinci Cod Doctor Whom: E.T. Shoots and Leaves I am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas .The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo
  • ''I, Soddit: The Autobiography''

Criticism

Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy Science Fiction Fredric Jameson Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings The History of Science Fiction The Riddles of The Hobbit Sibilant Fricative: Essays and Reviews Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014 H G Wells: A Literary Life It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of
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Poetry

  • ''Wodwo Vergil''

Other non-fiction

  • ''Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy''