Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

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 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 twice for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001, for his debut novel, "Salt", and in 2007, for "Gradisil".

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)
* "" (2008)

Novellas and short story collections

* "Park Polar" (2002)
* "Jupiter Magnified" (2003)
* "" (2004)
* ""S-Bomb" in " (2008, ISBN 0-980-21140-9)

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")
* "" (2006, "Doctor Who")

Criticism

* "" (2000, second edition 2005)
* "The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Histories of Literature)" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.adamroberts.com/ Home Page]
* [http://www.rhul.ac.uk/English/about-us/Staff/Roberts/About-us-Roberts.html Academic Biography]
* [http://www.scifan.com/writers/rr/RobertsAdam.asp Bibliography] at SciFan
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