Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Adam Roberts on Rudy Rucker defines UFO science fiction : Coincidentally, my next novel, due out in a few weeks (available wherever good books are sold, etc), ... Paul Raven on Spaceport Scotland': The article mentions that Virgin have ..
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Ferran Adrià will soon cook dinner for Adam Roberts. We got our rejection letter from el Bulli last month, but not everyone was so unlucky. This morning, the Amateur Gourmet received word that wonder of wonders he scored a table in July. The good news sparked a bit of an online panic attack from Adam Roberts, who perhaps typed this while flinging a slice of pizza from a greasy brown bag so he...
Torque Control (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Location: University of Liverpool Dates: June 10th, 11th and 12th, 2009 Class Leaders: Joan Gordon, Adam Roberts, Paul Kincaid. The Science Fiction Masterclass is held in conjunction with the University of Liverpool. The aim of the Masterclass is to provide those who have a serious interest in sf criticism with the opportunity to exchange ideas with leading figures [...]
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Photo: Courtesy of Amateur Gourmet Adam Roberts ain’t having it that when he ordered an heirloom tomato salad at Bouchon Bakery recently, they didn’t even use a whole heirloom tomato. Possibly as scandalous as the use of frozen French fries at Bouchon ? [ Amateur Gourmet ]
Torque Control (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Time for another round-table discussion, this one looking at Stephen Baxter’s most recent novel, Flood, involving me, Karen Burnham, Adam Roberts and Graham Sleight. “The ultimate disaster”, say the publisher. “The world is drowning and there is nowhere left on earth to go.” You can read a bit about the thinking that went into the book [...]
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
We never thought we'd have the chance to write about The Goonies on this site (unless there was some sort of breaking Baby Ruth news), but Adam Roberts of the Amateur Gourmet has blown the lid off that one: During a routine viewing of the Most Important Movie of Our Childhood, Roberts noticed a scene in which Sloth isn't just watching television — he's watching Craig Claiborne on television. Sloth...
Ed Levine Eats (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Adam Roberts (aka The Amateur Gourmet) shares how he would spend his final 12 hours in New York City, starting with Murray's Bagels, heading to Joe The Art of Coffee, getting lunch at Katz's Deli, and eating dinner at Jean-Georges....
PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The PokerStars Blog is proud to introduce a new offering this week. Adam "STUDstood" Roberts will be featured here weekly on Fridays. He introduces himself below. by Adam "STUDstood" Roberts Hi, my name is Adam Roberts. I have been a world ranked stud poker player for many years in both cash games and tournaments. Numerous articles have been written about me in various magazines with regard to my...
The Tattooed Gourmet (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
OK this less of a sneak peek than it is an interview with Aaron Adam Roberts the Amateur Gourmet. I am looking forward to Aaron's new Show Big Daddy's House airing on Sundays at 12:30 EST. Best of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
It's a preposterous suggestion: Gulliver's Travels turns out to be a factual account. The thimble-sized Lilliputians and the giant Brobdingnagians really do exist. The former are enslaved by the English, creating intricate mechanical goods in London's factories. The French have invaded England aided by the giants, who splish through the Thames as though it's a paddling pool. Caught up in this farrago...
Chesterton and Friends (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I picked this up over at OF Blog of the Fallen - http://ofblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/fantasy-sf-influenced-by-religious.html - He was talking about Adam Roberts' The History of Science Fiction (a book I have not read) . According to the blog, the book deals with the religious influences on SF and Fantasy in terms of European and American writings). "Roberts postulates that the Protestant Reformation,...
Scripta de Divinis (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I realize that the The Da Vinci Code craze is long (and so joyfully!) over, but I couldn’t resist sharing this tickling and, often, laugh-out-loud satire of the best-seller. London College professor of nineteenth-century English literature Adam Roberts, writing under the alias Don Brine (a perversion of Dan Brown), has written a parody of Brown’s book called The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody (
Torque Control (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A few updates to earlier posts: Adam Roberts has some thoughts about characterisation inspired by the Swiftly discussion Margo Lanagan responds to the fuss about “The Goosle” in typically robust fashion: [L]et me just say that anyone who thinks ‘The Goosle’ is child pornography has their child-porn radar set way too high; that anyone who thinks Hanny for [...]
Torque Control (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Since the Matter discussion went down so well, I’ve decided to turn it into a regular, or at least semi-regular feature. On the table this time: Adam Roberts’ ninth novel, which is “a rip-roaring 19th century adventure, a love story and a thought-provoking pre-atomic SF novel about our place in the universe.” Or is it? Your [...]
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Personal experiences with food seem to generate a lot of books and blogs lately. One food-lover making a name for himself is Adam Roberts, whose book "The Amateur Gourmet" is a spin-off of his Web site amateur
