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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 (
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Adam Roberts: Even in retirement, he is the world's most revered political leader. His flaws and contradictions only endear him all the more
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Eater (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
A couple weeks ago the AG Adam Roberts caused a bit of a stir on the internets when he questioned jacket policy at Le Bernardin. The management eventually explained the dress code "contributes to the atmosphere" in the room, but...
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Torque Control (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Last week, the Strange Horizons reviews department focused on Greg Egan: Karen Burnham tackled Axiomatic and Dark Integers, Colin Harvey looked at Quarantine and Teranesia, and Adam Roberts considered Incandescence. And, of course, the fund drive is still going. L. Timmel Duchamp’s Wiscon Guest of Honour speech [pdf] The new Internet Review of SF includes Nader Elhefnawy [...]
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Strange Horizons Reviews (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Feature Week: Greg Egan Adam Roberts: Egan’s new book is about finding stuff out , and that is both its appeal and the ground of its weakness.
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Cover Pr0n: The multi-talented (I get a nickel every time I say that) Lou Anders shares the way-cool Stephan Martiniere cover for David Louis Edelman's MultiReal . Adam Roberts shows off the cool new cover for the mass-market paperback edition of Splinter . Interviews and Profiles Illusion TV interviews LQ Jones , actor/director of A Boy and His Dog , the 1975 Don Johnson film based on the Harlan...
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The Little Professor (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Adam Roberts has suggested that I vary my acquisitions lists with a wish list. Like all bibliophiles, academics, and academic bibliophiles, I yearn to own any number of things. I'll confine myself here to books that I would buy if...
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Torque Control (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The latest Reality Check podcast was recorded at the Clarke Award ceremony and includes interviews with Paul Raven, Adam Roberts, Ken MacLeod, Stephen Baxter and Richard Morgan, all moderated by Graham Sleight. Direct link to mp3. And the latest Drink Tank (pdf) is Chris Garcia’s “handicapping the Hugos” issue, with some comment from me. Abigail Nussbaum has [...]
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Asking the Wrong Questions (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Part two of my Clarke award review is now online. Also, in case you missed the update to the previous post, Adam Roberts's Clarke review is up at Futurismic, and Nic Clarke continues her Clarke series with a review of Matthew de Abaitua's The Red Men. And, of course, the award itself will be announced this evening.
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Big Dumb Object (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Adam Roberts' now traditional Clarke Award review is online at Futurismic, and very entertaining it is too. The Arthur C. Clarke Award ceremony is on Wednesday. Bets on the winner? Erm, no idea....
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The UK SF Book News Network (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
From an Inkermen Press press release: "Conceptual Breakthrough: Two Experiments in SF Criticism by James Holden and Simon King (with an afterword by Adam Roberts) is available now [actually, it was published in December 2007] in paperback, priced £9.95. "Why isn't science fiction criticism as bold or as startling as science fiction itself? Could it be that [...]
