Adam Roberts Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Adam Roberts is a science fiction author. The glib replies, the same defeats. Writer. Head of English, RHUL. Also: FRSL. Writerly stuff repped by: @thekiagency
Finnegans Wake
James JoyceAdam RobertsIt's James Joyce's birthday today. What better way to celebrate than by obtaining this translation into Latin of "Finnegans Wake"? It's what he would have wanted. https://t.co/upaBnbSFhR
Paperback, 1999
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The Sweetness of Water
Nathan HarrisAdam RobertsI blogged a review of Nathan Harris's Man Booker longlisted ‘The Sweetness of Water’: http://sibilantfricative.blogspot.com/2021/09/nathan-harris-sweetness-of-water-2021.html https://t.co/yGTmEXrAC8
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
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The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott: History of Scotland
Walter ScottAdam Roberts@kateweb I'm reading Walter Scott's 2-vol "History of Scotland" (1830)
Paperback, 2016
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Neuromancer
William GibsonAdam Roberts1984: Duran Duran and other "New Romantics" bestride the pop charts. 1984: floppy-haired big-shirted crooner William Gibson releases "Neuromancer" Coincidence? I THINK NOT
Paperback, 2000
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection
Agatha ChristieAdam RobertsMy wife had a yen for an Agatha Christie this evening, so we're watching "The Mirror Crack'd", the 1980 flick with Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. I've read the book so know who the murderer is; Rach hasn't so, you know: no spoilers.
Paperback, 2011
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Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader's Mind Over a Universe of Death
Harold BloomAdam RobertsHarold Bloom does or doesn't take arms against a sea of troubles. https://t.co/znflhNpHed
Paperback, 2021
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The History of Mr. Polly
G. Wells H. G. WellsAdam Roberts@CAPittard At the beginning of "The History of Mr Polly", Wells's protagonist is settled in a Kentish town called ‘Fishbourne’. The novel detours to give us Polly's backstory. When we pick him up again, he's now living in ‘Foxbourne’. Small error that HGW never noticed.
Paperback, 2007
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The Magic Pudding
Norman LindsayAdam RobertsI've just read Norman Lindsay 1918 children's book "The Magic Pudding": a group of boisterous hairy friends are eating a sentient, intelligent pudding that reforms whole again as soon as consumed. Basically Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, but with a pudding instead of the titan.
Paperback, 2022
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Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)
Maggie ShipsteadAdam RobertsToday I blog-reviewed another Man Booker longlisted title: Maggie Shipstead, ‘Great Circle’: http://sibilantfricative.blogspot.com/2021/09/maggie-shipstead-great-circle-2021.html https://t.co/bw7sPuUOV5
Paperback, 2022
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Mad Max: Fury Road: The Prelude to the Blockbuster Film!
George MillerAdam RobertsIn the new "Mad Max" movie, Max drives a solid silver HumVee. George Miller says he was inspired by the Beatles song, "Maxwell's Silver Hummer".
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