One of the genre's most highly regarded writers STONE and THE SNOW have now reprinted 3 times in paperback Now published in the USA, Germany, France, Russia Review coverage in broadsheets and genre press Adam is a regular contributor on SF on TV and on a number of review and discussion sites
Adam Roberts is 41 and Professor of 19th-Century Literature at London University.His first novel SALT was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th-century poetry and SF, including the Palgrave Critical History of SF.Previous titles:Gradisil (Bfmt Jan 07,TPB June 06);Va Dinci Cod;Star Warped;Sellamillion;Snow;Soddit;Polystom;Stone;On;Salt
Previously published in the U.K. to critical praise, Roberts's new dystopia is set in a United Kingdom dissolving into civil disorder thanks to Celtic nationalism and a new military approach that has made it possible for small, democratically run military units to defeat much larger, better-funded armies. A unit called Pantregral, an innovative but inherently destructive social organism, wreaks havoc and then evolves into a sophisticated new state. Before digressing into soap opera midway through the story, Roberts (Yellow Blue Tibia) makes this ludicrous thesis appear possible, at least as long as the reader never considers issues of logistics or the downsides of soldiers acting as one another's untrained field medics. Roberts's hand-waving has its charm, and while the sudden transformation at the end of the book is not as dramatic as it might have been, it provides a functional-enough ending to this fast-paced, implausible tale. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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