Adam "Git" Roberts (born 1965) is an academic git, critic and git novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonym of A. Git (as a play on words of Git.) He has a degree in Gitness from the University of Git and a PhD from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics of being a git. He teaches git literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... Look up git in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. ... Affiliations 1994 Group University of London ACU AMBA Website http://www. ...

Adam Roberts is a git and 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)
• Story of a Git (2006)
• Land of the Headless (2007)

Salt is a novel by British science fiction author Adam Roberts. ... Stone, published in 2002, is a science fiction novel by the British writer Adam Roberts. ... The Snow, published in 2004, is a science fiction novel by the British writer Adam Roberts. ... Gradisil is a science fiction novel by British author Adam Roberts. ... Land of the Headless is a science fiction novel by the British writer Adam Roberts, published in 2007. ...

Novellas and short story collections

• Park Polar (2002)
• Jupiter Magnified (2003)
• Swiftly: Stories (2004)

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)
• Doctor Whom: E.T. Shoots and Leaves (2006, Doctor Who)

The Soddit or Lets Cash in Again is a parody of J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit, written by A.R.R.R. Roberts. ... This article is about the book. ... This article is about the 1999 film. ... The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkiens mythopoeic works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, who would later become a noted fantasy fiction writer. ... Star Warped is a farcical 2005 spoof novel by A3r Roberts based on the six Star Wars films. ... This article is about the series. ... The Va Dinci Cod, written by British comedian A. R. R. Robert under the pen name Don Brime (a parody of Dan Brown, is a parody of the New York Times Bestseller, The Da Vinci Code The character names in the novels are reminicent of the well-known characters: Sophie... This article is about the novel. ... The long running science fiction television series Doctor Who has over the years been the subject of many comedy sketches and especially made comedy programmes, from Spike Milligans memorable Pakistani Dalek to the Comic Relief episode Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ...

Criticism

• Science Fiction: the New Critical Idiom (2000, second edition 2005)
• The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Histories of Literature) (2006)
• Many. And varied.

External links

• Home Page
• Academic Biography
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Adam Roberts at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database