Best Selling Books by Adam Roberts

Includes bibliographical references.

My name is Bingo Grabbins. It''s possible you know the basics: that I live in a hole, in the ground, not a nasty wet hole etc etc. A while ago I had a series of adventures, with a group of twelve doughty dwarfs. Sadly they''re all dead now; but let''s look on the bright side! I''m still alive. Since the events of The Soddit (worth a read you know) I have given up adventuring as - to speak frankly - a mug''s game. Instead I''ve devoted myself to the writing of my various books. But the time has now come for me to write my own autobiography. It''s been growing on me for a while, like moss. This is the story of me after the famous story about me. It is the story of my other stories. It is in NO WAY related to The Hobbit. I don''t even know what a Hobbit is.

In March 2004 a group led by Nick Du Toit and former SAS member Simon Mann tried to overthrow the tyrannical Obiang Nguema, president of Equatorial Guinea. They were working for investors, allegedly including Mark Thatcher and "J.H. Archer", who wanted to seize control of Africa''s third largest oil producer. Roberts tells how the coup was set up and abandoned at the last minute, and how the plotters were seized and subsequently tortured. The new material includes an account of Mann''s illegal abduction from prison in 2008; his dramatic trial, in which he accuses named individuals, including Thatcher, of being deeply involved in the plot; Thatcher''s fears of "extraordinary rendition" to Equatorial Guinea; and Eli Calil''s revelatory admission that he supported forced regime change in Equatorial Guinea.

Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the internet. But most people are happy to spend their lives plugged in, and the country is decaying. Alma''s partner is ill, and has to be treated without fail every 4 hours, a task that only Alma can do. If she misses the 5 minute window her lover will die. She is one of the few not to access the Shine. So when Alma is called to an automated car factory to be shown an impossible death and finds herself caught up in a political coup, she knows that getting too deep may leave her unable to get home. What follows is a fast-paced Hitchcockian thriller as Alma evades arrest, digs into the conspiracy, and tries to work out how on earth a dead body appeared in the boot of a freshly-made car in a fully-automated factory.

When twenty-something Isabella Pasternack is fired from her job at a digital food magazine, she accepts a thankless job for the paycheck: ghostwrite the very past-due cookbook for a once-beloved thirty-something actress, Molly Babcock. Molly, trying to repair her reputation after a serious downward spiral, meets Isabella''s earnest attempts to connect with inconsistency, indifference, and cruelty. But, for the first time in her life, Isabella is determined to dig in her heels, and figure out if there''s anything Molly actually knows how to cook (or even likes to eat). Isabella''s slice of contemporary New York is filled out by a cast including: Isabella''s acerbic roommate and best friend Owen, her widowed mother whose cooking isn''t only bad, it''s dangerous, and of course a handsome chef love interest. Hilarious and hopeful, at its core, FOOD PERSON is about commitment to self-discovery, the beauty of community, and how unapologetically forging your own future can lead to everyone getting the ending they deserve. And of course, very delicious food.

Hector travels across America to visit his father on a ranch. He discovers that he has constructed a cult who await the impact of an asteroid. However, Hector is amazed when the section of Earth that the ranch is on suddenly breaks free from the rest of the planet during the collision. He struggles with his skepticism and acceptance of the fact that he is part of the remnants of the human race, on a splinter from the Earth.

"the Revolution of Modern Life" is a 2019 poetry and prose collection book from Scars Publications (http: //scars.tv) of the January through June 2019 issues of cc&d magazine (http: //scars.tv/ccd), plus bonus chapbook releases. Writers and artists in this issue collection book include Aaron Wilder, Adam Roberts, Allen F. McNair, ayaz daryl nielsen, Bill DeArmond, CEE, Charles Hayes, Christina M. Jackson, Clarence Chapin, Dan Fitzgerald, David J. Thompson, David M Jackson, David Russell, DC Diamondopolous, Don Stoll, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Edward Michael O''Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, Erren Kelly, Fiona Wagner, Greg G. Zaino, Griffin Silver, Helen Bird, Hope Ruiz, I.B. Ra, Ian Sims, J.T. Siemens, James McGregor, James Mulhern, Janet Kuypers, John F. McMullen, John Kojak, John Maurer, John Yotko, Keith Manos, Ken Elliott, Kevin Wehle, Kyle Hemmings, Lawrence Pratt, Lewis Horwitz, Lily Fields, Linda M. Crate, Lori Alward, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Marc Livanos, Michael Ceraolo, Michael Gullickson, Michelle, Nora McDonald, Oz Hardwick, Roger N. Taber, Rose Hollander, Scott Thomas Outlar, Seward Ward, Sonia Stiles, Steve Kedrowski, Thom Woodruff, Thomas Dexter Kerr, Tom Sheehan, Tris Matthews, Uzeyir Cayci, Westley Heine, William L Kuechler, and Xanadu.Writers and artists included in this book are also listed with their writing at the Scars Publications book link (search for the book title in the books section at http: //scars.tv).

A stunning, post-apocalyptic vision of the future as humanity strives to rebuild civilisation in a world ravaged by climate change. Young Forktongue Davy has visions; epilepsy, his Ma calls it. He''s barely able to help around the family farm. But something about the lad is attracting attention: the menacing stranger who might be the angel of death himself; the women-only community at Wycombe; Daniel, sent by the mysterious Guz. They all want Davy for their own reasons. But what use can he be to anyone? He has visions of flight, but how can flight ever be possible in this shattered world? A simple farmboy, caught up in events beyond his power to control-but his visions may be the key to the future.

Here, collected together for the first time in eBook (because quite frankly, who would want to carry all of these around as actual books? Imagine the scorn on the bus!) are seven of Adam Roberts'' superb parodies of popular culture. From the Soddit and his not-a-shameless-cash-in journey to the cavern of Smug the dragon - during which he finds a ring, which may well feature in later books and/or films - to the dragon with a girl tattoo (look, it was very popular at the time, OK?), here you will find lovingly crafted, affectionate (well, sometimes) takes on some of the most loved - or at least financially successful - "works of art" of our time. Contains THE SODDIT, DOCTOR WHOM, THE DRAGON WITH THE GIRL TATTOO, THE McATRIX DERIDED, STAR WARPED, THE SELLAMILLION and THE VA DINCI COD.

"Save the World" is a 2019 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v288, the January-February 2019 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it''s inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it''s usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include Adam Roberts, ayaz daryl nielsen, Christina M. Jackson, Dan Fitzgerald, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Erren Kelly, Greg G. Zaino, Hope Ruiz, I.B. Ra, Ian Sims, J.T. Siemens, James McGregor, Janet Kuypers, Linda M. Crate, Marc Livanos, Michael Ceraolo, Thom Woodruff, Sonia Stiles, Steve Kedrowski, William L Kuechler, Xanadu, Aaron Wilder, David M Jackson, Edward Michael O''Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, Uzeyir Cayci, and Westley Heine.

The historical novel meets science fiction and horror in this gripping tale set in the Lake District.

There are few things in life more delicious, satisfying and universally loved than a plate of glistening, slow-cooked rack of ribs. Ribs is the ultimate collection of the very best recipes, tips and techniques from barbecue aficionado Adam Roberts. Roberts walks you through the big, bold flavors for all levels of expertise with all you need to know about different rib types, marinades, rubs and cooking methods for both indoor and outdoor kitchens.

Jupiter, magnified so as to fill half the sky, appears suddenly one evening. From that night onwards, life continues as best it can under this sublime and overwhelming apparition in the heavens. People everywhere struggle to come to terms with what it means, with how it can have happened. Is it a portent of the end of the world?

This Cookbook by multiple-international-award-winning Australian Pitmaster Adam Roberts brings together recipes cooked over fire from many different styles, flavours and cook methods using smokers and grills.

Frankenstein is the name of the maker, but we always think of the monster... And what a monster he is. Frankenstein is a splendid creature, in almost every respect superior to humanity: smarter, stronger, and able to endure extremes of heat and cold that would kill a normal person. He is also effectively immortal. Such a being, released into our world, would sooner or later come to rule it. Welcome to FRANKENSTEIN REX. The monster''s ugliness is a positive advantage: his towering height and ghastly face scream power; and people, who understand that power is never pretty, that it is brute and unpleasant and that our best chance is to have it on our side rather than set against us, flock to follow him. In a few years the monster conquers Europe, and in a matter of decades he rules the whole world. But although generations come and go believing their world-dictator to be immortal, the creature himself now understands that he is dying. The creature re-opens Frankenstein''s original research, to re-discover those lost skills and techniques and so to create for himself an heir. Frankenstein Rex is a meditation on the nature of power. It is a conventional position to consider the tyrant as a monster - to think of Hitler, or Mao, or Stalin as monstrous aberrations from the human norm. By making the monster the tyrant, Roberts invites us to think about how ordinary and how conventional such figures actually are.

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