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New Model Army

New Model Army

by Adam Roberts (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

Adam Roberts' new novel is a terrifying vision of a near future war - a civil war that tears the UK apart as new technologies allow the worlds first truly democratic army to take on the British army and wrest control from the powers that be. Taking advances in modern communication and the new eagerness for power from the bottom upwards Adam Roberts has produced a novel that is at once an exciting war novel and a philosophical examination of war and democracy. It shows one of the UKs most exciting and innovative literary voices working at the height of his powers and investing SF with literary significance that is its due.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 15 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 0575083611
ISBN 13: 9780575083615

Media Reviews
[The] intellectual enfant terrible of British SF. He transforms what might have been a conventional war story into a series of investigations into the nature of democracy, love, war and, ultimately, revolution. Frequently revelatory. -- Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN At times, New Model Army is a challenging novel, but rise to the task and you'll find it a revelatory one. A short, sharp shock of a narrative: masterfully composed, rich in ideas and dangerously daring. Adam Roberts is truly a giant of British speculative fiction. From Yellow Blue Tibia to this, one can only wonder, breathlessly, what glorious horrors the man might enact upon us next. THE SPECULATIVE SCOTSMAN Related as a confessional piece, Roberts' intriguing and spectacular work is less a novel than a philosophical treatise. If that sounds like a turn-off, it certainly shouldn't be, for New Model Army is written in stunning prose that is often lyrical, if not poetic. TOTAL SCI-FI Firefights and philosophy alike are couched in prose of unflagging pace. -- James Lovegrove FINANCIAL TIMES This is a fantastic piece of contemporary writing: edgy, relevant and strangely moving. I highly recommend it to those who like to be challenged as well as entertained. KAMVISION New Model Army is a remarkable novel, ostensibly following one soldier's narrative, it actually manages to engage the reader in a much deeper discussion about the human condition that is war. British Fantasy Society
Author Bio
Adam Roberts is Professor of 19th-century Literature at London University. His first novel, SALT was shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, as was his novel GRADISIL. His novel SWIFTLY was shortlisted for a SIDEWISE AWARD. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th-century poetry and SF, and is a regular contributer on SF for the BBC and various online venues.