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Adam Roberts

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Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction. https://profadamroberts.substack.com/ Latest novel "Lake of Darkness": https://store.gollancz.co.uk/products/lake-of-darkness

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 17h

Eek!

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 17h

Well, when you get caught betwen the pun and New York City ...

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sure he will, out of respect to my literary achievement.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Tempting.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

That's right.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Well, I have learnt something here today!

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

What makes you think I think?

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

And artificial asbestos hands.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Sock glue exists??

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Really? This is exactly how I remember them.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

THESE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Christopher Cross: hey do you want to hear me sing my chat-topping 1981 song 'Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)'?

Hawkeye from the Avengers franchise: I can sing that much better.

Me: frankly I want to hear neither Cross nor Hawkeye.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Close enough for government work.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Them: I was rowing across the lake when this angry koi carp came up and started chewing on one of my oars. I told it: hey! stop! You cross gnaw-oar koi!

Me: what's that you say? Krasznahorkai??

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Well that kill this joke stone dead.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 19h

How is he keeping his hat on? Is there an elasticated band going under his chin?

A 1965 issue of SCIENCE DIGEST has on its cover "Life in 1990: a Vivid Preview by Isaac Asimov". The illustration is of a commuting businessman, in grey suit and trilby hat, flying through the air towards the city thanks to the jet-pack on his back, a common feature of 1990 as I remember well.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 19h

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Adam Buxton - I Grated My Thumb (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Adam Buxton

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Him: hey you remember that scene in Avengers when the Hulk was about to crash into Hawkeye ...

Me: what's that you say? Krasznahorkai??

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 20h

To my shame I haven't. But I've just ordered a brace of his books. And I must say: meandering dystopian postmodernism is very much my bag.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 20h

One forint per book.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Hmm: I could, I suppose. What does it pay?

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Not very accurate reporting by The Grauniad though. Krasznahorkai didn't win the International Booker Prize *for* "Satantango" (1985). That's a prize awarded to an author for their whole body of work and "continued creativity & overall contribution to fiction on the world stage".

"Born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954, Krasznahorkai first made his mark with his 1985 debut novel Satantango, a bleak and mesmerising portrayal of a collapsing rural community. The novel would go on to win the Man Booker International prize award in English nearly three decades later, in 2013."

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 21h

I KNOW!

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 21h

... will be the title of my memoir. But specifically today: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 21h

How Wrong I Was, How Wrong

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think Ghosh will bag the Nobel, though. I don't think his books are good enough, frankly.
The Bookies say it will be Gerard Murnane. I predict it will be César Aira. But the Bookies are always wrong, and I have a terrible track record of guessing the Nobel.

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