181 University of London English Professor Adam Roberts on Tolkien
Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I personally recommend Adam’s TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull – Adam Roberts – Science Fiction as Poetry
Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/
Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/
Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732
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JRR Tolkien officially sanctioned lectures are found here: https://tolkienlecture.org
Adam Roberts announcement of his official lecture in Middle Earth News: http://middleearthnews.com/2014/04/12/adam-roberts-to-give-pembroke-tolkien-lecture/
Adam Roberts talks about Tolkien and Women: https://tolkienlecture.org/2014/05/14/adam-roberts-lecture-podcast-now-available/
More about the JRR Tolkien lecture series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_J.R.R._Tolkien_Lecture_on_Fantasy_Literature
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