New Model Army, Adam Roberts
New Model Army, Adam Roberts
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New Model Army

Author: Adam Roberts

Narrator: Roger Davis

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 08/10/2023


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.

About Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK's most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on July 12, 2017

If you love a good high-concept novel, you'll love New Model Army. Roberts is one of the most interesting writers working in Science Fiction, consistently producing work that while not always perfect is always both thoughtful and fascinating. New Model Army is as interesting and imaginative as his ot......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 03, 2012

I am a fan of Adam Robert's work, but found myself by turns frustrated and dazzled with the ideas and concepts he throws around in this latest book. In one sense, the book works best as a philosophical discussion of the nature of modern combat. It's when you look at the practicalities of the storyli......more

Goodreads review by James on July 09, 2013

It has a Fab Concept. However it doesn't quite work. Some of it is too heavy handed and not well enough researched to be credible. I bought this book because I liked the premise, a change in the nature of warfare brought about by better information available to the whole army through a wiki style ne......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 24, 2010

New Model Army, by Adam Roberts, takes an interesting look at the function of warfare and society with the question: What if a hierarchical military, such as ones set up along the lines of the British or U.S. Armies, and pitted it against an army that was fully democratic in its organization? The con......more

Goodreads review by manuti on March 04, 2021

Un libro al que le tenía ganas desde que leí una reseña en C de Cyberdark: Ejército Nuevo Modelo, de Adam Roberts. El libro ha estado bien. Me costó entrar en modo "suspensión de la realidad" ya que esas redes wiki con tanta cobertura y velocidad pero sin problemas de seguridad no me la terminaba de......more


Awards

  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award