New Model Army
by Adam Roberts · first published 2010
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I enjoy Adam Roberts, and he doesn't tend to get much mention on HN. I particularly enjoyed Salt and New Model Army. I also enjoy Allen Steele, and again he doesn't get much mention on HN. I really enjoyed the Coyete series, although many people get stuck on the lack of science in them. I don't know about underrated,…
on “Ask HN: What’s your most underrated sci fi favorite book?” ↗…years are approximate). There are others, but I've listed these ones specifically because those others have already been recommended elsewhere in the thread whereas these may get missed. - Adam Roberts: New Model Army (2010?) - Hiroshi Sakurazaka: All You Need is Kill (2005?) - Mike Resnick: The Dark Lady (2015?) - KC Alexander: Necrotech (2015?) - Gary Gibson: Stealing Light, Nova War, and Empire of Light (2013?)…
on “Nobody Wants to Buy the Future: Why Science Fiction Literature Is Vanishing” ↗Adam Roberts has a few parody books (eg "The Soddit"). He also has some good science fiction books. I particularly enjoyed Salt, and New Model Army.
on “Amazon's knock-off problem (35 Shades of Grey, anyone?)” ↗I immediately thought of the book "New Model Army": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0575083638/ "A giant has brought war to the fields and towns of England's heartland. When the British army brings in air support and deploys heavy weapons he simply…
on “British army creates team of Facebook warriors” ↗…the more radical, with popular and progressive goals such as universal suffrage, land reform (agrarian socialism), equality, freedom of religion, etc. while the Grandees were the officer class of the New Model Army whose interests were those of the parliamentarian elites who wanted to maintain – and extend – their traditional power as feudal lords. The book covers the political struggle over the future of Britain…
on “Did Britain Ever Have a Revolutionary Moment?” ↗