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Keith Roberts


(Keith John Kingston Roberts)
UK flag (1935 - 2000)

aka Alistair Bevan

Keith John Kingston Roberts was a British science fiction author.

Several of his early stories were written using the pseudonym Alistair Bevan. His second novel, Pavane, which is really a collection of linked stories, may be his most famous work: an alternate history novel in which the Roman Catholic Church takes control of England following the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I.

Roberts wrote numerous novels and short stories, and also worked as an illustrator. His artistic contributions include covers and interior artwork for New Worlds and Science Fantasy, later renamed Impulse. He also edited the last few issues of Impulse although the nominal editor was Harry Harrison.

In later life, Roberts lived in Salisbury. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1990, and died of its complications in October 2000. Obituaries recalled him as a talented but personally 'difficult' author, with a history of disputes with publishers, editors and colleagues.
 
 
Novels
   The Furies (1966)
   Pavane (1968)
   Anita (1970)
   The Inner Wheel (1970)
   The Boat of Fate (1971)
   Molly Zero (1980)
   Kiteworld (1985)
   Kaeti and Company (1986)
   Kaeti's Apocalypse (1986)
   Grainne (1987)
   The Road to Paradise (1988)
   The Event (1989)
   Kaeti on Tour (1992)
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Collections
   Machines and Men (1973)
   The Chalk Giants (1974)
   The Grain Kings (1976)
   The Passing of the Dragons (1977)
   Ladies from Hell (1979)
   The Lordly Ones (1986)
   A Heron Caught in Weeds (1987)
   Winterwood (1989)
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Keith Roberts recommends
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Mythago Wood (1984)
(Mythago Wood, book 1)
Robert Holdstock
"One of the strangest, most beautiful and most compelling fantasies I have ever read. A marvel of a book"

Anthologies containing stories by Keith Roberts
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories (2010)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Ian Watson and Ian Whates
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Galileo's Children (2005)
Tales of Science Vs Superstition
edited by
Gardner Dozois

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Awards
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1972) : The God House
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1981) : The Lordly Ones [short story]
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1986) : Kiteworld
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1988) : Grainne
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1988) : The Tiger Sweater


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