Books by Adam (Royal Holloway Roberts

Through readings of key figures like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, this Element argues that changes in publishing and distribution were crucial to the expansion of science fiction. Suitable for anybody interested in the reasons why science fiction went from being a niche variety of fantastical adventure into the global culture it is today.

Landor's Cleanness is the first comprehensive study of Walter Savage Landor's writing for nearly half a century. It addresses the whole of Landor's prodigious output over the seven decades of his writing life offering 'cleanness'as the organising principle by which this body of work should be read.