Adam Roberts is Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and also an award-winning writer of science fiction. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Vice-President of the H G Wells Society.

Preface

1. Childhood

2. Short Fiction

3. Science Fiction

4. Bicycles and Tripods

5. A New Century

7. Kipps: a study in Artistry

8. Sex

9. Socialism and America

10. Amber Reeves

11. Tono-Bungay

12. Mr Polly

13. Elizabeth von Arnim

14. War

15. Boon and Bealby

16. Rebecca West

17. Mr Wells Sees Through It

18. League of Nations

19. Education

20. World-Historical

21. Futures and Pasts

22. Odette Keun

23. Life Stories

24. Later Non-Fiction

25. Later Fiction

26. Tethersend