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Brian Stableford


New Atlantis: The Origins of Scientific Romance

A Narrative History of Scientific Romance: Book 1

Brian Stableford

The first volume of this narrative history of scientific romance includes an introduction to the prehistory of the genre in philosophical fictions, travelers' tales and utopian fantasies, and tracks early literary celebrations of scientific achievement. The authors whose contributions to the genre are discussed included Erasmus Darwin, Percy Shelley, Humphry Davy and Robert Hunt.

New Atlantis: The Emergence of Scientific Romance

A Narrative History of Scientific Romance: Book 2

Brian Stableford

The second volume of this narrative history of scientific romance covers the period from the 1880s to the outbreak of the Great War, including detailed discussions of the definitive contributions made to the genre by such writers as H. G. Wells, George Griffith, M. P. Shiel, Charles Howard Hinton, Fred T. Jane, Robert Cromie and William Hope Hodgson, and the major themes of the genre that emerged in that period.

New Atlantis: The Resurgence of Scientific Romance

A Narrative History of Scientific Romance: Book 3

Brian Stableford

The third volume of this narrative history of scientific romance covers the period between two world wars, examining the legacy of the Great War of 1914-18 in terms of its effect on futuristic hopes and fears, as reflected in the works of such new recruits to the genre as Olaf Stapledon, John Gloag, Neil Bell J. Leslie Mitchell, S. Fowler Wright, Katharine Burdekin and Muriel Jaeger.

New Atlantis: The Decadence of Scientific Romance

A Narrative History of Scientific Romance: Book 4

Brian Stableford

The final volume of this narrative history of scientific romance tracks the fading away of the genre as it was gradually overtaken and absorbed into the genre of science fiction, in spite of continued work by such practitioners and Olaf Stapledon and J. D. Beresford, and new recruits such as Gerald Heard and Edward Hyams. It also includes a chronology of the major works and an index to all four volumes.

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