Non-fiction

George MacDonald’s Phantastes (1858) is a long, meandering, twinkling dream. When I reached the end and closed the covers I found myself blinking as if I’d just woken up. It took a while to find my way back down to reality.

Margot Bennett (1912-1980) was the author of two distinctive and idiosyncratic science fiction novels, The Long Way Back (1954) and The Furious Masters (1968).

David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus (1920) is a daring, epic adventure. It is a philosophical exploration of good and evil, the soul, and the very nature of existence

Interview with Cat Hellisen, where we talked about their inspiration and writing as the outsider.

Thomas Erskine is likely to be the first Scot to have written a science fiction novel

Gay Hunter is a delightful surprise from a well-known Scottish author – someone who is never first associated with science fiction.

Despite numerous accomplishments in his lifetime – as a publisher, historian, politician and statesman – John Buchan is chiefly remembered now as the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.