Literary Scholar and Critic

John Sutherland

1 article 2002

John Sutherland is a British literary scholar and critic, known for his extensive writing on literature and publishing. He is a professor emeritus of English literature at University College London and a prolific author and columnist. He contributed a piece on science fiction to The Weekly Standard in 2002.

Making Science Fiction

April 15, 2002 · Magazine, Books and Arts

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Modern Library, 640 pp., $23.95 ASKED to name the first parents--the Adams and the Eves--of science fiction, most literary chroniclers come up with five names: Mary Shelley (for "Frankenstein"), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (for "The Coming Race"), Edgar Allan Poe (who…