R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd

R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd otherwise known as Ruthven Campbell Todd was a Scottish born novelist, poet, artist, and scholar of William Blake. Todd was born and raised in Scotland though he spent much of his itinerant and colorful life away from his homeland. He spent his time in the likes of Iowa, Fitzrovia London, El Terreno in Mallorca, Tilty Mill in Essex and Paris before he lived most of his final days in Galilea, a Spanish mountain village.

The best place to start is the Professor John Stubbs series, the earliest of R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd's multi-book series: it opens with Unholy Dying (1945) and runs to 7 books across 1945–1946, ending with Take Thee A Sharp Knife (1946). R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd has 20 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1939 and 2000. 11 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Professor John Stubbs series with 7 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Professor John Stubbs (1945–1946, 7 books) and Space Cat (1952–1958, 4 books).

This guide splits R.T. Campbell / Ruthven Todd's 20 books into 2 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Professor John Stubbs (7 books, 1945–1946); Space Cat (4 books, 1952–1958).