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Science Fiction
One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. The next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun. Even Stapledon's other... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
In the list of modern science fiction personalities, the late British philosopher and novelist W. Olaf Stapledon is prominent. Last and First Men and Starmaker are generally considered to be the finest future histories ever... See More
This early work by Olaf Stapledon was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Latter-Day Psalms' is a collection of poetry. William Olaf Stapledon was born on... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
This early work by Olaf Stapledon was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Seed and the Flower' is a science fiction short story. William Olaf Stapledon... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
"The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe." Already an ambitious philosophical science fiction epic, Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker - one soul's triumphant journey... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
John Wainwright is a freak, a human mutation with an extraordinary intelligence which is both awesome and frightening to behold. Ordinary humans are mere playthings to him. And Odd John has a plan - to create a new order on... See More
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Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly... See More
Science Fiction
One of the most extraordinary, imaginative and ambitious novels of the century: a history of the evolution of humankind over the next 2 billion years. Among all science fiction writers Olaf Stapledon stands alone for the... See More
Classics
'A prodigious novel... Stapledon's literary imagination was boundless' Jorge Luis Borges A lasting influence on successive generations of science fiction writers and on the physicist Freeman Dyson, this poetic... See More
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The sequel to Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon's great classic work of science fiction. In Last Men in London the author follows up the themes of his earlier masterpiece in presenting a Neptunian 'last man's' views on our... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents Last And First Men [ Illustrated ] Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the... See More
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An introductory note seems called for to explain to the reader the origin of the following strange document, which I have received from a friend with a view to publication. The author has given it the form of a letter to... See More
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Stapledon projects two separate futures for humanity, depending not on the outcome of World War II but on the failure or success of a future "Tibetan Renaissance" to influence the temper and ideology of the militaristic... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The narrator of Nebula Maker stands on a hill and sees a vision that leads him to the birth of the universe. He witnesses the creation of the nebulae and the formation of galactic communities as well as the flowering of the... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Four Encounters is an unfinished work by the writer and philosopher Olaf Stapledon, written in the late 1940s but only published 26 years after the author's death. It takes place in contemporary (post World War II) Britain... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
A bomber is killed in battle along with all of his companions; but something wakes in his dying, which is first a spirit bomber-crew, then the spirit of all those killed in battle, then the spirit of man, the cosmos and the... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science fiction has its immortals - authors whose impact was so tremendous that they belong in a class by themselves. Olaf Stapledon extended the boundaries of science fiction to the infinite, and there are few of the major... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The classic future history of human intelligence from one of the fathers of science fiction. In his epic Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon decribes the evolution of mankind through the ages, reaching the very heights of... See More
Science Fiction
In his previous science-fiction novel, Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon envisioned 2 billion years of history, in which modern humans represented the first and most primitive of 18 increasingly advanced species. In this... See More
Science Fiction"And so we may go forward together with laughter in our hearts, and peace, thankful for the past, and for our own courage. For we shall make after all a fair conclusion to this brief music that is man." The first of two... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic NovelsThe authorised comic adaptation of Olaf Stapledon's seminal 1935 science fiction work - exploring the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably... See More
Science Fiction
Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest is a 1935 science fiction novel by the British author Olaf Stapledon. The novel explores the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. First published nearly 70 years ago, this masterpiece is regarded as... See More
Health, Fitness & DietingAbout Jumbled Books Jumbled books, are books where the letters in the words have been jumbled around in order to improve memory muscle. Jumbled books have been designed to improve reading speeds and cognitive performance... See More
Health, Fitness & DietingAbout Jumbled Books Jumbled books, are books where the letters in the words have been jumbled around in order to improve memory muscle. Jumbled books have been designed to improve reading speeds and cognitive performance... See More
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A bomber is killed in battle along with all of his companions; but something wakes in his dying, which is first a spirit bomber-crew, then the spirit of all those killed in battle, then the spirit of man, the cosmos and the... See More
Science Fiction
Last Men in London follows an Englishman named Paul, from childhood through service with an ambulance crew in the First World War (mirroring Stapledon's own personal history) to adult life. Olaf Stapledon's previous... See More
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This bold exploration of the cosmos ventures into intelligent star clusters and mingles among alien races for a memorable vision of infinity. Cited as a key influence by science-fiction masters such as Doris Lessing, this... See More