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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Last and First Men

    Olaf Stapledon

    Adapted to film in 2020, starring Tilda Swinton.

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    An Olaf Stapledon Reader

    Olaf Stapledon, philosopher, novelist, educator and social activist, had an imagination unlike that of any other figure in modernist literature. This broad anthology includes a generous sample of his fictional…

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    Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography

    Harvey J. Satty,Curtis C. Smith

    The dust jackets of all first editions and books to which Stapledon contributed are described in detail, giving the reader unique insight into the manner in which Stapledon’s books have…

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    An Olaf Stapledon Reader

    Robert T. Crossley

    Olaf Stapledon, philosopher, novelist, educator and social activist, had an imagination unlike that of any other figure in modernist literature. This broad anthology includes a generous sample of his fictional…

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    Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future

    Robert T. Crossley

    This biography is the first to draw on a vast body of unpublished and private documents–interviews, correspondence, archival material, and papers in private hands–to reveal fully the internal struggles that…

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    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

    Olaf Stapledon

    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. A work…

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    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

    Olaf Stapledon

    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. A work…

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    Darkness and the Light

    Olaf Stapledon

    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…

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    Worlds of Wonder

    Olaf Stapledon

    A collection of short stories by Olaf Stapledon. Includes The Flames, Death into Life, and Old Man in New World.

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    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

    Olaf Stapledon

    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. A work…

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    Collected Stories

    Olaf Stapledon

    Collected Stories This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to…

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    The Seed and the Flower

    Olaf Stapledon

    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…

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    Latter-Day Psalms

    Olaf Stapledon

    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…

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    Worlds of Wonder

    Olaf Stapledon

    A collection of short stories by Olaf Stapledon. Includes The Flames, Death into Life, and Old Man in New World.

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    Darkness and the Light

    Olaf Stapledon

    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…

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    This 1937 successor to Last and First Men offers another entrancing speculative history of the future, exploring intelligent star clusters and mingling among aliens for a memorable vision of infinity.

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Odd John

    Olaf Stapledon

    The book that gave the world the term Homo superior.

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

    Olaf Stapledon

    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. A work…

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    Last Men in London (Paperback)

    Olaf Stapledon

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    Last and First Men

    Olaf Stapledon

    First published nearly 70 years ago, this text is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction novels of the 20th century. Olaf Stapledon creates a history of the…

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Originally published: London: Methuen & Co., 1937.

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Last And First Men

    Olaf Stapledon

    First published nearly 70 years ago, this text is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction novels of the 20th century. Olaf Stapledon creates a history of the…

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    Olaf Stapledon

    Classic visionary SF tale of the 30’s which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

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    Sirius

    Olaf Stapledon

    ‘The most human of all Stapledon’s novels’ Brian Aldiss

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    Odd John and Sirius

    Olaf Stapledon

    Two of the finest future histories ever written, each concerning a central question: If and when a superior being is introduced into a culture, how will either survive?

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    Last and First Men

    Olaf Stapledon

    This masterpiece of science fiction is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity’s future that spans billions of years. A must-read for scholars of the genre, this 1930 epic abounds in…

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    This 1937 successor to Last and First Men offers another entrancing speculative history of the future, exploring intelligent star clusters and mingling among aliens for a memorable vision of infinity.

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    Last Men in London

    Olaf Stapledon

    In this companion to Last and First Men, a being from the remote future investigates 20th-century life by entering a subject’s mind and observing his childhood, participation in World War…

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    Odd John

    Olaf Stapledon

    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…

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    The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon: Critical Essays and an Unpublished Manuscript

    Charles Elkins,Martin Greenberg,Patrick Mccarthy

    Although better known today for such classic and influential science fiction novels as Last and First Men, Odd John, Star Maker and Sirius, Olaf Stapledon also wrote eight other science…

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    Star Maker

    Olaf Stapledon

    First scholarly edition of this 20th century science fiction masterpiece.

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