Olaf Stapledon

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066387174

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Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

A human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth (the "Other Earth") in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. This snowballing process is paralleled by the expansion of the book's scale, describing more and more planets in less and less detail. The disembodied travelers encounter many ideas that are interesting from both science-fictional and philosophical points of view. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations.

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066308414

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Sirius (Sci-Fi Novel) by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

Sirius is a dog with humanlike intelligence. He is raised by scientist Thomas Trelone in North Wales, near Trawsfynydd. Thomas embarks on a program of using steroids and other chemicals to rapidly develop cognitive power of dogs, resulting in super sheep dogs. Sirius, however, proves to possess a dog intelligence comparable to a normal human being, as he is able to communicate with English words, although it takes some time for the humans to understand his canine pronunciation. He is born at the same time as his creator's human daughter, Plaxy, and the two of them are raised together as brother and sister. When Plaxy leaves for school they drift apart and troubles for Sirius begin. With human intelligence and emotion he declines to lead a life of a regular dog and he tends to develop as a person, but keeps running into obstacles.

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:312735062

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Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547184300

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Odd John by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Odd John" by Olaf Stapledon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Robert Crossley
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0815602812

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Olaf Stapledon by Robert Crossley Pdf

William Olaf Stapledon is best remembered for the extraordinary works of speculative fiction he published between 1930 and 1950. As a novelist, he was known as the spokesman for the Age of Einstein and has influenced writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Arthur C. Clarke, and Doris Lessing. 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 shaped Stapledon's life and reclaim for public attention a distinctive voice of the modern era. Late in his life in an unpublished "letter to the future" Stapledon unwittingly provided the rationale for his biography: "It is just possible that my very obscurity may fit me to speak more faithfully for my period than any of its great unique personalities. A pacifist in World War I, an advocate of European unity and world government, one of the first teachers in the Workers' Educational Association, and an early protestor against apartheid, Stapledon turned utopian beliefs into practical politics. With roots in the shipping worlds of Devon, Liverpool, and the Suez Canal, he was transformed from a self-described provincial on the margins of English literary and political life into a visionary idealist who attracted the attention of scientists, journalists, and novelists, and, given his left-wing political affiliations, even the F.B.I. Stapledon's novels—Last and First Men, Star Maker, Odd John, and Sirius—have gathered a passionate following, and they have seldom been out of print in the last twenty-five years. But the personal experiences and political commitments that shaped this creative work have, until now, barely been known. Robert Crossley's work reveals how, in public and in private, in his social activism as in his fiction, Olaf Stapledon embodied many of the modern era's anxieties and hopes that allow his works to continue to speak to and for the future.

Author : Sam J. Miller
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250780638

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Let All the Children Boogie by Sam J. Miller Pdf

From the Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving comes Sam J. Miller's sci-fi time traveling tale, "Let All the Chlidren Boogie," a Tor.com Original As the Cold War stalls and the threat of nuclear warfare dominates the news, small-town misfits Laurie and Fell bond over a shared love of music and the mystery of the erratic radio messages that hint at the existence of a future worth reaching out for. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : OCLC:270768119

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Philosophy and Living by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

Author : Robert Crossley
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0815627246

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An Olaf Stapledon Reader by Robert Crossley Pdf

Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), philosopher, novelist, educator, and social activist had an imagination unlike that of any other figure in modernist literature. Along with H.G. Wells he is remembered as one of the most original and influential pioneers of twentieth-century science fiction. This first broadly inclusive anthology of Stapledon’s work offers a generous sampling of his fictional gems, including sections of his best known novels, Last and First Men, Odd Men, and Star Maker, and the complete text of two novellas, now back in print for the first time in fifty years, The Flames and Old Man in New World, as well as a selection of other writings, some previously unpublished, including essays, poems, and letters. These writings reveal the prophetic vision and utopian convictions that run through Stapledon’s work, and provide the broad context readers need to grasp the scope of his vision and to appreciate his great epic works, which are classics of science fiction.

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575128712

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Far Future Calling by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

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 authors who do not directly or indirectly owe him a great debt. This volume of his short science fiction and fantasy includes in addition to the five stories, an uncollected radio script from which this volume takes its title and an uncollected 1948 address to the British Interplanetary Society.

Author : Olaf Stapledon,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783986474287

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Essential Novelists - Olaf Stapledon by Olaf Stapledon,August Nemo Pdf

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Olaf Stapledon which are Last And First Men and Star MakerOlaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Stapledon's writings directly influenced Arthur C. Clarke, Stanisaw Lem, C. S. Lewis and indirectly influenced many others, contributing many ideas to the world of science fiction. Star Maker contains the first known description of what are now called Dyson spheres. Last and First Men features early descriptions of genetic engineering and terraforming. Novels selected for this book: - Last And First Men; - Star Maker.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 2107 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547720850

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The Philosophy & Sci-Fi Works of Olaf Stapledon by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited Olaf Stapledon collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels: Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future Last Men in London Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest Star Maker Darkness and the Light Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord Death into Life Short Stories: The Flames The Seed and the Flower The Road to the Aide Post A Modern Magician East is West A World of Sounds Arms Out of Hand Philosophical Works: A Modern Theory of Ethics: A Study of the Relations of Ethics and Psychology Interplanetary Man?

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338092595

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A Man Divided by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

A Man Divided is a story by Olaf Stapledon. Stapledon was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. Excerpt: "This discovery that Victor had not been himself, and so had not betrayed our friendship, had a surprisingly deep effect on me. Evidently I had never quite realized how much the friendship had meant to me, and how its breakdown had disturbed the foundations of my mind. Now that the explanation had been given, I felt a rather extravagant elation, which I was at pains to conceal. Somehow the whole universe took on a different aspect. Friends might die, or might helplessly suffer a psychological change; but friendship remained, after all, a reliable thing."

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066380335

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Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel) by Olaf Stapledon Pdf

Last and First Men is a "future history" science fiction novel, describing the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. Conception of history follows a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. It is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically linked individuals.

Author : Leslie A. Fiedler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4948645

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Olaf Stapledon, a Man Divided by Leslie A. Fiedler Pdf

In this study of the man and his work, one of America's best known critics demonstrates Stapledon's importance as a writer and his influence on many famous authors, especially Arthur C. Clarke. Also contains in-depth discussions of all of his major works, including Odd John, Sirius, Star Maker, and Last and First Men.

Author : W. Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1719577897

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A Modern Theory of Ethics by W. Olaf Stapledon Pdf

A Modern Theory of Ethics: A study of the Relations of Ethics and Psychology W. Olaf Stapledon Stapledon was born in Seacombe, Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, the only son of William Clibbett Stapledon and Emmeline Miller. The first six years of his life were spent with his parents at Port Said, Egypt. He was educated at Abbotsholme School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he acquired a BA degree in Modern History (Second Class) in 1909, promoted to an MA degree in 1913.[3][4] After a brief stint as a teacher at Manchester Grammar School he worked in shipping offices in Liverpool and Port Said from 1910 to 1912. From 1912 to 1915 Stapledon worked with the Liverpool branch of the Workers' Educational Association.[2] We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. A Modern Theory of Ethics: A study of the Relations of Ethics and Psychology book W. Olaf Stapledon pdf W. Olaf Stapledon text W. Olaf Stapledon summary