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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 great work, LAST AND FIRST MEN, pales in ambition
next to STAR MAKER, which presents nothing less than an entire
imagined history of life in the universe, encompassing billions of
years.
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Star Maker (Paperback)
Olaf Stapledon
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R215
R172
Discovery Miles 1 720
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'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, philosophical tale of one man's unexpected
voyage through the universe is imbued with a sense of mystery and
vast cosmic loneliness. 'The most wonderful novel I have ever read
... Star Maker remains light years ahead' Brian Aldiss 'Probably
the most powerful work of imagination ever written' Arthur C.
Clarke 'A unique genius' Doris Lessing 'One of the most creative
thinkers of our time' Greg Bear
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 Earth, a new supernormal species. But the
world is not ready for such a change ...
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 sheer scope and ambition of his work. First
published in 1930, Last and First Men is full of pioneering
speculations about evolution, terraforming, genetic engineering and
many other subjects.
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Sirius (Paperback)
Olaf Stapledon
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R280
R228
Discovery Miles 2 280
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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 remarkable and gifted creature. His
relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep
and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of
human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the
conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.
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Star Maker (Paperback)
Olaf Stapledon
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R399
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
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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.
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 10th May 1886 in Wallasey, on the Wirral
Peninsula near Liverpool, in England. He completed a Ph.D. in
philosophy at the University of Liverpool and his first published
work of prose A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929) was based on his
doctoral thesis. The following year, Stapledon published his first
work of fiction Last and First Men (1930), the success of which
enabled him to become a full-time writer. He had a great impact in
the field of science fiction, influencing notable authors such as
Arthur C. Clarke and Brian Aldiss.
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