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Olaf Stapledon

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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 …

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Les Derniers et les Premiers est un roman de science-fiction de l'auteur britannique Olaf Stapledon, paru en 1930. Il relate l'aventure de l'humanité durant les deux prochains milliards d'années. Au cours de cette période, pas moins de dix-huit différentes espèces humaines croîtront et disparaîtront tour à …

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Nebula Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published posthumously by Bran's Head Books in 1976. Probably written around 1932-33, the book is essentially a first draft of the author's 1937 opus Star Maker, though there are many marked differences to the later, more polished work. One of the most notable …

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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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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 in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably leads to conflict with normal human society and to the destruction of the …