Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity-the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself. It was Stapledon's fourth novel and was first published in 1937. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. 'Star Maker', by Olaf Stapledon, is an incredible novel by an author whose contributions to science fiction are unique and serve as inspiration to many of the greatest works in the field. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. This book is available for free download in a number of formats - including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. The next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera-they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon 3.92 Rating details 7,317 ratings 687 reviews One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life.
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