Search results for ""Author Olaf Stapledon""
Dover Publications Inc. Last and First Men
£12.97
Orion Publishing Co Star Maker
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.
£8.99
Dover Publications Inc. Star Maker
£12.25
Orion Publishing Co Sirius
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.
£9.04
Orion Publishing Co Odd John
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 ...
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Arcturus Publishing Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) was a British philosopher and science fiction author. During his life, he penned many books including Last and First Men (1930), Star Maker (1937) and Sirius (1944). He died in 1950. In 2014 -64 years after his death -he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
£8.42
Orion Publishing Co Last And First Men
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.
£8.99
