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  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    This is not a novel in the ordinary sense. It is a vision.Written in 1930, Last and First Men presents the history of humanity across two billion years, told not through characters, but through civilizations - their rises, failures, mutations, extinctions, and rebirths. Stapledon imagines eighteen successive human species, each inheriting the ruins, dreams, and mistakes of thos...
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    17,44 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    A towering landmark of philosophical science fiction, Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon is one of the most ambitious and influential works ever written in the genre.First published in 1930, this visionary novel presents a sweeping future history of humanity, tracing the rise, fall, and transformation of successive human species across billions of years. Rather than focusing ...
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    24,20 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930) is a monumental work of speculative fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon. Unlike traditional novels, it presents a vast future history of humanity spanning billions of years, chronicling the rise and fall of 18 distinct human species across multiple planets, including Earth, Venus, and Neptune.Key...
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    14,75 €

  • Odd John
    Olaf Stapledon
    2021 Facsimile of the 1935 Edition.  This 1935 science fiction novel explores the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably leads to conflict with normal human society and to the destruction of the utopian colony founded by John and other superhumans. The novel resonates with the ideas of Friedrich Nietz...
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    12,18 €

  • Star Maker
    Olaf Stapledon
    2020 Reprint of the 1937 Edition. 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. Some of the elements and themes briefly discussed prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering an...
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    13,96 €

  • Star Maker
    Olaf Stapledon
    Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. 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. Some of the elements and themes in Star Maker prefigure later fict...
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    18,78 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon...
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    18,62 €

  • Collected Stories
    Olaf Stapledon
    Collected StoriesThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to...
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    9,17 €

  • The Seed and the Flower
    Olaf Stapledon
    This early work by Olaf Stapledon was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ’The Seed and the Flower’ is a science fiction short story. 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 a...
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    14,56 €

  • Latter-Day Psalms
    Olaf Stapledon
    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 ...
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    22,94 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a 'future history' science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon...
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    18,62 €

  • Star Maker
    Olaf Stapledon
    Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. 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. Some of the elements and themes in Star Maker prefigure later fict...
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    17,49 €

  • Darkness and the Light
    Olaf Stapledon
    An extraordinarily perceptive analysis of two possible future paths of humanity. ...
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    11,09 €

  • Star Maker
    Olaf Stapledon
    Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. 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. Some of the elements and themes in Star Maker prefigure later fict...
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    12,25 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a 'future history' science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon...
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    14,68 €

  • Last and First Men
    Olaf Stapledon
    A science fiction classic from Olaf Stapledon. ...
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    15,80 €

  • Star Maker (Paperback)
    Olaf Stapledon
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    13,46 €

  • Last Men in London (Paperback)
    Olaf Stapledon
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    14,70 €

  • Last and First Men and Star Maker
    Olaf Stapledon
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    25,27 €

  • Worlds of Wonder
    Olaf Stapledon
    William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)-who wrote as Olaf Stapledon-was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.This collection three of his classic fantasy stories: 'The Flames,' 'Death into Life,' and 'Old Man in New World.' 3 ...
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    16,17 €

  • Darkness and the Light
    Olaf Stapledon
    Stapledon projects two separate futures for humanity, depending not on the outcome of World War II but on the failure or success of a future 'Tibetan Renaissance' to influence the temper and ideology of the militaristic empires that threaten it. 3 ...
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    18,79 €