Olaf Stapledon

Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 – September 6, 1950) was an English novelist and philosopher. His most famous works include Last and First Men, Odd John, and Star Maker.¹

Works

Fiction

• Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930)
• Last Men in London (1932)
• Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935)
• Star Maker (1937)
• Darkness and the Light (1942)
• Old Man in New World (1944)
• Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (1944)
• Death into Life (1946)
• The Flames: A Fantasy (1947)
• A Man Divided (1950)
• Four Encounters (1976)
• Nebula Maker (1976)
• East is West (1979)

Non-fiction

• A Modern Theory of Ethics: A study of the Relations of Ethics and Psychology (1929)
• Waking World (1934)
• Saints and Revolutionaries (1939)
• New Hope for Britain (1939)
• Philosophy and Living, 2 volumes (1939)
• Beyond the “Isms” (1942)
• Seven Pillars of Peace (1944)
• Youth and Tomorrow (1946)
• Interplanetary Man? (1948)
• The Opening of the Eyes (1954)

Poetry

• Latter-Day Psalms (1914)

Collections

• Worlds of Wonder: Three Tales of Fantasy (1949)
• To the End of Time: the Best of Olaf Stapledon (1953)
• Far Future Calling: Uncollected Science Fiction and Fantasies of Olaf Stapledon (1979)
• An Olaf Stapledon Reader (1997)

See also

• Olaf Stapledon quotes

External Links

• Goodreads profile
• IMDb profile
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database profile
• Library of Congress profile
• Stapledon on Science Fiction Studies
• Works on Faded Page
• Works on Project Gutenberg Australia

References

1. “Olaf Stapledon.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed July 31, 2020.