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Olaf Stapledon
Author profile
born
in Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, The United Kingdom
May 10, 1886
died
September 06, 1950
gender
male
website
genre
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Star Maker
— published 1937 — 32 editions |
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Last and First Men
— published 1930 — 24 editions |
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Last and First Men/Star Maker
— published 1937 — 4 editions |
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Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord
— published 1944 — 14 editions |
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Odd John/Sirius
— published 1944 |
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Odd John
— published 1935 — 14 editions |
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Last Men in London
— published 1932 — 8 editions |
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Nebula Maker
by Olaf Stapledon, Harvey Satty — published 1976 — 2 editions |
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An Olaf Stapledon Reader
— published 1996 — 2 editions |
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The Flames: A Fantasy
— published 1947 — 2 editions |
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“Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to chew, damned good for the mind's teeth, but as food - no bloody good at all.”
― Olaf Stapledon, Odd John
― Olaf Stapledon, Odd John
“My dear, it is a great strength to have faced the worst and to have *felt* it a feature of beauty. Nothing ever after can shake one.”
― Olaf Stapledon, Odd John
― Olaf Stapledon, Odd John
“Barren, barren and trivial are these words. But not barren the
experience.”
― Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker
experience.”
― Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker
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