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Bookmark or Share- Star Maker - WikipediaStar Maker is a science fiction novel by British writer Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Continuing the theme of the author's previous book, Last and First Men (1930)—which narrated a history of the human species over two billion years—it describes a history of life in the universe, dwarfing the scale of the earlier work.
- Olaf Stapledon - WikipediaWilliam Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. [1] [2] In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
- Olaf Stapledon - Department of Philosophy - University of LiverpoolStapledon is perhaps best known today as one of the fathers of visionary science fiction, heir to H. G. Wells (with whom he corresponded) and a major influence upon writers such as Doris Lessing and Brian Aldiss, each of whom discovered copies of that same novel and (like Clarke) were changed utterly.
- Last and First Men - WikipediaLast 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.
- Olaf Stapledon | Science Fiction, Philosophy, Novelist | BritannicaOlaf Stapledon (born May 10, 1886, Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.—died Sept. 6, 1950, Cheshire) was an English novelist and philosopher whose “histories of the future” are a major influence on contemporary science fiction.
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