Olaf Stapledon

Quotes

• “Long before the human spirit awoke to clear cognizance of the world and itself, it sometimes stirred in its sleep, opened bewildered eyes, and slept again.”

• “Personal immortality, said a dying sage, would be as tedious as an endless song.”

• “I conceived the whole life of the cosmos not as an immensely protracted and leisurely passage from a remote and shadowy source to a glorious and a still more remote eternity, but as a brief, a headlong and forlorn, race against galloping time.”

• “Yes,” he said, “But the more different, the more lovely the loving.”

Books by Olaf Stapledon in order

Books by Olaf Stapledon in the order they were published, from Last and First Men (1930) to Last Men in London Annotated and Unabridged (2022).

1. 1Last and First MenLast and First Men1930
2. 2Last Men in LondonLast Men in London1932
3. 3Odd JohnOdd John1935
4. 4Odd John a Story Between Jest and ErnestOdd John a Story Between Jest and Ernest1936
5. 5Star MakerStar Maker1937
6. 6Darkness and the LightDarkness and the Light1942
7. 7Sirius. Ein Klassischer Science Fiction RomanSirius. Ein Klassischer Science Fiction Roman1944
8. 8Death into Life AnnotatedDeath into Life Annotated1946
9. 9World of SoundWorld of Sound2016
10. 10Last and First Men IllustratedLast and First Men Illustrated2021
11. 11Last Man in LondonLast Man in London2021
12. 12Last Man in London Illustrated EditionLast Man in London Illustrated Edition2021
13. 13Last Men in London IllustratedLast Men in London Illustrated2021
14. 14Man Divided AnnotatedMan Divided Annotated2021
15. 15Last and First Men AnnotatedLast and First Men Annotated2022
16. 16Last and First Men Annotated and UnabridgedLast and First Men Annotated and Unabridged2022
17. 17Last Men in London Annotated and UnabridgedLast Men in London Annotated and Unabridged2022
18. 18An Olaf Stapledon ReaderAn Olaf Stapledon Reader
19. 19Far Future CallingFar Future Calling
20. 20Last and First Men and Star MakerLast and First Men and Star Maker
21. 21Last and First Men, and Last Men in LondonLast and First Men, and Last Men in London
22. 22Nebula MakerNebula Maker
23. 23To the End of TimeTo the End of Time

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