Olaf Stapledon
British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)
William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) was a British philosopher and author of science fiction.[1][2] In 2014, he was put into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Olaf Stapledon | |
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 Plaque to Olaf Stapledon, Simon's Bridge, Caldy, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside | |
| Born | 10 May 1886 Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Died | 6 September 1950 (aged 64) Caldy, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist, philosopher |
| Genre | Science fiction, philosophy |
| Notable works | Star Maker, Last and First Men, Odd John |
Works
changeFiction
change- Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930) (ISBN 1-85798-806-X)
- Last Men in London (1932) (ISBN 0-417-02750-8)
- Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935) (ISBN 0-413-32900-3)
- Star Maker (1937) (ISBN 0-8195-6692-6) First Edition cover by Bip Pares
- Darkness and the Light (1942) (ISBN 0-88355-121-7)
- Old Man in New World (short story, 1944)
- Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (1944) (ISBN 0-575-07057-9)
- Death into Life (1946)
- The Flames: A Fantasy (1947)
- A Man Divided (1950) (ISBN 0-19-503087-7)
- Four Encounters (1976) (ISBN 0-905220-01-3)
- Nebula Maker (drafts of Star Maker, 1976) (ISBN 0-905220-06-4)
- East is West (posthumous, 1979)
Non-fiction
change- 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 (ed. Agnes Z. Stapledon, 1954)
Poetry
change- Latter-Day Psalms (1914)
Collections
change- Worlds of Wonder: Three Tales of Fantasy (1949)
- To the End of Time: the Best of Olaf Stapledon (ed. Basil Davenport, 1953) (ISBN 0-8398-2312-6)
- Far Future Calling: Uncollected Science Fiction and Fantasies of Olaf Stapledon (ed. Sam Moskowitz 1979 ISBN 1-880418-06-1)
- An Olaf Stapledon Reader (ed. Robert Crossley, 1997)
References
change- ↑ Andy Sawyer, "[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)", in Bould, Mark, et al, eds. Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction. New York: Routledge, 2010. (pp. 205–210) ISBN 1135285349.
- ↑ John Kinnaird, "Stapledon,(William) Olaf" in Curtis C. Smith, Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. Chicago, St. James, 1986. ISBN 0912289279 (pp. 693–6).
Other websites
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- Works by Olaf Stapledon at Faded Page (Canada)
- Olaf Stapledon Archive at the University of Liverpool SF Hub
- Works at Project Gutenberg Australia
- Olaf Stapledon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Olaf Stapledon at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
- Olaf Stapledon at Library of Congress Authorities, with 40 catalogue records (including 1 "from old catalog" as William Olaf)
- Digitized works by Olaf Stapledon at Toronto Public Library