@booklet {1265, title = {Death into Life}, year = {1946}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Worlds of Wonder: Three Tales of Fantasy\ (Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949), 91-251.

}, month = {1946}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Similar to other works by Stapledon in that it projects humanity into both the relatively near and very far future, to a time beyond humanity. This relatively short (159 pp) version follows \"the spirit of man\" from death during World War II to a period in which humans inhabit eight planets to the development of a \"cosmic consciousness\" into which humanity is absorbed. On the copyright page there is an author\&$\#$39;s note saying, \"This fantasy is not a novel.\"\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} } @booklet {1225, title = {Old Man in New World}, year = {1944}, note = {

Rpt. in his Worlds of Wonder: Three Tales of Fantasy (Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949), 253-82; and in An Olaf Stapledon Reader. Ed. Robert Crossley (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997), 42-60.\ 

}, month = {1944}, pages = {36 pp.}, publisher = {George Allen \& Unwin}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Socialist eutopia that encourages diversity and individuality as seen by an old revolutionist who is not entirely comfortable in the world the revolution created. World federation.\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} } @booklet {1175, title = {Darkness and the Light}, year = {1942}, note = {

Rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. Excerpts rpt. in\ An Olaf Stapledon Reader.\ Ed. Robert Crossley (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997), 28-42.

}, month = {1942}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Eutopia and dystopia presented as two alternative future histories. The dystopia is extrapolated from the situation as it existed in 1942. In the eutopia that situation is overcome and for a time a eutopia based on villages develops. Following that, the human race goes through periods of decline and advance until a new and higher human type develops.\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} } @booklet {1045, title = {Star-Maker}, year = {1937}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon. Ed. Basil Davenport (New York: Funk \& Wagnalls, 1953), 221-412; rpt. (Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 221-412; as\ The Star Maker. New York: Berkley Medallion, 1961; in\ Last and First Men \& Star Maker: Two Science-Fiction Novels\ (New York: Dover, 1968), 247-438; Bath, Eng.: Lythway Press, 1974; and ed. Patrick McCarthy. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2004\ with a \“Foreword\” by Freeman Dyson (xi-xv) and an \“Introduction\” by the editor (xix-xxxiii). Excerpts rpt. in\ An Olaf Stapledon Reader. Ed. Robert Crossley (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997), 22-28. An earlier version was discovered and published as\ Nebula Maker. Hayes, Middlesex, Eng.: Bran\&$\#$39;s Head Books, 1976. Rpt. in\ Nebula Maker \& Four Encounters with illustrations by Jim Starlin\ (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1983), 1-124 with an \"Introduction\" by Arthur C. Clarke (vii-x).

}, month = {1937}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, abstract = {

One of Stapledon\&$\#$39;s visions of the far, far future where the human race has been replaced by more advanced species.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} } @booklet {992, title = {Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest}, year = {1935}, note = {

Rpt. as the\ Collectors Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987 illus. Wendy Snow-Lang and with a brief \"Introduction\" (unpaged) by Alfred Bester. U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936. Rpt. as\ Odd John: THE Masterpiece of the Superhuman Race that May Replace Humanity Sooner than You Think!\ New York: Galaxy, 1936.\ Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 8. U.S. ed. rpt. with the original title in his\ To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon\ Ed. Basil Davenport (New York: Funk \& Wagnalls, 1953), 413-569. Rpt. (Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975), 413-569; as\ Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Ernest\ [sic]. New York: Berkley Medallion, 1965; and in\ Odd John \& Sirius: Two Science Fiction Novels\ (New York: Dover Publications, 1972), 1-157.

}, month = {1935}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Advanced human beings and the society they create. The eutopia is a small part of the work. Stapledon wrote many utopias.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} } @booklet {764, title = {Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future}, year = {1930}, note = {

U.S. ed. as by W[illiam] Olaf Stapledon. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931. Rpt. in his To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon with editorial cuts and \“Foreword to the Original American Edition\” (3). Ed. Basil Davenport (New York: Funk \& Wagnalls, 1953), 1-220; rpt. (Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975), 1-220; and in Last and First Men \& Star Maker: Two Science-Fiction Novels (New York: Dover, 1968), 1-246, which includes \“Foreword to the Original American Edition\” (3) and \“Preface to the English Edition (9). Excerpts rpt. in An Olaf Stapledon Reader. Ed. Robert Crossley (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997), 3-11; and in The Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Three Rooms Press, 2016), 436-52, with an \“Editor\’s Introduction\” on 434-35. Chapter IX: Earth and Mars in rpt. in The Book of Mars: An Anthology of Fact and Fiction. Ed. Stuart Clark (London: London: Head of Zeus/Apollo/Bloomsbury, 2022), 57-70.

}, month = {1930}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, abstract = {

One of Stapledon\’s visions of the far, far future where the human race has been replaced by more advanced species. It begins with an Introduction by One of the Last Men and then moves initially to World War I and after and the relatively near future. It then traces humanity through millions of years with both eutopian and dystopian periods to the end where a eutopian cosmic consciousness is developing and humans as such will disappear. Loosely related is 1932 Stapledon, Last Men in London.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[William] Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)} }