Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest
| Title | Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest |
| Year for Search | 1935 |
| Authors | Stapledon, [William] Olaf(1886-1950) |
| Tertiary Authors | Stapledon, Olaf |
| Date Published | 1935 |
| Publisher | Methuen |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Advanced human beings and the society they create. The eutopia is a small part of the work. Stapledon wrote many utopias. |
| Additional Publishers | 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. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, PSt |
| Author Note | (1886-1950) |
| Full Text | 1935 Stapledon, [William] Olaf (1886-1950). Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest. London: Methuen. 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. MoU-St, PSt Advanced human beings and the society they create. The eutopia is a small part of the work. |
