Star-Maker

TitleStar-Maker
Year for Search1937
AuthorsStapledon, [William] Olaf(1886-1950)
Tertiary AuthorsStapledon, Olaf
Date Published1937
PublisherMethuen
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

One of Stapledon's visions of the far, far future where the human race has been replaced by more advanced species.

Additional Publishers

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'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).

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1886-1950)

Full Text

1937 Stapledon, [William] Olaf (1886-1950). Star-Maker. London: Methuen. 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’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). DLC, L, MoU-St, PSt

One of Stapledon’s visions of the far, far future where the human race has been replaced by more advanced species.