Se avecinan los siglos invernales del Gran Año, y el oligarca ha tomado estrictas medidas para asegurar la supervivencia de los habitantes de Sibornal, el gélido continente del norte. Un inimaginable acto de traición desata una tremen...
Una primera novela tan exitosa como La última y la primera humanidad exigió una secuela y Stapledon se comprometió en ella con Los Últimos Hombres en Londres, libro publicado en 1932 por Methuen. Este tratado de ficción...
Una noche de amargura y desengaño, un hombre contempla el firmamento desde lo alto de una colina. De pronto, se ve inmerso en una suerte de viaje astral que lo traslada por toda la galaxia, de la que explorará el nacimiento y el ocaso, con...
En un viatge còsmic sense precedents, l?esperit d?un home solitari abandona el seu cos per endinsar-se en l?infinit de l?univers. Així comença una odissea que el portarà a descobrir planetes desconeguts, civilitzacions extraord...
Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of...
Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of...
This early work by Olaf Stapledon was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. âLatter-Day Psalmsâ is a collection of poetry. William Olaf Stapledon was born...
Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the...
Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of...
This 1937 science fiction novel "tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator"--Amazon.com.
Two science fiction novels, written during the nineteen thirties, chronicle the future of civilization, foretelling such events as the worldwide fuel shortage and man's exploration of space.