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An Olaf Stapledon Reader

Olaf Stapledon

First published 1997
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Frederick A. Wellner
Pages xxi+314
Price $17.95
ISBN 0815604300

Data from Locus1
Edited by Robert Crossley
The Story of John is described as a 'rejected chapter' from Last Men in London

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Flying Men (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
11 Nutrition (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
14 The Story of John Olaf Stapledon Short Story
22 Nautiloids (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
28 The Reign of Darkness (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
40 Old Man in New World Olaf Stapledon Novelette
60 Sirius at Cambridge (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
71 The Flames: A Fantasy Olaf Stapledon Novella
124 The Man Who Became a Tree Olaf Stapledon Short Story
131 The Peak and the Town Olaf Stapledon Short Story
145 The Splendid Race Olaf Stapledon Essay
148 Thoughts on the Modern Spirit Olaf Stapledon Essay
163 The Remaking of Man Olaf Stapledon Essay
169 Machinery and Labour Olaf Stapledon Essay
175 On Cultural Diversity Olaf Stapledon Essay
179 Mysticism Olaf Stapledon Essay
188 Escapism in Literature Olaf Stapledon Essay
197 Literature and the Unity of Man Olaf Stapledon Essay
203 Some Thoughts on H.G. Wells's "You Can't Be Too Careful" Olaf Stapledon Essay
206 Social Implications of Atomic Power Olaf Stapledon Essay
211 Mankind at the Crossroads Olaf Stapledon Essay
218 Interplanetary Man? Olaf Stapledon Essay
245 Reflections of an Ambulance Orderly Olaf Stapledon Essay
247 Paul's Changing World (excerpt) Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
250 Fields Within Fields Olaf Stapledon Essay
263 Time and Eternity Olaf Stapledon Essay
266 The Core Olaf Stapledon Essay
273 Heavens Declare—Nothing Olaf Stapledon Essay
279 Two Letters to H.G. Wells Olaf Stapledon Essay
281 Two Letters to Naomi Mitchison Olaf Stapledon Essay
283 Letter to Virginia Woolf Olaf Stapledon Essay
284 Letter to C. E. M. Joad Olaf Stapledon Essay
286 Three Letters to Aage Marcus Olaf Stapledon Essay
291 Letter to Fay Pomerance Olaf Stapledon Essay
293 Letter to Gwyneth Alban-Davis Olaf Stapledon Essay
297 The Builder Olaf Stapledon Poem
298 Men Olaf Stapledon Poem
298 Time Olaf Stapledon Poem
299 Spirit Olaf Stapledon Poem
302 Resignation Olaf Stapledon Poem
303 Our Shame Olaf Stapledon Poem
304 Poem 2 Olaf Stapledon Poem
305 Poem 15 Olaf Stapledon Poem
306 Poem 17 Olaf Stapledon Poem
307 Poem 1 Olaf Stapledon Poem
308 Paradox Olaf Stapledon Poem
ix Introduction (An Olaf Stapledon Reader) Robert Crossley Essay
xxi A Note on Texts (An Olaf Stapledon Reader) Robert Crossley Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
An Olaf Stapledon Reader Cover 1997 Syracuse University Press Hardcover Collection Frederick A. Wellner xxi+314