Two of the finest future histories ever written, each concerning a central question: If and when a superior being is introduced into a culture, how will either survive? "Odd John" is the definitive fictionalization of the mutated superman who has to decide what to do with his gifts, while "Sirius" c[...]

One of the most extraordinary, imaginative and ambitious novels of the century: a history of the evolution of humankind over the next 2 billion years. Among all science fiction writers Olaf Stapledon stands alone for the sheer scope and ambition of his work. First published in 1930, Last and First [...]

One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. The next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun. Even Stapledon's other great work, LAST AND FIRST MEN, pales in ambition next to STAR MAKER, which pres[...]