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Odd John and Sirius by Olaf Stapledon
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Very Good+”
- Binding
- Softcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Year Printed
- 1972
- ISBN
- 9780486211336
- Book Title
- Odd John and Sirius
- Book Series
- Dover Literature: Science Fiction/Fantasy Ser.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1972
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Weight
- 13.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486211339
ISBN-13
9780486211336
eBay Product ID (ePID)
705610
Product Key Features
Book Title
Odd John and Sirius
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1972
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Dover Literature: Science Fiction/Fantasy Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
72-077999
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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?, In the list of modern science fiction personalities, the late British philosopher and novelist W. Olaf Stapledon is prominent. Last and First Men and Starmaker are generally considered to be the finest future histories ever written, the gage by which all earlier and later works are measured. Odd John and Sirius are no less accurate in dealing with the problem in another guise. The central question is: if and when a superior being is introduced into a culture, how will either survive? Stapledon's answers are by no means romantic fantasies; they are the pathetic, realistic conclusions which we, one day, may be forced to accept. Odd John is the definitive fictionalization of the mutated superman. After a strange birth and childhood, John is suddenly compelled to accept the fact that he is different. What is more, he has to decide what to do with his gifts. Sirius, although the logical successor to Odd John, deals with quite another being -- an alien intelligence, artificially produced, a dog with superhuman mentality, who is not only superior to his own kind, but rejected by those with whom he has most in common. Stapledon uses his powers -- intellectual, imaginative, and observant -- to detail the conflict in its very "human" form. Odd John and Sirius are something else besides explorations of superbeings. Stapledon is capable of a great deal of humor and tongue-in-cheek description. If his writing, as he says in the subtitle to Odd John, is between jest and earnest, his sympathies are divided between the conflicting forces of man and superman. For those in literature, in psychology, in philosophy, or even in the world as it now exists, the detailed histories of these two strange beings will be ones to ponder. If anything, we have moved closer to the stage when conflict between superior and sapient man is imminent.
LC Classification Number
PZ3.S7944Oe
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