Star Maker is a masterpiece in the field of science fiction. citation needed Despite her success in Hollywood, she made it clear she preferred the stage. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets.Īfter exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth (the “Other Earth”) in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledons descriptions of alien life are a political. Louise Campbell Weisbecker ( November 5, 1997) was an American actress. Think Bertrand Russell plus Arthur C Clarke. Clarke considered Star Maker to be one of the finest works of science fiction ever written.Ī single human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means. Star Maker was written in 1937 England, and is clearly the product of an intelligent, philosophical, somewhat Marxist rationalist trying to make sense out of the most desperate time period of the 20th century. Some of the elements and themes briefly discussed prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. British writer Olaf Stapledon, author of the lost 1937 sci-fi masterpiece Star Maker, was perhaps Baruch Spinoza’s greatest 20th-century disciple by. The book tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator.Ī pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations. Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937.

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