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Star Maker

byOlaf Stapledon

Genres: Science Fiction First Contact Hard Science Fiction Speculative Evolution

Who is this book for? Readers interested in philosophical science fiction and cosmic exploration.

Topics ExistentialSurvivalTechnology and Humanity

MoodReflective, Mysterious

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 presents nothing less than an entire imagined history of life in the universe, encompassing billions of years.

Language

Published on

11/11/1999

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781857988079

Price Comparison

waterstones

Paperback

8.99 £

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