Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (An Olaf Stapledon Reader) • essay by Robert Crossley
• xxi • A Note on Texts (An Olaf Stapledon Reader) • essay by Robert Crossley
• 3 • The Flying Men (excerpt) • [Last and First Men] • (1930) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 11 • Nutrition (excerpt) • (1932) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 14 • The Story of John • [Last and First Men] • short story by Olaf Stapledon
• 22 • Nautiloids (excerpt) • (1937) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 28 • The Reign of Darkness (excerpt) • (1942) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 40 • Old Man in New World • (1944) • novelette by Olaf Stapledon
• 60 • Sirius at Cambridge (excerpt) • (1944) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 71 • The Flames: A Fantasy • (1947) • novella by Olaf Stapledon
• 124 • The Man Who Became a Tree • (1979) • short story by Olaf Stapledon
• 131 • The Peak and the Town • (1984) • short story by Olaf Stapledon
• 145 • The Splendid Race • (1908) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 148 • Thoughts on the Modern Spirit • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 163 • The Remaking of Man • (1931) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 169 • Machinery and Labour • (1934) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 175 • On Cultural Diversity • (1937) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 179 • Mysticism • (1939) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 188 • Escapism in Literature • (1939) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 197 • Literature and the Unity of Man • (1942) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 203 • Some Thoughts on H.G. Wells's "You Can't Be Too Careful" • (1942) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 206 • Social Implications of Atomic Power • (1945) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 211 • Mankind at the Crossroads • (1947) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 218 • Interplanetary Man? • (1948) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 245 • Reflections of an Ambulance Orderly • (1910) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 247 • Paul's Changing World (excerpt) • (1932) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 250 • Fields Within Fields • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 263 • Time and Eternity • (1946) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 266 • The Core • (1945) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 273 •
  Heavens Declare—Nothing^?Heavens Declare - Nothing
  • (1954) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 279 • Two Letters to H.G. Wells • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 281 • Two Letters to Naomi Mitchison • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 283 •  Letter to Virginia Woolf • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 284 •  Letter to C. E. M. Joad • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 286 • Three Letters to Aage Marcus • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 291 •  Letter to Fay Pomerance • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 293 •  Letter to Gwyneth Alban-Davis • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 297 • The Builder • (1912) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 298 • Time • (1914) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 298 • Men • (1914) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 299 • Spirit • (1914) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 302 • Resignation • (1924) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 303 • Our Shame • (1925) • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 304 • Poem 2 • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 305 • Poem 15 • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 306 • Poem 17 • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 307 • Poem 1 • poem by Olaf Stapledon
• 308 • Paradox • (1940) • poem by Olaf Stapledon