Star Maker William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2029 urn:isbn:0819566934 en 1937 Novels Science Fiction Widely regarded as one of the true classics of science fiction, Star Maker is a poetic and deeply philosophical work. The story details the mental journey of an unnamed narrator who is transported not only to other worlds but also other galaxies and parallel universes, until he eventually becomes part of the "cosmic mind." First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledon's descriptions of alien life are a political commentary on human life in the turbulent inter-war years. The book challenges preconceived notions of intelligence and awareness, and ultimately argues for a broadened perspective that would free us from culturally ingrained thought and our inevitable anthropomorphism. This is the first scholarly edition of a book that influenced such writers as C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke and which Jorge Luis Borges called "a prodigious novel." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2029.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2029.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2029.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2029.mobi Last Men in London William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2032 en 1932 Novels Science Fiction Last Men in London (1932) is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon. The narrator is the same member of the eighteenth and final human species who purportedly induced Stapledon to write Last and First Men. Last Men in London is the story of this being's exploration of the consciousness of a present-day Englishman named Paul, from childhood through service with an ambulance crew in the First World War (mirroring Stapledon's own personal history) to adult life as a schoolteacher faced with a "submerged superman" in his class nicknamed Humpty. The inadequacies of Paul's character, the various dilemmas he has to face during his life, and the occasional influence of the advanced being who shares his experiences, provide Stapledon with a semi-autobiographical platform on which to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2032.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2032.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2032.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2032.mobi Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2031 urn:isbn:0575070579 en 1944 Novels Science Fiction Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2031.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2031.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2031.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2031.mobi Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2030 urn:isbn:0486211339 en 1935 Novels Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2030.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2030.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2030.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2030.mobi A Modern Magician William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2033 en 1979 Short Fiction Fantasy This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2033.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2033.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2033.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2033.mobi A World of Sound William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2036 en 1936 Short Fiction Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2036.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2036.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2036.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2036.mobi Death into Life William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2041 en 1946 Novels Science Fiction War This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2041.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2041.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2041.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2041.mobi Darkness and the Light William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2044 en 1942 Novels Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2044.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2044.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2044.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2044.mobi East is West William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2034 en 1979 Short Fiction Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2034.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2034.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2034.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2034.mobi A Man Divided William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2040 en 1950 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2040.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2040.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2040.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2040.mobi Invaders from the Infinite John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844 urn:isbn:1603120491 en 1961 Novels Science Fiction The alien spaceship was unthinkably huge, enormously powerful, apparently irresistible. It came from the void and settled on Earth, striking awe into the hearts of all who saw it. Its burden, however, was not conquest -- but a call for help! First contact was a job for the brilliant team of scientists, Arcot, Wade, and Morey,explorers of the Islands of Space. And what they learned was an offer of an alliance against an invading foe so powerful that no known force could turn them back! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.mobi Starman's Quest Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493 en 1958 Novels Science Fiction The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars—but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. So they did the only thing they could do. They formed a guild of Spacers, and lived their entire lives on the starships, raised their families there, and never set foot outside their own Enclave during their landings on Earth. They grew to despise Earthers, and the Earthers grew to despise them in turn. There was no logical reason for it, except that they were—different. That was enough. But not all Starmen liked being different. Alan Donnell loved space, and the ship, and life aboard it. His father, Captain of the Valhalla, lived for nothing but the traditions of the Spacers. But his twin brother, Steve, couldn't stand it, and so he jumped ship. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.mobi The Seed and the Flower William Olaf Stapledon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2037 en 1916 Short Fiction Religion This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2037.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2037.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2037.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2037.mobi The Time Traders Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/859 urn:isbn:1406835617 en 1958 Novels Science Fiction Intelligence agents have uncovered something beyond belief, but the evidence is incontrovertible: the USA’s greatest adversary is sending its own agents back through time! And someone (or something) is presenting them with technologies and weapons far beyond our most advanced science. We have only one option: create time-transfer technology ourselves, find the opposition's ancient source...and take it down! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/859.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/859.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/859.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/859.mobi Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395 urn:isbn:0812535073 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Hugo nominated in 1962, originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction as "Sense of Obligation." Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition to test achievements in 20 categories of human activities -- but before he can enjoy his victory he's forced to leave his homeworld to help salvage Dis, the most hellish planet in the galaxy. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.mobi The Night Land William Hope Hodgson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417 urn:isbn:1605971685 en 1912 Novels Science Fiction Horror Fantasy The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human. To leave the protection of the Circle means almost certain death, or worse, but as the story commences, the narrator establishes mind contact with an inhabitant of another, forgotten, Redoubt, and sets off into the darkness to find her. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.mobi City at World's End Edmond Moore Hamilton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2357 urn:isbn:1449127584 en 1951 Novels Science Fiction The pleasant little American city of Middletown is the first target in an atomic war - but instead of blowing Middletown to smithereens, the super-hydrogen bomb blows it right off the map - to somewhere else! First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the inhabitant's terrifying discovery that Middletown is a twentieth-century oasis of paved streets and houses in a desolate brown world without trees, without water, apparently without life, in the unimaginably far-distant future. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2357.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2357.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2357.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2357.mobi Islands of Space John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836 en 1956 Novels Science Fiction "Their space-drive engine shattered the intergalactic barriers" Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.mobi A Martian Odyssey Stanley Grauman Weinbaum http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2244 urn:isbn:1846770602 en 1934 Short Fiction Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2244.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2244.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2244.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2244.mobi Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin Abbott Abbott http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596 urn:isbn:048627263X en 1884 Novels Philosophy Science Humor/Satire Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.mobi