The prose of Stapledon is concise, poetic, and beautiful. Although “Star Maker” has been known as a science fiction novel since its publication, if we accept the word of the author, W. Olaf Stapledon, the book is actually an astonishing autobiography. In the Preface, Stapledon explicitly states that “Star Maker” is NOT a novel. Most likely, because the book does not contain the typical amount of character development that a conventional novel possesses, he very modestly explained; “Judged… (more)
The prose of Stapledon is concise, poetic, and beautiful. Although “Star Maker” has been known as a science fiction novel since its publication, if we accept the word of the author, W. Olaf Stapledon, the book is actually an astonishing autobiography. In the Preface, Stapledon explicitly states that “Star Maker” is NOT a novel. Most likely, because the book does not contain the typical amount of character development that a conventional novel possesses, he very modestly explained; “Judged by the standards of the Novel, it (Star Maker) is remarkably bad. In fact, it is no novel at all.” According to Stapledon himself, the work is NOT a novel, and therefore NOT fictional. As must be acknowledged, the real adventures of a person, authored by that same person, is the absolute definition of an Autobiography. QED.
Star Maker is the most influencial and remarkable story ever told in this ganre....pass the first barrier which is the initial style and be hooked forever..... there is no God only the Star Maker and the secret of life in this and all universes is love and duty ....community.
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:24:08 +0100
The prose of Stapledon is concise, poetic, and beautiful. Although “Star Maker” has been known as a science fiction novel since its publication, if we accept the word of the author, W. Olaf Stapledon, the book is actually an astonishing autobiography. In the Preface, Stapledon explicitly states that “Star Maker” is NOT a novel. Most likely, because the book does not contain the typical amount of character development that a conventional novel possesses, he very modestly explained; “Judged… (more)
The prose of Stapledon is concise, poetic, and beautiful. Although “Star Maker” has been known as a science fiction novel since its publication, if we accept the word of the author, W. Olaf Stapledon, the book is actually an astonishing autobiography. In the Preface, Stapledon explicitly states that “Star Maker” is NOT a novel. Most likely, because the book does not contain the typical amount of character development that a conventional novel possesses, he very modestly explained; “Judged by the standards of the Novel, it (Star Maker) is remarkably bad. In fact, it is no novel at all.” According to Stapledon himself, the work is NOT a novel, and therefore NOT fictional. As must be acknowledged, the real adventures of a person, authored by that same person, is the absolute definition of an Autobiography. QED.
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Star Maker is the most influencial and remarkable story ever told in this ganre....pass the first barrier which is the initial style and be hooked forever..... there is no God only the Star Maker and the secret of life in this and all universes is love and duty ....community.