Dr.Lightning

On January 27th, 2012, with the intent to more accurately set the tone for the remainder of the work, I finished uploading a substantial expansion (over five hundred words) to the second half of Chapter One.

On October 20, 2010, I updated all of the expanded Chapters and Sections of Star Maker's Apprentice that are included in this free version of the book.

Because Feedbooks.com uses the epub format for uploading text, and does not permit the inclusion of any graphical content, I also placed a message at the bottom of a few Chapters which includes the Internet URL where all of the book's photos and graphics can be viewed.

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.

As of October 26th, 2009, significant modifications have been made to the following Appendices of Star Maker’s Apprentice:
Getting High In A Spiritual Context
Timothy Leary: Pratfalls, Blarney & Legacy
The 24 Images Shiva–gee sent from India

The modifications are important and result in a much improved statement of the author’s initial intent. If you have downloaded a copy at any time in the past, please download the book again so you can read the new Appendices.

Thank you.