Questions tagged [olaf-stapledon]
For questions about the British golden-age SF author, cited as an influence by many notable later authors, such as Arthur C. Clarke.
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Letter from CS Lewis to Arthur C. Clarke about Olaf Stapledon/Star Maker: "Sheer devil worship"
I am looking for a letter mentioned in the Wikipedia page for Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker. In this letter from C.S. Lewis to Arthur C. Clarke, Lewis allegedly describes Star Maker as "sheer devil ...
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Olaf Stapledon stories screen treatments
While researching an answer for an unrelated matter I came across some references to Olaf Stapledon. Arthur C Clarke, James Blish, Brian Aldiss, and Freeman Dyson among others all credit him with ...