
. But sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.
Star Maker

Lewis and Arthur C. 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.
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

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Odd John

Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest

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Last and First Men

A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Epic science fiction classic! "No book before or since has ever had such an impact on my imagination.
Arthur c clarke - a work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across 2 billion years and 18 distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the up to now fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically-linked individuals.
Stapledon's conception of history is a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically-linked individuals.
Sir patrick moore said "this novel Last and First Men is immensely thought-provoking and I've read it time and time again. Profound in the extreme - loved, lauded and recommended by the best SF writers. Last and first men: a story of the near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon.
Last and First Men

Clarke of this masterpiece of science fiction. First published nearly 70 years ago, this masterpiece is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction novels of the 20th century. Olaf stapledon creates a history of the evolution of humankind over the next two billion years, and has lots of it right! It's so vast; it brings the concept of `time' closer to the human experience.
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Star Maker

The climax of the book is the "supreme moment of the cosmos", when the cosmical mind which includes the narrator attains momentary contact with the Star Maker, the creator of the universe. Clarke considered Star Maker to be one of the finest works of science fiction ever written. A single human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means.
Some of the elements and themes briefly discussed prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. A key idea is the formation of collective minds from many telepathically linked individuals, galaxies, on the level of planets, and eventually the cosmos itself. The book describes a history of life in the universe, Last and First Men 1930, dwarfing in scale Stapledon's previous book, a history of the human species over two billion years.
Star maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth the "Other Earth" in some detail, and as they travel together, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds.
Darkness and the Light

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Granted the power of speech centuries earlier by the revered Bruce Webster, pacifist dogs are the last keepers of human history, raising their pups with bedtime stories, the intelligent, passed down through generations, of the lost “websters” who gave them so much but will never return. Thousands of years have passed since humankind abandoned the city—first for the countryside, then for the stars, and ultimately for oblivion—leaving their most loyal animal companions alone on Earth.
But they now face serious threats from their own and other dimensions, perhaps the most dangerous of all being the reawakened remnants of a warlike race called “Man. In the golden age of Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Simak’s writing blazed as brightly as anyone’s in the science fiction firmament. With the aid of jenkins, an ageless service robot, the dogs live in a world of harmony and peace.
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The Fountains of Paradise

Renowned structural engineer Dr. A hugo and nebula award–winning novel from the legendary “colossus of science fiction” and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey The New Yorker. The elevator would lift interstellar spaceships into orbit without the need of rockets to blast through the Earth’s atmosphere—making space travel easier and more cost-effective.
An epic novel of daring dreams spanning twenty decades, this award-winning drama combines believable science with heart-stopping suspense. Vannevar morgan seeks to link earth to the stars by constructing a space elevator that will connect to an orbiting satellite 22, 300 miles from the planet’s surface.
Morgan must face down their opposition—as well as enormous technical, political, and economic challenges—if he is to create his beanstalk to the heavens.