Olaf Stapledon Archive
William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the great figures in the history of British science fiction. A lecturer for the Workers’ Educational Association and the University of Liverpool, the philosophical depth and imaginative breadth of his novels signified an important stage in the development of the genre. Stapledon’s most famous works are Last and First Men (1930), Odd John (1935), Star Maker (1937) and Sirius (1944).
The Olaf Stapledon Archive was deposited with the University of Liverpool in 1983. It includes corrected holograph manuscripts or typescripts and publishers’ proofs of Stapledon’s published works, as well as unpublished work and notes for his teaching courses.
The Digital Heritage Lab presents Stapledon’s previously unpublished lecture notes, dustjackets of his novels, and some of his famous ‘time charts’ created to accompany his work.
The archive also includes material not published on this site, including Stapledon’s diaries and appointment books. There is a large section of correspondence relating to Stapledon’s writing, political activities and teaching, as well as letters to and from friends and other important writers of the day, including H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf and J.B. Priestley. For more information, please visit the archive catalogue.
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