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Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon was an English philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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culture · English novelist and philosopher (1886–1950) · paramedic · philosopher · writer · science fiction writer · peace activist · also Olaf Stapledon, William Olaf Stapledon, Stapledon
Born 10 May 1886 · Died 6 September 1950 · Q337373
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2023· 1 entry
2019· 1 entry
Justin McDonald and Kate Hodgson wrote, produced, and starred in a short film adaptation of Stapledon's "A Modern Magician
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2017· 1 entry
A multimedia adaptation of Last and First Men by Oscar-nominated Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson was released, featuring narration by Tilda Swinton and a live score performed by the BBC Philharmonic
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2014).
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Was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award (2001).
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1966· 1 entry
Castle of Frankenstein magazine reported that David McCallum would play the title role
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1950· 3 entries
Died 1950-09-06.
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Became involved with the anti-apartheid movement
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“Al fin y al cabo, una nación es, principalmente, una sociedad fundada para odiar a los extranjeros.”
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1949· 1 entry
The only Briton to be granted a visa to do so
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1948· 1 entry
Spoke at the World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace in Wrocław, Poland
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1940· 1 entry
The Stapledon family built and moved into a new house nearby, on Simon's Field in Caldy
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1930· 1 entry
I came under the spell of a considerably more literate influence, when I discovered W
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1925· 1 entry
And used his doctoral thesis as the basis for his first published prose book, A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929)
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1903· 1 entry
And later maintained a correspondence throughout the war
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1886· 1 entry
Born 1886-05-10.
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