5/26/2023 0 Comments Odd john stapledon![]() Odd John is a more standard guy-with-amazing-powers story, though a considerably more intelligent one than average. In his most famous works, Last and First Men and the sequel Star Maker, we see the future evolution of the human race, and later on the evolution of all life in the Universe, towards its godlike conclusion. Most of Stapledon's books explore the Superman theme in one form or another. A professor of philosophy by day, I'm guessing that his conception of the Übermensch probably started off at the Nietzsche end but his science-fiction, which is the only thing that people now remember him for, also contains elements vaguely reminding you of the Son of Krypton. A strange example of the cross-over between these two streams was Olaf Stapledon. ![]() After a while, the emphasis shifted the Nazis gave the word unpleasant associations, though Professors Siegel and Shuster luckily managed to save it from oblivion with their discovery that the Übermensch would carry a cape and wear his underpants on the outside, an important point that had somehow escaped Nietzsche's attention. (George Bernard Shaw is a prominent example). ![]() During the early decades of the 20th century, many intellectuals devoted attention to the idea of what a "Superman" would look like. ![]()
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