Star Maker
- 254
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Star Maker” is one of science fiction’s most ambitious books, a demanding history of life across the whole cosmos. Olaf Stapledon asks about birth, decay and death, and about the bond between creation and creator. Many readers find it hard going; some miss human feeling at such a distance, yet value how it changes their sense of time and space.
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About the book
Star Maker is a science fiction novel by British writer Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Continuing the theme of the author's previous book, Last and First Men (1930)—which narrated a history of the human species over two billion years—it describes a history of life in the universe, dwarfing the scale of the earlier work. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilisations.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 66 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Star Maker?
It has 254 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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