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Olaf Stapledon (b. May 10, 1886, d. September 6, 1950) | ||
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Story: When John was a year old, he looked almost like a normal new-born infant, save that his eyes were shut. At eighteen months he opened them; and it was as though a sleeping city had suddenly leapt into life. Formidable eyes they were for a baby, eyes seen under a magnifying glass, each great pupil like the mouth of a cave, the iris a mere rim, an edging of bright emerald. Strange how two black holes can gleam with life! It was shortly after his eyes had opened that Pax began to call her strange son "Odd John". Odd John is the story of an extraordinary being, who is possessed of great wisdom and oppressed by his contacts with mere ordinary mortals. With the aid of his telepathic gifts, he searches out other examples of his own kind.-Homines Superiores-and attempts to set up a colony with them. |
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