Two of the finest future histories ever written, each concerning a central question: If and when a superior being is introduced into a culture, how will either survive? *Odd John* is the definitive fictionalization of the mutated superman who has to decide what to do with his gifts, while*Sirius* co
Odd John: a story between jest and earnest
β Scribed by Olaf Stapledon
- Publisher
- Gollancz;New English Library
- Year
- 1975;1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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