The latest instalment of the Almost Real newsletter: my review of classic 1937 British sci-fi novel Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon.
#classic #1930s #british #scifi #novel #starmaker #stapledon
#hegel #leibniz #philosophy #cosmic #transcendence
elikpwilliam.substack.com/p/star-maker...
“… perhaps the attempt to see our turbulent world against a background of stars may, after all, increase, not lessen, the significance of the present human crisis. It may strengthen our charity towards one another.” #Stapledon (Star Maker) on #Fiction and rising fascism.
#HistoryRhymes
#SciFi #SF
Delighted to have been asked to do a talk on grazing and biodiversity 🐑🐂🌸🪲🐦⬛ in Galway. Many thanks to #BSAS, the British Grassland Society and the #Stapledon Memorial Trust for the invitation! #BGS #livestock #stockingrates #biodiversity
