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Olaf Stapledon. Odd John
Odd John
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. JOHN AND THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST PHASE
CHAPTER III. ENFANT TERRIBLE
CHAPTER IV. JOHN AND HIS ELDERS
CHAPTER V. THOUGHT AND ACTION
CHAPTER VI. MANY INVENTIONS
CHAPTER VII. FINANCIAL VENTURES
CHAPTER VIII. SCANDALOUS ADOLESCENCE
CHAPTER IX. METHODS OF A YOUNG ANTHROPOLOGIST
CHAPTER X. THE WORLD’S PLIGHT
CHAPTER XI. STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
CHAPTER XII. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XIII. JOHN SEEKS HIS KIND
CHAPTER XIV. ENGINEERING PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XV. JACQUELINE
CHAPTER XVI. ADLAN
CHAPTER XVII. NG-GUNKO AND LO
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SKID’S FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER XIX. THE COLONY IS FOUNDED
CHAPTER XX. THE COLONY IN BEING
CHAPTER XXI. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER XXII. THE END
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Olaf Stapledon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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For some seconds we gazed at one another. Evidently my look expressed the horror that I felt, for his mood rapidly changed. Rage visibly faded out and gave place first to curiosity then to abstraction. Suddenly John laughed that enigmatic laugh of his. There was no ring of triumph in it, rather a note of self-mockery, and perhaps of awe.
He released his victim, rose and said, “Get up, Stephen, old man. I’m sorry I made you lose your hair.”
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