Dyson has been interested in space travel since he was a child, reading such science fiction classics as Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker.

The term itself is an oblique reference to Olaf Stapledon's classic science fiction epic Last and First Men.

This can stem either from natural causes such as in Olaf Stapledon's novel Odd John, and Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human, or be the result of intentional augmentation such as in A. E. van Vogt's novel Slan.

* Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men and its sequels

* In Olaf Stapledon's 1937 novel Star Maker, great care is taken by the Symbiont race to keep its existence hidden from " pre-utopian " primitives, " lest they should lose their independence of mind ".

A number of speculative fiction works present a dystheistic perspective, at least as far back as the works of H. P. Lovecraft and Olaf Stapledon's influential philosophical short novel Star Maker.

H. P. Lovecraft held the book in very high regard ( though he did not say whether it influenced any of his own stories ), saying in a 1936 letter to Fritz Leiber " no one ought to miss reading W. Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men ...

* Olaf Stapledon's experiences in WW I

* In Olaf Stapledon's 1937 novel Star Maker, great care is taken by the Symbiont race to keep its existence hidden from " pre-utopian " primitives, " lest they should lose their independence of mind ".

* In Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men ( 1930 ), human beings fleeing a dying Earth perpetrate genocide on Venus and completely exterminate its aquatic intelligent species.

In Olaf Stapledon's 1937 science fiction novel Star Maker, some advanced galactic civilizations attempted to use stellar engines to propel their planetary systems across the galaxy in order to physically contact other advanced galactic civilizations.

The notion that the universe is dominated by a communications network of superintelligences bears comparison with Olaf Stapledon's 1937 science-fiction novel Star Maker, although Stapledon's advanced civilizations are said to communicate psychically rather than informatically.

* Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon

* Last Men in London by Olaf Stapledon

Cardiganshire was one of the royal counties established by Edward I after the defeat of Llywelyn the Last ( Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf ) at Cilmeri in 1282, when Lampeter fell under direct Royal Control.

Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a " future history " science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon.

But I do like the few real masterpieces in the field — certain of H. G. Wells's novels, S. Fowler Wright's The World Below, & that marvellous piece of imagination by W. Olaf Stapledon, Last & First Men.

Sir Patrick Moore has said " The science fiction novel Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon is immensely thought-provoking and I've read it time and time again.

Genetic engineering ( or something very like it ) features prominently in Last and First Men, a 1930 novel by Olaf Stapledon.

Falkland Road in Seacombe, which runs from King Street to Liscard Road, is the birthplace of the writer, peace campaigner and philosopher Olaf Stapledon, ( 1886-1950 ), author of Last and First Men and Star Maker.

It is also mentioned in the book " Last Men In London " by Olaf Stapledon ( 1932 ).

In Olaf Stapledon ’ s 1930 science fiction novel Last and First Men, humanity is forced to migrate to Venus hundreds of millions of years in the future when astronomical calculations show that the Moon will soon spiral down to crash into Earth.

* In Olaf Stapledons 1930 novel Last and First Men, when the Moon threatens to slowly spiral down to crash into Earth, humans leave Earth and colonize Venus ; in the process of doing so, humans totally exterminate Venus ' native inhabitants, a semi-intelligent deep ocean marine species.

Last Men in London ( 1932 ) is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon.

* King Olaf ’ s Kinsman ( 1898 ) A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut ( set circa 1000 AD )

*?- 1535 Olaf Torkelson Last Catholic bishop

* Olaf Stapledon-Last and First Men

*# First Round — Defeated Olaf Mayer ( Austria ), 5: 0

Men could be elevated to the rank of elves after death, such as the petty king Olaf Geirstad-Elf.

The vast secret consisting of the V. F. D., Count Olaf, the orphans ' parents, and so forth remains a mystery.

It soon became obvious that Olaf only ever agreed to become the Baudelaires ' guardian in the hopes of getting their vast inheritance.

At this point, Olaf Haraldsson's half-brother Harald Sigurdsson, later dubbed Hardrada, returned with a vast fortune amassed as a military commander in Byzantium.

A younger member of the Berlin Circle or Berlin School to leave Germany was Olaf Helmer who joined the RAND Corporation and played an important role in the development of the Delphi method used for predicting future trends, and other early forms of Social Technology.

Olaf Haraldsson is one out of four saints in Norwegian history and world known.

Around 1225, Snorri Sturluson wrote a saga about Olaf in the Heimskringla, a history of the kings of Norway.

* Photo-Documentary of Christian history in Japan with Concentration on Hidden Christians St. Olaf College

Flekkefjord Kayak Club had a history of producing world champions – such as his coach Olaf Søyland who won gold medals in K4-10 000m in 1975 and in the K2-1000m in 1979.

WCAL-FM was operated by St. Olaf for over 37 years and was known as " Classical 89. 3 " later in its history, playing what many considered to be " alternative " classical music along with a variety of sacred music and religious programming.

The famous Danish archaeologist Professor Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ( 1821 – 85 ) promoted the attribution to St Magnus of Orkney during his visit to the British Isles in 1846-7, when he was formulating the concept of the ' Viking Age ', and a history of London written in 1901 concluded that " the Danes, on their second invasion ... added at least two churches with Danish names, Olaf and Magnus ".

On November 26, 2005, Malík scored on Washington Capitals netminder Olaf Kölzig to finish the longest shootout in NHL history.

In its history, the choir has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The St. Olaf Choir, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and several opera singers including Jessye Norman, Frederica von Stade and Kathleen Battle.

* Anya's history with Olaf the troll ( who appeared in " Triangle " and mentioned their history briefly ) is fleshed out in this episode.

* Photo-Documentary of Christian history in Japan with Concentration on Hidden Christians: photo and film project by students of St Olaf College.

While finishing her Ph. D. at Penn, she taught history and economics at St. Olaf College, Carleton College, and Macalester College.