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Giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
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I like this picture too, which is the one @irishtimes.com used. Display of random @backlisted.bsky.social titles totally uncontrived, of course.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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What a brilliant fact - I had no idea. (For anyone else impressed by this, the letter is here: digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/Documents/De...)
Letter from Virginia Woolf - University of Liverpool Digital Heritage Lab
Letter from Virginia Woolf, OS/H2/A32, A thank you after Stapledon sent her a copy of one of his books. She admits to not understanding its full meaning but finding it interesting anyway., We grateful...
digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I have this American Dover edition of Last and First Men and Starmaker.
Looking forward to listening to this episode later today.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Olaf gets a brief mention in Half Man Half Biscuit's ode to The Wirral 'Oblong of Dreams'. There also seems to be a Stapledon Wood there in his honour
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Olaf manages to make nihilism accessible to all and ‘Aeon’ a commonplace word.

A truly remarkable book.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Looking forward to this. Only read Star Maker which I thought was mind bendingly fantastic...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM