William Olaf Stapledon

Odd John William Olaf Stapledon

Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest by William Olaf Stapledon Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest by William Olaf Stapledon Odd John A Story Between Jest and Earnest Olaf Stapledon Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest is a 1935 science fiction novel by the British author Olaf Stapledon. The novel explores the theme of the Ubermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably leads to conflict with normal human society and to the destruction of the utopian colony founded by John and other super humans.