Olaf Stapledon

Odd John Olaf Stapledon

John Wainwright is a freak - a human mutation with an extraordinary intelligence which is both awesome and frightening to all who come into contact with him. Ordinary humans were just playthings to John - subjects for an endless chain of experiments. Their feelings, and sometimes even their lives, are expendable. Odd John has a plan - to create a new order on Earth, a new supernormal species. But the world is not ready for such a change...