（外文电子版资料）Olaf Stapledon - Collected Stories.pdf

Title: Collected Stories Author: Olaf Stapledon * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * eBook No.: 0601341h.html Edition: 1 Language: English Character set encoding: HTML--Latin-1(ISO-8859-1)--8 bit Date first posted: June 2006 Date most recently updated: June 2006 This eBook was produced by: Richard Scott Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks are created from printed editions which are in the public domain in Australia, unless a copyright notice is included. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particular paper edition. Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this file. This eBook is made available at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg of Australia License which may be viewed online at .au/licence.html To contact Project Gutenberg of Australia go to .au Collected Stories by Olaf Stapledon CONTENTS: A MODERN MAGICIAN EAST IS WEST ARMS OUT OF HAND (1946) A WORLD OF SOUND (1936) THE SEED AND THE FLOWER (1916) THE ROAD TO THE AIDE POST (1916) A MODERN MAGICIAN THEY CONFRONTED EACH OTHER ACROSS A TEA TABLE in a cottage garden. Helen was leaning back coldly studying Jims face. It was an oddly childish, almost foetal face, with its big brow, snub nose, and pouting lips. Childish, yes; but in the round dark eyes there was a gleam of madness. She had to admit that she was in a way drawn to this odd young man partly perhaps by his very childishness and his awkward innocent attempts at lovemaking; but partly by that sinister gleam. Jim was leaning forward, talking hard. He had been talking for a long time, but she was no longer list