A prodigious novel ... Stapledons literary imagination was boundless Jorge Luis BorgesA lasting influence on successive generations of science fiction writers and on the physicist Freeman Dyson, this poetic, philosophical tale of one mans unexpected voyage through the universe is imbued with a sense of mystery and vast cosmic loneliness.The most wonderful novel I have ever read ... Star Maker remains light years ahead Brian AldissProbably the most powerful work of imagination ever written Arthur C. ClarkeA unique genius Doris LessingOne of the most creative thinkers of our time Greg Bear