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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

Authors:

Olaf Stapledon (author), Gregory Benford (foreword), Doris Lessing (afterword) and Les Edwards (covers)

Language:

English

Original language:

English

Publisher:

Gollancz

Categories:

Novel and science fiction

Publisher series:

SF Masterworks

Publication year:

1999

Original publication year:

1930

ISBN:

978-1-85798-806-2

Pages:

312

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Table of Contents:

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• Foreword by Gregory Benford
• Preface
• Introduction by One of the Last Men

Chapter I: Balkan Europe

1. The European War and AFter
2. The Anglo-French War
3. Europe after the Anglo-French War
4. The Russo-German War

Chapter II: Europe's Downfall

1. Europe and America
2. The Origins of a Mystery
3. Europe Murdered

Chapter III: America and China

1. The Rivals
2. The Conflict
3. On an Island in the Pacific

Chapter IV: An Americanized Planet

1. The Foundation of the First World State
2. The Dominance of Science
3. Material Achievement
4. The Culture of the First World State
5. Downfall

Chapter V: The Fall of the First Men

1. The First Dark Age
2. The Rise of Patagonia
3. The Cult of Youth
4. The Catastrophe

Chapter VI: Transition

1. The First Men at Bay
2. The Second Dark Age

Chapter VII: The Rise of the Second Men

1. The Appearance of a New Species
2. The Intercourse of Three Species
3. The Zenith of the Second Men

Chapter VIII: The Martians

1. The First Martian Invasion
2. Life on Mars
3. The Martian Mind
4. Delusions of the Martians

Chapter IX: Earth and Mars

1. The Second Men at Bay
2. The Ruin of Two Worlds
3. The Third Dark Age

Chapter X: The Third Men in the Wilderness

1. The Third Human Species
2. Digressions of the Third Men
3. The Vital Art
4. Conflicting Policies

Chapter XI: Man Remakes Himself

1. The First of the Great Brains
2. The Tragedy of the Fourth Men
3. The Fifth Men
4. The Culture of the Fifth Men

Chapter XII: The Last Terrestrials

1. The Cult of Evanescence
2. Exploration of Time
3. Voyaging in Space
4. Preparing a New World

Chapter XIII: Humanity on Venus

1. Taking Root Again
2. The Flying Men
3. A Minor Astronomical Event

Chapter XIV: Neptune

1. Bird's-Eye View
2. Da Capo
3. Slow Conquest

Chapter XV: The Last Men

1. Introduction to the Last Human Species
2. Childhood and Maturity
3. A Racial Awakening
4. Cosmology

Chapter XVI: The Last of Man

1. Sentence of Death
2. Behaviour of the Condemned
3. Epilogue

• Afterword by Doris Lessing
• Time Scales

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