Last And First Men
1930
Olaf Stapledon
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Chronical
I Balkan Europe
The European War and After
The Anglo-French War
Europe After the Anglo-French War
The Russo-German War
II Europe’s Downfall
Europe and America
The Origins of a Mystery
Europe Murdered
III America and China
The Rivals
The Conflict
On an Island in the Pacific
IV An Americanized Planet
The Foundation of the First World State
The Dominance of Science
Material Achievement
The Culture of the First World State
Downfall
V The Fall of the First Men
The First Dark Age
The Rise of Patagonia
The Cult of Youth
The Catastrophe
VI Transition
The First Men at Bay
The Second Dark Age
VII The Rise of the Second Men
The Appearance of a New Species
The Intercourse of Three Species
The Zenith of the Second Men
VIII The Martians
The First Martian Invasion
Life on Mars
The Martian Mind
Delusions of the Martians
IX Earth and Mars
The Second Men at Bay
The Ruin of Two Worlds
The Third Dark Age
X The Third Men in the Wilderness
The Third Men in the Wilderness
Digressions of the Third Men
The Vital Art
Conflicting Policies
XI Man Remakes Himself
The First of the Great Brains
The Tragedy of the Fourth Men
The Fifth Men
The Culture of the Fifth Men
XII The Last Terrestrials
The Cult of Evanescence
Exploration of Time
Voyaging in Space
Preparing a New World
XIII Humanity on Venus
Taking Root Again
The Flying Men
A Minor Astronomical Event
XIV Neptune
Bird’s-Eye View
Da Capo
Slow Conquest
XV The Last Men
Introduction to the Last Human Species
Childhood and Maturity
A Racial Awakening
Cosmology
XVI The Last of Man
Sentence of Death
Behaviour of the Condemned
Epilogue
Diagrams
Time Scale 1
Time Scale 2
Time Scale 3
Time Scales 4
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