Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel)
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Olaf Stapledon. Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel)
Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel)
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction. By One of the Last Men
THE CHRONICLE
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
II Europe’s Downfall
1. EUROPE AND AMERICA
2. THE ORIGINS OF A MYSTERY
3. EUROPE MURDERED
III America and China
1. THE RIVALS
2. THE CONFLICT
3. ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC
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
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
VI Transition
1. THE FIRST MEN AT BAY
2. THE SECOND DARK AGE
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
VIII The Martians
1. THE FIRST MARTIAN INVASION
2. LIFE ON MARS
3. THE MARTIAN MIND
4. DELUSIONS OF THE MARTIANS
IX Earth and Mars
1. THE SECOND MEN AT BAY
2. THE RUIN OF TWO WORLDS
3. THE THIRD DARK AGE
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
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
XII The Last Terrestrials
1. THE CULT OF EVANESCENCE
2. EXPLORATION OF TIME
3. VOYAGING IN SPACE
4. PREPARING A NEW WORLD
XIII Humanity on Venus
1. TAKING ROOT AGAIN
2. THE FLYING MEN
3. A MINOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENT
XIV Neptune
1. BIRD’S-EYE VIEW
2. DA CAPO
3. SLOW CONQUEST
XV The Last Men
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAST HUMAN SPECIES
2. CHILDHOOD AND MATURITY
3. A RACIAL AWAKENING
4. COSMOLOGY
XVI The Last of Man
1. SENTENCE OF DEATH
2. BEHAVIOUR OF THE CONDEMNED
3. EPILOGUE
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3. THE MARTIAN MIND
4. DELUSIONS OF THE MARTIANS
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