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Olaf Stapledon. Last Men in London
Last Men in London
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION. THE FUTURE’S CONCERN WITH THE PAST
CHAPTER I. THE WORLD OF THE LAST MEN
1. HOLIDAY ON NEPTUNE
2. MEN AND MAN
3. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CHAPTER II. EXPLORING THE PAST
1. THE PORTAL TO THE PAST
2. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS
3. INFLUENCING PAST MINDS
4. HOVERING OVER TIME
5. DESCENT AMONG THE FIRST MEN
6. IN THE STREETS OF LONDON
CHAPTER III. THE CHILD PAUL
1. PAUL AND HIS NEPTUNIAN PARASITE
2. THE CHILD PAUL
3. EARLY EXPERIMENTS ON PAUL
4. PAUL’S CHANGING WORLD
CHAPTER IV. PAUL COMES OF AGE
1. PAUL AND SEX
2. PAUL DEVOUT
3. PAUL FACES THE FACTS
CHAPTER V. ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WAR
1. THE NEPTUNIAN ATTITUDE TO THE WAR
2. THE PHILOSOPHICAL LEMURS
3. PREHISTORIC ORIGINS OF THE WAR
4. THE HISTORICAL PERIOD
CHAPTER VI. THE WAR
1. EUROPE BEFORE THE WAR
2. EUROPE CHOOSES WAR
3. EUROPE AT WAR
4. PAUL IN THE WAR
CHAPTER VII. AFTER THE WAR
1. THE NEW HOPE
2. PAUL GATHERS UP THE THREADS
3. PAUL COMES TO TERMS WITH WOMAN
4. LONDON AND THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER VIII. THE MODERN WORLD
1. PAUL UNDERTAKES HIS TASK
2. THE RESEARCH
3. FRUITS OF THE RESEARCH
4. PAUL SETTLES DOWN
CHAPTER IX. ON EARTH AND ON NEPTUNE
1. SUBMERGED SUPERMEN
2. PAUL AND HUMPTY
3. BACK TO NEPTUNE
4. EPILOGUE BY THE TERRESTRIAL AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK
