false 2749148 11 <div><div><div><div><div>This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (1886&#8211;1950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years. "No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clarke, author of <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>. A must-read for scholars of the genre, this 1930 epic abounds in prescient speculations.</div></div></div></div></div> 1631490 book 1930 Last and First Men total:87|5:3|4:4|3:3|2:1|1:0| 87 341 191 14 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sat Dec 13 08:20:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 18 05:29:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:10:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:20:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 01:32:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 01:34:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:32:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:32:42 -0800 2009 Diaspora, which reads more like a conventional novel, following the paths of a few individual characters. First and Last Men reads like a history of humanity as a whole. Instead of c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 05 07:56:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:56:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 18:16:21 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 17:32:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 17:08:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 14:45:29 -0700 2008
The edition I have is the 1990 paperback SF Masterworks reprint. It has a foreward by Gregory Benford in which he tells us that this editi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 09 18:07:11 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 04:14:57 -0700 2008
Published in 1930, the view from the year 2,000,000,000.

"CHAPTER IV: AN AMERICANIZED PLANET
1. THE FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST WORLD STATE

"WE have now reached that point in the history of the First Men when, some three hundred and eighty terrestrial y...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 16 16:18:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 16:27:09 -0700 2009 Star Maker, the book's sequel, Stapledon touches upon almost every SF idea, theme, or trope one can thin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 09:22:46 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:22:46 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 10 02:16:22 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 02:16:22 -0700 2008 I especially found the beginning of the book, looking at th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 16 11:43:57 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 12:41:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 20 00:12:48 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 21:27:17 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 21:28:29 -0800 2008 ..I'll write more when I've finished it!
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