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Last and First Men

Olaf Stapledon

Novelsabout 14 hours of listening

A human from the very distant future relates the whole history of mankind to a modern-day human.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface
  3. Last and First Men
  4. Introduction
  5. I: Balkan Europe
  6. I: The European War and After
  7. II: The Anglo-French War
  8. III: Europe After the Anglo-French War
  9. IV: The Russo-German War
  10. II: Europe’s Downfall
  11. I: Europe and America
  12. II: The Origins of a Mystery
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  1. III: Europe Murdered
  2. III: America and China
  3. I: The Rivals
  4. II: The Conflict
  5. III: On an Island in the Pacific
  6. IV: An Americanized Planet
  7. I: The Foundation of the First World State
  8. II: The Dominance of Science
  9. III: Material Achievement
  10. IV: The Culture of the First World State
  11. V: Downfall
  12. V: The Fall of the First Men
  13. I: The First Dark Age
  14. II: The Rise of Patagonia
  15. III: The Cult of Youth
  16. IV: The Catastrophe
  17. VI: Transition
  18. I: The First Men at Bay
  19. II: The Second Dark Age
  20. VII: The Rise of the Second Men
  21. I: The Appearance of a New Species
  22. II: The Intercourse of Three Species
  23. III: The Zenith of the Second Men
  24. VIII: The Martians
  25. I: The First Martian Invasion
  26. II: Life on Mars
  27. III: The Martian Mind
  28. IV: Delusions of the Martians
  29. IX: Earth and Mars
  30. I: The Second Men at Bay
  31. II: The Ruin of Two Worlds
  32. III: The Third Dark Age
  33. X: The Third Men in the Wilderness
  34. I: The Third Human Species
  35. II: Digressions of the Third Men
  36. III: The Vital Art
  37. IV: Conflicting Policies
  38. XI: Man Remakes Himself
  39. I: The First of the Great Brains
  40. II: The Tragedy of the Fourth Men
  41. III: The Fifth Men
  42. IV: The Culture of the Fifth Men
  43. XII: The Last Terrestrials
  44. I: The Cult of Evanescence
  45. II: Exploration of Time
  46. III: Voyaging in Space
  47. IV: Preparing a New World
  48. XIII: Humanity on Venus
  49. I: Taking Root Again
  50. II: The Flying Men
  51. III: A Minor Astronomical Event
  52. XIV: Neptune
  53. I: Bird’s-Eye View
  54. II: Da Capo
  55. III: Slow Conquest
  56. XV: The Last Men
  57. I: Introduction to the Last Human Species
  58. II: Childhood and Maturity
  59. III: A Racial Awakening
  60. IV: Cosmology
  61. XVI: The Last of Man
  62. I: Sentence of Death
  63. II: Behaviour of the Condemned
  64. III: Epilogue
  65. List of Illustrations
  66. Colophon
  67. Uncopyright

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