Expansive Sci-Fi
Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon
5 mins to start
8 hrs to read

Contents

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