Last and First Men

Olaf Stapledon

• Fantasy
• Book language: English
• 302 pages

Last and First Men is Olaf Stapledon's speculative future history, presented as a fictional chronicle of humanity across vast epochs. It imagines many successive human species and civilizations, using a cosmic perspective to reflect on our ideals and limitations. It is worth listening to for its disciplined imagination and philosophical reach.

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