Last and First Men, abridged edition
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Product Details
Author:
Olaf Stapledon, Matthew de Abaitua
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
300
Publisher:
MIT Press (August 25, 2026)
Imprint:
The MIT Press
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780262054621
ISBN-10:
0262054620
Weight:
9.8oz
Dimensions:
5.25" x 7.94" x 0.8"
File:
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$19.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
MIT Press / Radium Age
Case Pack:
30
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$15.36
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
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Yes
Overview
A dazzling work of science fiction to which Dune, the Foundation trilogy, and 2001: A Space Odyssey owe a major debt.
Narrated telepathically by one of the Last Men, Olaf Stapledon’s epic history of the future caused a literary sensation when it first appeared in 1930. Over the course of two billion years, it seems, ever more alien versions of humankind will rise and fall — developing every sort of utopian and dystopian civilization only to descend into savagery again and again, until eventually the Earth’s resources are depleted.
This abridged edition takes us from the fall of the First Men to the initial efforts of the Fifth Men, the “last Terrestrials,” to colonize other planets!
Narrated telepathically by one of the Last Men, Olaf Stapledon’s epic history of the future caused a literary sensation when it first appeared in 1930. Over the course of two billion years, it seems, ever more alien versions of humankind will rise and fall — developing every sort of utopian and dystopian civilization only to descend into savagery again and again, until eventually the Earth’s resources are depleted.
This abridged edition takes us from the fall of the First Men to the initial efforts of the Fifth Men, the “last Terrestrials,” to colonize other planets!
