Last Men in London
1932
Olaf Stapledon
Contents
Preface
Introduction - The Future’s Concern with the Past
I. The World of the Last Men
Holiday on Neptune
Men and Man
Biographical Note
II. Exploring the Past
The Portal to the Past
Difficulties and Dangers
Influencing Past Minds
Hovering Over Time
Descent Among the First Men
In the Streets of London
III. The Child Paul
Paul and His Neptunian Parasit
The Child Paul
Early Experiments on Paul
Paul’s Changing World
IV. Paul Comes of Age
Paul and Sex
Paul Devout
Paul Faces the Facts
V. Origins of the European War
The Neptunian Attitude to the War
The Philosophical Lemurs
Prehistoric Origins of the War
The Historical Period
VI. The War
Europe Before the War
Europe Chooses War
Europe at War
Paul in the War
VII. After the War
The New Hope
Paul Gathers Up the Threads
Paul Comes to Terms with Woman
London and the Spirit
VIII. The Modern World
Paul Undertakes His Task
The Research
Fruits of the Research
Paul Settles Down
IX. On Earth and on Neptune
Submerged Supermen
Paul and Humpty
Back to Neptune
Epilogue by the Terrestrial Author of This Book
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