Last Men in London

by Olaf Stapledon

Book Overview

In his previous science-fiction novel, Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon envisioned 2 billion years of history, in which modern humans represented the first and most primitive of 18 increasingly advanced species. In this companion piece, a being from the remote future travels back to the 20th century to inhabit the consciousness of an Englishman named Paul. From inside his subject's mind, the superintelligent mega-human observes Paul's childhood,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486476014
• ISBN13: 9780486476018
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.1"