{"product_id":"last-and-first-men-abridged-olaf-stapledon-9780262054621","title":"Last and First Men, Abridged Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling work of science fiction to which \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e, the Foundation trilogy, and \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e owe a major debt.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olaf Stapledon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262054620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262054621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Olaf Stapledon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801207517439,"sku":"9780262054621","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-and-first-men-abridged-olaf-stapledon-9780262054621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}