Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon | The Book That Inspired All Tomorrows | Sci Fi Audiobook



The two billion years story of Man’s future.

Last and First Men is a “future history” science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. The book employs a narrative conceit that, under subtle inspiration, the novelist has unknowingly been dictated a channelled text from the last human species.

Stapledon’s conception of history follows a repetitive cycle with many varied civilisations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, as the later civilisations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically linked individuals.

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  1. I'm pretty sure someone will soon explain the evolution of the Hippogriff into the modern Jersey Devil. I'm sure the "History Channel" will take 5 minutes out of their 24/7 fake "aliens" (aliens aren't fake, but they also aren't from outer space. Do 30 minutes of research into the Project Blue Book reports, and you'll find out that, unlike what conspiracy nuts say: Blue Book did NOT determine that aliens don't exist, they said aliens AREN'T A DEFENSE THREAT. Thats because Jacques Vallee and John Keel long ago determined that aliens are complicit in a campaign of misinformation and deception, and outer space is the LAST place they come from. They are ultra terrestrials, and by convincing dumb starstruck humans into thinking they are from space is part of their game. Do 30 minutes of research into John Keels's investigations and you will easily understand why they aren't from space. You're falling for it, not me.) coverage to report on the Hippogriff situation.

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