Through the Depths of the Universe: Complete Sci-Fi Works of Olaf Stapledon. Olaf Stapledon

Last and First Men

       Table of Contents

       Preface

       Introduction By One of the Last Men

       THE CHRONICLE

       I Balkan Europe

       1. THE EUROPEAN WAR AND AFTER

       2. THE ANGLO-FRENCH WAR

       3. EUROPE AFTER THE ANGLO-FRENCH WAR

       4. THE RUSSO-GERMAN WAR

       II Europe’s Downfall

       1. EUROPE AND AMERICA

       2. THE ORIGINS OF A MYSTERY

       3. EUROPE MURDERED

       III America and China

       1. THE RIVALS

       2. THE CONFLICT

       3. ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC

       IV An Americanized Planet

       1. THE FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST WORLD STATE

       2. THE DOMINANCE OF SCIENCE

       3. MATERIAL ACHIEVEMENT

       4. THE CULTURE OF THE FIRST WORLD STATE

       5. DOWNFALL

       V The Fall of the First Men

       1. THE FIRST DARK AGE

       2. THE RISE OF PATAGONIA

       3. THE CULT OF YOUTH

       4. THE CATASTROPHE

       VI Transition

       1. THE FIRST MEN AT BAY

       2. THE SECOND DARK AGE

       VII The Rise of the Second Men

       1. THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SPECIES

       2. THE INTERCOURSE OF THREE SPECIES