{"product_id":"last-and-first-men","title":"Last and First Men","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLast and First Men\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMatthew Stapledon, Olaf; de Abaitua\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780262054621\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe MIT Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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!\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Last and First Men | Matthew Stapledon, Olaf; de Abaitua | Paperback | 9780262054621 | New | Sci-Fi \u0026 Fantasy 1729825","offer_id":49741815873688,"sku":"1729825","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81iB0bPk9nL.jpg?v=1787673672","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/last-and-first-men","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}