The Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years. "No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," A must-read for scholars of the genre, this 1930 epic abounds in prescient speculations.