Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a 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 and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising fro...

Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him ca...

A sci-fi novel Last and First Men anticipates the fascinating far future of humanity. Written in 1930 by Olaf Stapledon, the book is an early example of collective consciousness. It narrates the story of human evolution divided into eighteen distinct species. The improvement between them is achieved through genetic engineering. An eye-catching succession of the civilizations and their distinct characteristics makes the book very interesting and somehow frightening. In 2018, Jóhann Jóhannss...

Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest was written in the year 1935 by William Olaf Stapledon. This book is one of the most popular novels of William Olaf Stapledon, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a 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 and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising fro...

This early work by Olaf Stapledon was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Seed and the Flower' is a science fiction short story. William Olaf Stapledon was born on 10th May 1886 in Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula near Liverpool, in England. He completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Liverpool and his first published work of prose A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929) was based on his doctoral thesis. The follow...

The Seed and the Flower was written in the year 1916 by William Olaf Stapledon. This book is one of the most popular novels of William Olaf Stapledon, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Star Maker, regarded as one of the true classics of science fiction, Star Maker is a poetic and deeply philosophical work. The story details the mental journey of an unnamed narrator who is transported not only to other worlds but also other galaxies and parallel universes, until he eventually becomes part of the "cosmic mind." First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledon's descriptions of alien life are a political commentary on human life in the turbulent inter-war years. The book challenges ...

A World of Sound was written in the year 1936 by William Olaf Stapledon. This book is one of the most popular novels of William Olaf Stapledon, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Last Men in London (1932) is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon.The narrator is the same member of the eighteenth and final human species who purportedly induced Stapledon to write Last and First Men. Last Men in London is the story of this being's exploration of the consciousness of a present-day Englishman named Paul, from childhood through service with an ambulance crew in the First World War (mirroring Stapledon's own personal history) to adult life as a schoolteacher fac...

Darkness and the Light was written in the year 1942 by William Olaf Stapledon. This book is one of the most popular novels of William Olaf Stapledon, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

A WW2 rear-gunner is killed in an airfight, and his spirit is born into new life, a new spiritual self who is more aware of his previous earthly limitations.