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Title page COPYRIGHT The Novels Last and First Men (1930)

CONTENTS Preface Introduction by One of the Last Men 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 3. THE ZENITH OF THE SECOND MEN VIII The Martians 1. THE FIRST MARTIAN INVASION 2. LIFE ON MARS 3. THE MARTIAN MIND 4. DELUSIONS OF THE MARTIANS IX Earth and Mars 1. THE SECOND MEN AT BAY 2. THE RUIN OF TWO WORLDS 3. THE THIRD DARK AGE X The Third Men in the Wilderness 1. THE THIRD HUMAN SPECIES 2. DIGRESSIONS OF THE THIRD MEN 3. THE VITAL ART 4. CONFLICTING POLICIES XI Man Remakes Himself 1. THE FIRST OF THE GREAT BRAINS 2. THE TRAGEDY OF THE FOURTH MEN 3. THE FIFTH MEN 4. THE CULTURE OF THE FIFTH MEN XII The Last Terrestrials 1. THE CULT OF EVANESCENCE 2. EXPLORATION OF TIME 3. VOYAGING IN SPACE 4. PREPARING A NEW WORLD XIII Humanity on Venus 1. TAKING ROOT AGAIN 2. THE FLYING MEN 3. A MINOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENT XIV Neptune 1. BIRD’S-EYE VIEW 2. DA CAPO 3. SLOW CONQUEST XV The Last Men 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAST HUMAN SPECIES 2. CHILDHOOD AND MATURITY 3. A RACIAL AWAKENING 4. COSMOLOGY XVI The Last of Man 1. SENTENCE OF DEATH 2. BEHAVIOUR OF THE CONDEMNED 3. EPILOGUE

Last Men in London (1932)

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION. THE FUTURE’S CONCERN WITH THE PAST 1 THE WORLD OF THE LAST MEN i. HOLIDAY ON NEPTUNE ii. MEN AND MAN iii. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 2 EXPLORING THE PAST i. THE PORTAL TO THE PAST ii. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS iii. INFLUENCING PAST MINDS iv. HOVERING OVER TIME v. DESCENT AMONG THE FIRST MEN vi. IN THE STREETS OF LONDON 3 THE CHILD PAUL i. PAUL AND HIS NEPTUNIAN PARASITE ii. THE CHILD PAUL iii. EARLY EXPERIMENTS ON PAUL iv. PAUL’S CHANGING WORLD 4 PAUL COMES OF AGE i. PAUL AND SEX ii. PAUL DEVOUT iii. PAUL FACES THE FACTS 5 ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WAR i. THE NEPTUNIAN ATTITUDE TO THE WAR ii. THE PHILOSOPHICAL LEMURS iii. PREHISTORIC ORIGINS OF THE WAR iv. THE HISTORICAL PERIOD 6 THE WAR i. EUROPE BEFORE THE WAR ii. EUROPE CHOOSES WAR iii. EUROPE AT WAR iv. PAUL IN THE WAR 7 AFTER THE WAR i. THE NEW HOPE ii. PAUL GATHERS UP THE THREADS iii. PAUL COMES TO TERMS WITH WOMAN iv. LONDON AND THE SPIRIT 8 THE MODERN WORLD i. PAUL UNDERTAKES HIS TASK ii. THE RESEARCH iii. FRUITS OF THE RESEARCH iv. PAUL SETTLES DOWN 9 ON EARTH AND ON NEPTUNE i. SUBMERGED SUPERMEN ii. PAUL AND HUMPTY iii. BACK TO NEPTUNE iv. EPILOGUE BY THE TERRESTRIAL AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK

Odd John (1935)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. JOHN AND THE AUTHOR CHAPTER II. THE FIRST PHASE CHAPTER III. ENFANT TERRIBLE CHAPTER IV. JOHN AND HIS ELDERS CHAPTER V. THOUGHT AND ACTION CHAPTER VI. MANY INVENTIONS CHAPTER VII. FINANCIAL VENTURES CHAPTER VIII. SCANDALOUS ADOLESCENCE CHAPTER IX. METHODS OF A YOUNG ANTHROPOLOGIST CHAPTER X. THE WORLD’S PLIGHT CHAPTER XI. STRANGE ENCOUNTERS CHAPTER XII. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER XIII. JOHN SEEKS HIS KIND CHAPTER XIV. ENGINEERING PROBLEMS CHAPTER XV. JACQUELINE CHAPTER XVI. ADLAN CHAPTER XVII. NG-GUNKO AND LO CHAPTER XVIII. THE SKID’S FIRST VOYAGE CHAPTER XIX. THE COLONY IS FOUNDED CHAPTER XX. THE COLONY IN BEING CHAPTER XXI. THE BEGINNING OF THE END CHAPTER XXII. THE END

Star Maker (1937)

CONTENTS PREFACE I. THE EARTH 1. THE STARTING POINT 2. EARTH AMONG THE STARS II. INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL III. THE OTHER EARTH 1. ON THE OTHER EARTH 2. A BUSY WORLD 3. PROSPECTS OF THE RACE IV. I TRAVEL AGAIN V. WORLDS INNUMERABLE 1. THE DIVERSITY OF WORLDS 2. STRANGE MANKINDS 3. NAUTILOIDS VI. INTIMATIONS OF THE STAR MAKER VII. MORE WORLDS 1. A SYMBIOTIC RACE 2. COMPOSITE BEINGS 3. PLANT MEN AND OTHERS VIII. CONCERNING THE EXPLORERS IX. THE COMMUNITY OF WORLDS 1. BUSY UTOPIAS 2. INTERMUNDANE STRIFE 3. A CRISIS IN GALACTIC HISTORY 4. TRIUMPH IN A SUB-GALAXY 5. THE TRAGEDY OF THE PERVERTS 6. A GALACTIC UTOPIA X. A VISION OF THE GALAXY XI. STARS AND VERMIN 1. THE MANY GALAXIES 2. DISASTER IN OUR GALAXY 3. STARS 4. GALACTIC SYMBIOSIS XII. A STUNTED COSMICAL SPIRIT XIII. THE BEGINNING AND THE END 1. BACK TO THE NEBULAE 2. THE SUPREME MOMENT NEARS 3. THE SUPREME MOMENT AND AFTER XIV. THE MYTH OF CREATION XV. THE MAKER AND HIS WORKS 1. IMMATURE CREATING 2. MATURE CREATING 3. THE ULTIMATE COSMOS AND THE ETERNAL SPIRIT XVI. EPILOGUE: BACK TO EARTH A NOTE ON MAGNITUDE

Darkness and the Light (1942)

CONTENTS PREFACE Part I. CRISIS 1. MAN’S TWO FUTURES 2. THE MODERN AGE 3. MANKIND AT THE CROSS ROADS i. RISE AND FALL OF A GERMAN REICH ii. NORTH AMERICA iii. RUSSIA AND CHINA iv. THE RISE OF TIBET Part II. DARKNESS 4. THE QUENCHING OF THE LIGHT i. REPERCUSSIONS IN BRITAIN ii. A SYNTHETIC FAITH iii. THE TIBETANS DEFEND THEMSELVES iv. THE DESTRUCTION OF TIBET 5. THE REIGN OF DARKNESS i. THE JAPANESE REVOLUTION ii. A SYNTHETIC WAR iii. DIABOLIC WORLD EMPIRE 6. THE TRIUMPH OF THE RATS i. ECONOMIC DECLINE ii. DECLINE OF POPULATION iii. DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD EMPIRE iv. FINAL DEGENERACY v. THE END OF MAN Part III. THE LIGHT 7. THE SPARK SURVIVES i. HARKING BACK TO THE TIBETAN REVOLUTION ii. WAR AGAINST THE EMPIRES iii. ARMED PEACE iv. WAR AGAIN, AND A NEW ORDER 8. PRECARIOUS ADVANCE i. DIFFICULTIES OVER AMERICA ii. DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BUREAUCRATS iii. PROGRESS iv. THE POPULATION PROBLEM v. ARISTOCRATS AND DEMOCRATS 9. NEW WORLD i. A WORLD OF VILLAGES ii. VILLAGE CULTURE iii. THE FORWARDS 10. REMOTE HORIZONS i. PEACEFUL GROWTH ii. BEHIND THE VEIL iii. A PHASE OF CONFUSION iv. PREPARATION FOR A GREAT TASK v. DESPAIR AND NEW HOPE vi. MAN PASSES ON

Sirius (1944)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII

Death into Life (1946)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. BATTLE CHAPTER II. EPHEMERAL SPIRITS CHAPTER III. THE SPIRIT OF MAN SURVEYS HIS PAST CHAPTER IV. THE SPIRIT OF MAN CONSIDERS HIS PLIGHT CHAPTER V. MAN’S FUTURE CHAPTER VI. THE COSMOS, AND BEYOND CHAPTER VII -SALVATION CHAPTER VIII. HERE AND NOW

The Flames (1947)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE THE LETTER EPILOGUE

A Man Divided (1950)

CONTENTS 1. A WEDDING FIASCO 2. VICTOR’S EARLY LIFE 3. BEGINNINGS OF OUR FRIENDSHIP 4. BUSINESS MAN AND SOLDIER 5. NEW START 6. MAGGIE’S EARLY LIFE 7. UNCERTAIN HAPPINESS 8. A DISTRESSING INTERLUDE 9. VICTOR FORGES AHEAD 10. CHECK 11. GLOOM 12. STRANGE TRIUMPH

The Shorter Fiction The Short Stories of Olaf Stapledon

CONTENTS THE ROAD TO THE AIDE POST (1916) THE SEED AND THE FLOWER (1916) A WORLD OF SOUND (1936) OLD MAN IN NEW WORLD (1944) ARMS OUT OF HAND (1947) INTERPLANETARY MAN (1948) CONTENTS AN ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY I. Introduction II. If the Planets Are Inhabited III. If the Planets Are Uninhabited IV. Adapting Man to the Planets V. What Is it All For? VI. Fundamental Values VII. A Commonwealth of Worlds VIII. Man and the Cosmos A CHRISTIAN (1976) A SCIENTIST (1976) A MYSTIC (1976) A REVOLUTIONARY (1976) FAR FUTURE CALLING (1977) CONTENTS PERSONS IN THE PLAY THE PLAY A MODERN MAGICIAN (1979) EAST IS WEST (1979)

The Poetry Latter-Day Psalms (1914)

CONTENTS THE CITY SPIRIT OMNIPOTENCE WHO ART THOU? HUMANITY MEN TIME GOD THE HEAVENS DECLARE MY CUP RUNNETH OVER THE REBEL LABOUR STRIFE SALVATION ATHENA APOLLO ARTEMIS OUR LADY OF HEAVEN JAWEH SATAN CHRIST BRAHMA WAR PEACE

The Non-Fiction A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929)

CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1. THE NEED FOR ETHICS CHAPTER 2. SELF-FULFILMENT AS THE GROUND OF ETHICS A. PLEASURE AND THE ENDURING SELF B. THE SOCIAL SELF C. THE ACTUAL WILL AND THE REAL WILL D. MY STATION AND ITS DUTIES E. SUMMARY CHAPTER 3. CRITICISM OF THE SELF-FULFILMENT THEORY A. EMOTIVE ASPECTS OF THE THEORY B. THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY C. THE AMBIGUITY OF ‘SELF’ D. IMPLICATES OF THE ACTUAL WILL E. IMPLICATES OF THE NATURE OF SELFHOOD F. SUMMARY CHAPTER 4. PLEASURE AS CONSTITUTIVE OF GOOD A. FEELING REINSTATED IN ETHICS B. RATIONALITY OF THE IDEAL C. MORAL OBLIGATION D. ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER 5. GOOD AS AN UNIQUE QUALITY A. ETHICAL DIFFERENCES OF PROFESSOR MOORE AND PROFESSOR FIELD B. ESSENTIALS OF PROFESSOR MOORE’S THEORY C. ESSENTIALS OF PROFESSOR FIELD’S THEORY D. ETHICAL COMPROMISE BETWEEN MOORE AND FIELD CHAPTER 6. TELEOLOGY IN ETHICS A. TWO THEORIES CONTRASTED B. TELEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY C. TELEOLOGY AND CONATION D. ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TELEOLOGY E. SUMMARY CHAPTER 7. TENDENCY IN PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY A. THE MEANING OF TENDENCY B. BIOLOGICAL TENDENCIES C. REDUCIBLE AND EMERGENT TENDENCIES D. ORGANISMS AND SOCIETIES CHAPTER 8. TENDENCY IN PSYCHOLOGY A. BODILY AND PERSONAL NEEDS B. CONATION OF PSYCHICAL ACTIVITIES C. INTER-RELATION OF ORGANISMS D. OBJECTIONS TO INSTINCT PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 9. PSYCHICAL CONFLICT A. THE OBJECTIVE SOURCES OF CONATION B. THE PROBLEM OF IRRATIONAL CHOICE C. AUTOMATISM AND FREE CHOICE D. REPRESSION E. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION OF TENDENCY IN PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 10. OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY AS THE GROUND OF ETHICS A. THE MEANING OF GOOD B. THE MEANING OF BETTER AND BEST C. THE MEANING OF OUGHT D. LOGICAL BASIS OF OBLIGATION E. EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS F. SUMMARY CHAPTER 11. DETERMINISM AND FREE WILL A. THE RELATION OF FREEDOM TO ETHICS B. INTROSPECTION OF VOLITION C. THE DETERMINANTS OF FREE WILL D. RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 12. ESSENTIALS OF THE CONCRETE IDEAL A. IDEALS AND THE IDEAL B. THE ABSTRACT FORM OF THE IDEAL C. COMPARATIVE EVALUATION D. THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE IDEAL E. THE COSMICAL IDEAL CHAPTER 13. REALITY AND ADMIRATION A. ACTIVITY AND REALITY B. IMPLICATIONS OF BEING ADMIRED C. ORGANISMS, NATURE, AND AESTHETIC OBJECTS D. SUMMARY CHAPTER 14. MORAL ZEAL, DISILLUSION, AND ECSTASY A. MORAL ZEAL AND DISILLUSION B. THE RISE TO ECSTASY C. EMANCIPATION FROM TELEOLOGY D. SUMMARY CHAPTER 15. ECSTASY AND ETHICAL THEORY A. DESTRUCTIVE ARGUMENTS B. HYPOTHESIS OF HYPER-BIOLOGICAL PERFECTION C. THEORETICAL DIFFICULTIES D. CONCLUSIONS AS TO ECSTASY AND THE IDEAL

Waking World (1934)

CONTENTS PREFACE I. THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK A. COMMUNISM AND FASCISM B. ANOTHER OUTLINE C. HUMANISM AND SUPERHUMANISM II. THE WORLD-AIM A. STATEMENT OF THE SOCIAL IDEAL B. UNEMPLOYMENT AND TOIL C. THE HARMFULNESS OF MACHINERY D. THE TRUE VALUE OF MACHINERY III. THE WORLD TO-DAY A. OUR NATURE AND OUR NURTURE B. DECLINE AND FALL? C. THE ONE HOPE IV. ANIMAL AND MAN A. MAN’S ANIMAL CAPACITIES B. INTELLIGENCE AND IMAGINATION C. MAN MORE THAN ANIMAL V. PERSONALITY AND SOCIETY A. INTELLIGENCE AND THE ANIMAL LIFE B. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND OTHER-CONSCIOUSNESS C. THE PERSONAL IDEAL D. SOCIETY AND THE WORLD-AIM VI. ART A. ART AND CRAFTSMANSHIP B. PURE ART, PLASTIC C. PURE ART OF OTHER KINDS D. SUMMARY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ART VII. MODERN SCIENCE A. NEED FOR SCEPTICISM ABOUT SCIENCE B. AIMS AND METHODS OF SCIENCE C. THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS D. PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY E. DETERMINACY AND FREEDOM VIII. THE VALUE AND DANGER OF MODERN SCIENCE A. SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC B. TRUE SCIENTISTS AND TRUE CRITICS C. THE UPSHOT OF SCIENCE FOR THOUGHT IX. HISTORY A. METHODS AND PRINCIPLES OF HISTORY B. THE UPSHOT OF HISTORY X. PHILOSOPHY A. THE SCOPE OF PHILOSOPHY B. THE NECESSITY OF SCEPTICISM C. THE POSITIVE OUTCOME XI. RELIGION A. SHAM RELIGION AND GENUINE RELIGION B. EFFECTS OF GENUINE RELIGION C. HOW MEN INVENT GODS D. THE ESSENCE OF THE MATTER XII. CHRISTIANITY AND THE MODERN WORLD A. THE RELIGION OF LOVE B. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES C. OUTGROWING A GREAT RELIGION XIII. MAN AND FATE A. LOYALTY TO MAN AND DELIGHT IN FATE B. THE ANALOGY OF ART C. SCEPTICAL PROTESTS D. ECSTASY AND THE MORAL WILL E. A MYTH OF MAN AND FATE XIV. WORLD-REVOLUTION? A. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION B. PACIFISM C. DEMOCRACY, FREE SPEECH, THE WORLD-STATE D. THE EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION XV. THE WILL FOR CHANGE

Youth and Tomorrow (1946)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2. THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. CHAPTER 3. YESTERDAY CHAPTER 4. TODAY AND TOMORROW. CHAPTER 5. BEYOND MAN.

Interplanetary Man? (1948)

CONTENTS I. Introduction II. If the Planets are Inhabited III. If the Planets are Uninhabited IV. Adapting Man to the Planets V. What is it All For? VI. Fundamental Values VII. A Commonwealth of Worlds VIII. Man and the Cosmos

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