Last Men in London
First edition
Author	Olaf Stapledon
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction, Novel
Publisher	Methuen Publishing
Publication date	1932
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
ISBN	NA

Last Men in London (1932) is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon. William Olaf Stapledon ( May 10, 1886 &ndash September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Methuen Publishing Ltd is a British Publishing house and publishes in the areas of Theatre and Drama. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. William Olaf Stapledon ( May 10, 1886 &ndash September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works

The narrator is the same member of the eighteenth and final human species who purportedly induced Stapledon to write Last and First Men. 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. 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 faced with a "submerged superman" in his class nicknamed Humpty. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The inadequacies of Paul's character, the various dilemmas he has to face during his life, and the occasional influence of the advanced being who shares his experiences, provide Stapledon with a semi-autobiographical platform on which to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs.

Outline

1. The World of the Last Men
   1. Holiday on Neptune
   2. Men and Man
   3. Biographical Note
2. Exploring the Past
   1. The Portal to the Past
   2. Difficulties and Dangers
   3. Influencing Past Minds
   4. Hovering over Time
   5. Descent among the First Men
   6. In the Streets of London
3. The Child Paul
   1. Paul and his Neptunian Parasite
   2. The Child Paul
   3. Early Experiments on Paul
   4. Paul's Changing World
4. Paul Comes of Age
   1. Paul and Sex
   2. Paul Devout
   3. Paul Faces the Facts
5. Origins of the European War
   1. The Neptunian Attitude to the War
   2. The Philosophical Lemurs
   3. Prehistoric Origins of the War
   4. The Historical Period
6. The War
   1. Europe before the War
   2. Europe Chooses War
   3. Europe at War
   4. Paul in the War
7. After the War
   1. The New Hope
   2. Paul Gathers up the Threads
   3. Paul Comes to Terms with Woman
   4. London and the Spirit
8. The Modern World
   1. Paul Undertakes his Task
   2. The Research
   3. Fruits of the Research
   4. Paul Settles Down
9. On Earth and on Neptune
   1. Submerged Supermen
   2. Paul and Humpty
   3. Back to Neptune
   4. Epilogue by the Terrestrial Author of this Book

Trivia

• Mistaken references to the title of this work as Last Man in London may have given rise to the persistent myth that George Orwell was influenced by it when naming his novel The Last Man in Europe, which was later retitled and is now known as Nineteen Eighty-Four. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel

External links

• The complete text of Last Men In London

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