A review by ashcomb
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon

4.0

It is no wonder this book and Olaf Stapledon's words has inspired future generation of writers. His imagination of human history and evolution is fantastical and now after 91 years you can see the influence he has had on science fiction. While I grimace and disagree with some of his predictions, there is still merit to it. He has a firm understanding of human nature. Maybe tat pessimistic and misanthropic, but he is searching for a philosophical being who transcendent gender, race, self, and rivalry, so I grand him his pessimistic attitude. I have to agree with most of it. Who knows if we live to see the day our sun dies out or the day we evolve past these bodies and become more attuned with the physical world. Unfortunately, I won't be there to see it, but at least with these kinds of books I can imagine what it might be like.