A review by hannahbanana1202
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon

3.0

Well. How do I say this. 'Last and First Men' suffers less from its scope and circuitousness than from the fact that it does not age very well. Some of the stuff is just too goofy - the Martian hive bubbles and the giant brains? Of course, you have to admire Stapledon for the sheer extent of his imagination; but I imagined this book more to be like those parts from 'Earth Abides' where Stewart fast-forwards over a couple of years to show us how even over one generation things can change drastically. Stapledon's work covers millenias! Once in a while a single individual is focused on a little more, it is still such a rush through time and you sort of feel like you're missing out on a lot of good stories.