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'''''Last Men in London''''' (1932) is a [[science fiction]] novel by [[Olaf Stapledon]]. |
'''''Last Men in London''''' (1932) is a [[science fiction]] novel by [[Olaf Stapledon]]. |
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Last Men in London (1932) is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon. Template:Spoiler 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 (as in Stapledon's own personal history) to adult life. 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 platform to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs.
Mistaken references to the title of this work as "Last Man in London" - not "Men" - 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.
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