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02294aam a22003251i 4500 001 8381F9101BE411EA82BF083097128E48 003 SILO 005 20191211010111 008 751129s1931 nyu 000 f eng 010 $a 31007638 035 $a (OCoLC)1862785 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c TNH $d DLC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCG $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d SWW $d OCLCO $d IPU $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 082 14 $a Fic 100 1 $a Stapledon, Olaf, $d 1886-1950, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50023275 245 10 $a Last and first men : $b a story of the near and far future / $c W. Olaf Stapledon. 264 1 $a New York : $b J. Cape and H. Smith, $c 1931. 300 $a xvi, 371 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Jacket art signed by Arthur Hawkins. 520 $a A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically-linked individuals. --Wikipedia.com. 541 $3 Hevelin copy 1 $c Purchase; $a Rusty Hevelin; $d 201204. $5 IaU 563 $3 Hevelin copy 1 $a Publisher's illustrated dust jacket. $5 IaU 650 0 $a Prophecies. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107523 650 7 $a Prophecies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01079193 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2015026020 700 1 $a Hawkins, Arthur, $e illustrator. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50025121 700 1 $a Hevelin, Rusty, $e former owner. $5 IaU $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015056446 776 08 $i Online version: $a Stapledon, Olaf, 1886-1950. $t Last and first men. $d New York, J. Cape and H. Smith [1931] $w (OCoLC)652131793 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021011853.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8381F9101BE411EA82BF083097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search