Last and First Men / Last Men in London

LAST AND FIRST MEN Preface . . . 11 Introduction, by One of the Last Men . . . 15 The Chronicle I Balkan Europe . . 1 The European War and After . . . 21 . . 2 The Anglo-French War . . . 23 . . 3 Europe after the Anglo-French War . . . 31 . . 4 The Russ-German War . . . 37 II Europe's Downfall . . 1 Europe and America . . . 42 . . 2 The Origins of a Mystery . . . 46 . . 3 Europe Murdered . . . 51 III America and China . . 1 The Rivals . . . 55 . . 2 The Conflict . . . 63 . . 3 On an Island in the Pacific . . . 67 IV An Americanized Planet . . 1 The Foundation of the First World State . . . 75 . . 2 The Dominance of Science . . . 78 . . 3 Material Achievement . . . 81 . . 4 The Culture of the First World State . . . 84 . . 5 Downfall . . . 93 V The Fall of the First Men . . 1 The First Dark Age . . . 98 . . 2 The Rise of Patagonia . . . 102 . . 3 The Cult of Youth . . . 106 . . 4 The Catastrophe . . . 112 VI Transition . . 1 The First Men at Bay . . . 120 . . 2 The Second Dark Age . . . 129 VII The Rise of the Second Men . . 1 The Appearance of a New Species . . . 132 . . 2 The Intercourse of Three Species . . . 132 . . 3 The Zenith of the Second Men . . . 143 VIII The Mariana . . 1 The First Martian Invasion . . . 151 . . 2 Life on Mars . . . 153 . . 3 The Martian Mind . . . 160 . . 4 Delusions of the Martians . . . 164 IX Earth and Mars . . 1 The Second Men at Bay . . . 169 . . 2 The Ruin of Two Worlds . . . 176 . . 3 The Third Dark Age . . . 184 X The Third Men in the Wilderness . . 1 The Third Human Species . . . 189 . . 2 Digressions of the Third Men . . . 195 . . 3 The Vital Art . . . 200 . . 4 Conflicting Policies . . . 205 XI Man Remakes Himself . . 1 The First of the Great Brains . . . 209 . . 2 The Tragedy of the Fourth Men . . . 214 . . 3 The Fifth Men . . . 221 . . 4 The Culture of the Fifth Men . . . 225 XII The Last Terrestials . . 1 The Cult of Evanescence . . . 233 . . 2 Exploration of Time . . . 238 . . 3 Voyaging in Space . . . 243 . . 4 Preparing a New World . . . 249 XIII Humanity on Venus . . 1 Taking Root Again . . . 255 . . 2 The Flying Men . . . 259 . . 3 A Minor Astronomical Event . . . 269 XIV Neptune . . 1 Bird's-Eye View . . . 273 . . 2 Da Capo . . . 275 . . 3 Slow Conquest . . . 279 XV The Last Men . . 1 Introduction to the Last Human Species . . . 284 . . 2 Childhood and Maturity . . . 290 . . 3 A Racial Awakening . . . 294 . . 4 Cosmology . . . 304 XIV The Last of Man . . 1 Sentence of Death . . . 313 . . 2 Behaviour of the Condemned . . . 315 . . 3 Epilogue . . . 321 Diagrams . . Time Scale 1 . . . 74 . . Time Scale 2 . . . 133 . . Time Scale 3 . . . 190 . . Time Scale 4 and 5 . . . 285 Last Men in London Preface . . . 333 Introduction: The Future's Concern with the Past . . . 335 I The World of the Last Men . . 1 Holiday on Neptune . . . 339 . . 2 Men and Man . . . 348 . . 3 Biographical Note . . . 353 II Exploring the Past . . 1 The Portal to the Past . . . 360 . . 2 Difficulties and Dangers . . . 363 . . 3 Influencing Past Minds . . . 372 . . 4 Hovering over Time . . . 375 . . 5 Descent among the First Men . . . 379 . . 6 In the Streets of London . . . 383 III The Child Paul . . 1 Paul and his Neptunian Parasite . . . 388 . . 2 The Child Paul . . . 393 . . 3 Early Experiments on Paul . . . 400 . . 4 Paul's Changing World . . . 400 IV Paul Comes of Age . . 1 Paul and Sex . . . 411 . . 2 Paul Devout . . . 426 . . 3 Paul Faces the Facts . . . 434 V Origins of the European War . . 1 The Neptunian Attitude to the War . . . 445 . . 2 The Philosophical Lemurs . . . 452 . . 3 Prehistoric Origins of the War . . . 457 . . 4 The Historical Period . . . 464 VI The War . . 1 Europe before the War . . . 474 . . 2 Europe chooses War . . . 484 . . 3 Europe at War . . . 491 . . 4 Paul in the War . . . 502 VII After the War . . 1 The New Hope . . . 522 . . 2 Paul Gathers up the Threads . . . 528 . . 3 Paul Comes to Terms with Woman . . . 533 . . 4 London and the Spirit . . . 542 VIII The Modern World . . 1 Paul Undertakes his Task . . . 553 . . 2 The Research . . . 559 . . 3 Fruits of the Research . . . 565 . . 4 Paul Settles Down . . . 575 IX On Earth and on Neptune . . 1 Submerged Supermen . . . 579 . . 2 Paul and Humpty . . . 587 . . 3 Back to Neptune . . . 596 . . 4 Epilogue by Terrestrial Author of this Book . . . 600