dk@sdlvax.UUCP (dk) (05/16/85)
Many years back I read a long tome called Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. It was published by Penguin (or at least the copy I had was). Subsequently I thought advancing years would alter my outlook on it, so I tried to find it. No dice. The old Penguin copy had gone walkies, and it is now out of print. Does anyone know of the book, and if so of any existing copies. I havn't looked hard - net news is sooooo easy. Does anyone have any comments on the book as well?
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (05/20/85)
A request was made for Olaf Stapledon's "Last and First Men." My edition of The Last and First Men was purchased from Dover Books, in an edition with Starmaker. They still published it as of 1984. They also have Odd John and Sirius, by the same author. The last one is a favorite of mine. Dover Books address is: Dover Publications 31 East 2nd Street Mineola, NY 11501 By the way--this is a fun publisher. They specialize in reprints of otherwise out of print books. They put out lots of neat stuff like reprints of Newton and Galileo, art books, books on chess, the occult, and so on. The books are good quality large paperbacks, and are pretty inexpensive. They will send a catalog if you ask. -- Sue Brezden Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb AT&T Information Systems 11900 North Pecos Westminster, Co. 80234 (303)538-3829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honk if you love Shiva! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
herbison@ultra.DEC (B.J.) (05/22/85)
> Many years back I read a long tome called > > Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. > > It was published by Penguin .... > The old Penguin copy had gone walkies, and it is now out of print. > > Does anyone know of the book, and if so of any existing copies. This novel is available along with the related *Star Maker* in a book published by Dover Publications (31 East 2nd Street; Mineola, N.Y. 11501-3582), ISBN 0-486-21962. Dover is mostly a reprint house -- they release good out-of-print books in paperback (but these are books that will last with solid covers, good paper, and sewn bindings). They cover a wide variety of books; some SF, fantasy, old mysteries, textbooks, art books, games, etc. I have over 50 Dover books in my collection, and I will keep buying more. B.J. Herbison@DEC-Hudson.ARPA Herbison%Ultra.DEC@decwrl.ARPA {decvax,ucbvax,...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-ultra!herbison
wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) (05/25/85)
Try Dover Publications; I seem to recall seeing an edition of Last and First Men and Starmaker by Dover a while back. They specialize in out-of-print books; their catalogs are real eye-openers. Unfortunately, I don't have their address with me. Maybe some other net reader can oblige. I also read LaFM a number of years ago; it's worth the experience, but it seems to go on forever. I prefer some of Stapledon's shorter works, and recommend Sirius and Odd John (I think they're still in print in the Penguin editions). To the best of my knowledge, these were the first fictional treatments of artificial enhancement of mental capabilities. Olaf's style tends to be wooden at times, but his treatment of the impact of these enhancements on the characters involved is well-done. -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly