Step inside the imaginative mind of visionary science-fiction writer Olaf Stapledon through a rare working document from his landmark novel Last and First Men (1930).
Student Partner Hope introduces an original time chart showing how Stapledon mapped the future of humanity across billions of years, offering a glimpse into the creative process behind one of sci-fi’s most ambitious works. Discover how Stapledon’s pioneering innovations paved the way for authors and audiences alike, to reimagine sci-fi, and how sci-fi continues to influence the way we imagine technological change, human relationships, and our place in the world. Discover how one writer imagined the deep future — and changed science fiction forever.
The time chart is preserved within the University of Liverpool’s renowned science-fiction archive, the largest catalogued sci-fi collection in Europe.
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