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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 (mirroring Stapledon's own personal history) to adult life as a schoolteacher faced with a "submerged superman" in his class nicknamed Humpty. 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 semi-autobiographical platform on which to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs.[citation needed]
The book includes a piece of satire on sexual morality. An unspecified future human species (one of the Eighteenth Men's predecessors on Neptune) is presented as having an attitude to nutrition analogous to the First Men's sexual puritanism. Hence they invent mouth aprons and food privies, while having sex in public.[citation needed]
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^Goodwin, Jonathan (January 2013). "Ethics and History in Olaf Stapledon's Last Men in London". Extrapolation. 54 (3): 265–285. doi:10.3828/extr.2013.16. Gale A357149657.
last, london, 1932, science, fiction, novel, british, writer, olaf, stapledon, first, editionauthorolaf, stapledoncountryunited, kingdomlanguageenglishgenrescience, fictionpublished1932, methuen, publishing, media, typeprint, hardcover, paperback, this, articl. Last Men in London 1932 is a science fiction novel by British writer Olaf Stapledon 1 Last Men in LondonFirst editionAuthorOlaf StapledonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreScience fictionPublished1932 Methuen Publishing Media typePrint Hardcover amp Paperback This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Last Men in London news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2023 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 mirroring Stapledon s own personal history to adult life as a schoolteacher faced with a submerged superman in his class nicknamed Humpty 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 semi autobiographical platform on which to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs citation needed The book includes a piece of satire on sexual morality An unspecified future human species one of the Eighteenth Men s predecessors on Neptune is presented as having an attitude to nutrition analogous to the First Men s sexual puritanism Hence they invent mouth aprons and food privies while having sex in public citation needed References edit Goodwin Jonathan January 2013 Ethics and History in Olaf Stapledon s Last Men in London Extrapolation 54 3 265 285 doi 10 3828 extr 2013 16 Gale A357149657 External links editLast Men in London at Faded Page Canada nbsp This article about a 1930s science fiction novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Last Men in London amp oldid 1164354750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
