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The Last Man

The Last Man

Clarke, I. F.
Clarke, M.
Cousin de Grainville, Jean-Baptiste François Xavier

Paperback

Series: Early Classics of Science Fiction

Science FictionClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 081956608X
ISBN13: 9780819566089
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: Jan 15 2003
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.78 Depth: 8.62
Language: English

New English translation of this demise of the human race story.

Originally published in French in 1805, The Last Man is a powerful story of the demise of the human race. Drawing on the traditional account in Revelations, The Last Man was the first end-of-the-world story in future fiction. As the first secular apocalypse story, The Last Man served as the departure point for many other speculative fictions of this type throughout the 19th century, including works by Shelley, Flammarion and Wells. Grainville's masterful imagination is evident in the vast scale of the action as Omegarus, the Last Adam, and Syderia, the Last Eve, are led toward the moment when the light of the sun and the stars is extinguished. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of apocalyptic science fiction.

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