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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Last and First Men
Message-ID: <283@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 25-May-85 15:24:18 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 25 15:24:18 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 27-May-85 02:49:26 EDT
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Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Keywords: Olaf Stapledon
Summary: 

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