Olaf Stapledon

Introduction: An Essay in Myth Creation, By Matthew De Abaitua
Introduction, By One of the Last Men
THE CHRONICLE
PART I. THE FALL OF THE FIRST MEN
Chapter One The First Dark Age
Chapter Two The Rise of Patagonia
Chapter Three The Cult of Youth
Chapter Four The Catastrophe
PART II. TRANSITION
Chapter One The First Men at Bay
Chapter Two The Second Dark Age
PART III. THE RISE OF THE SECOND MEN
Chapter One The Appearance of a New Species
Chapter Two The Intercourse of Three Species
Chapter Three The Zenith of the Second Men
PART IV. THE MARTIANS
Chapter One The First Martian Invasion
Chapter Two Life on Mars
Chapter Three The Martian Mind
Chapter Four Delusions of the Martians
PART V. EARTH AND MARS
Chapter One The Second Men at Bay
Chapter Two The Ruin of Two Worlds
Chapter Three The Third Dark Age
PART VI. THE THIRD MEN IN THE WILDERNESS
Chapter One The Third Human Species
Chapter Two Digressions of the Third Men
Chapter Three The Vital Art
Chapter Four Conflicting Policies
PART VII. MAN REMAKES HIMSELF
Chapter One The First of the Great Brains
Chapter Two The Tragedy of the Fourth Men
Chapter Three The Fifth Men
Chapter Four The Culture of the Fifth Men
PART VIII. THE LAST TERRESTRIALS
Chapter One The Cult of Evanescence
Chapter Two Exploration of Time
Chapter Three Voyaging in Space
Chapter Four Preparing a New World