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Revealed at the Venice Film Festival, Damien Chazelle's biopic tells the story of the historic Apollo 11 mission that would ultimately end the Space Race and land the first man on the moon. Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across 2 billion years and 18 distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. The parable concludes with the saying with which it began (Matthew 19:30), but with some inversion in the order of the words.There it was, "Many first shall be last; and last first;" here it is, The last shall be first, and the first last. Press J to jump to the feed. A, ISBN 9781618950468 A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Now there’s one more element being added to that legacy: Jóhansson’s feature directorial debut, Last and First Men. Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon.

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