One of the "Last Men", billions of years in the future when humanity faces unavoidable extinction, telepathically transmits a history of humanity over the intervening period to an author in 1930s Europe, one of the "First Men", who believes he is writing a fictional novel.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |
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Last and First Men | Methuen | Novel | |
| 1931 |
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Last and First Men | Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith | Novel | 1 |
| 1932 | Last and First Men | Methuen | Novel | ||
| 1934 | Last and First Men | Methuen | Novel | ||
| 1938 |
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Last and First Men | Pelican / Penguin Books | Novel | |
| February 1938 |
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Last and First Men | Pelican / Penguin Books | Novel | |
| 1953 |
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To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon | Funk & Wagnalls | Omnibus | 1 |
| July 1953 |
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Last and First Men | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Novel | |
| March 1963 |
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Last and First Men | Penguin Books | Novel | 21 |
| 1966 |
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Last and First Men | Penguin Books | Novel | 15 |
| June 1968 |
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Last and First Men & Star Maker | Dover Publications | Omnibus | 13 |
| 1972 |
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Last and First Men and Last Men in London | Penguin Books (US) | Omnibus | 11 |
| 1972 |
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Last and First Men and Last Men in London | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 21 |
| 1973 |
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Last and First Men and Last Men in London | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 21 |
| 1973 |
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Last and First Men and Last Men in London | Penguin Books (US) | Omnibus | 11 |
| June 1975 | To the End of Time | Gregg Press | Omnibus | ||
| 1978 |
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Last and First Men | Magnum | Novel | 13 |
| March 1987 |
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future | Penguin Books | Novel | 15 |
| May 1988 |
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future | Jeremy P. Tarcher / St. Martin's Press | Novel | |
| June 1999 |
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Last and First Men | Millennium / Orion | Novel | xvii |
| 2000 |
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Last and First Men | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 1 |
| 2003 |
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Last and First Men | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 1 |
| May 2008 |
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Last and First Men | Dover Publications | Novel | |
| April 2009 |
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Last and First Men | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | xiii |
| November 2010 |
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Last and First Men | Benediction Classics | Novel | |
| January 2011 |
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future | IndoEuropeanPublishing | Novel | |
| February 2012 |
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future | Bibliotech Press | Novel | |
| March 2012 |
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Last and First Men | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| September 2012 |
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Last and First Men | Audible Studios | Novel | |3 |
| January 2020 |
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Last and First Men | Bibliotech Press | Novel | |
| January 2020 |
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Last and First Men | Bibliotech Press | Novel | |
| 8888 |
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Last and First Men | Penguin Books | Novel | |
| 8888 |
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Last and First Men | Penguin Books | Novel |