Similar to other works by Stapledon in that it projects humanity into both the relatively near and very far future, to a time beyond humanity. This relatively short (159 pp) version follows "the spirit of man" from death during World War II to a period in which humans inhabit eight planets to the development of a "cosmic consciousness" into which humanity is absorbed. On the copyright page there is an author's note saying, "This fantasy is not a novel."
}, year = {1946}, month = {01/1946}, publisher = {Methuen}, address = {London}, note = {Rpt. in his Worlds of Wonder: Three Tales of Fantasy (Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949), 91-251.
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