I'm (re)reading Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men at the moment. Its a future history of mankind.
Its gripping stuff - which is amazing when you get to the end and realise that there are basically no characters in it (other than the narrator who you know basically squat all about and is just someone to narrate the past from a far distant perspective) and that you've covered millions of years of history.
Next on my list is (a reread again - I'm broke at the moment!) reading A Canticle of Leibowitz. One of my very favourite science fiction books that one.
Its gripping stuff - which is amazing when you get to the end and realise that there are basically no characters in it (other than the narrator who you know basically squat all about and is just someone to narrate the past from a far distant perspective) and that you've covered millions of years of history.
Next on my list is (a reread again - I'm broke at the moment!) reading A Canticle of Leibowitz. One of my very favourite science fiction books that one.
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