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The Penguin Classics' New Science Fiction series containing works from the mid-century.

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1	Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley 3.91 avg rating — 2,839 ratings score: 394, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Black No More by George S. Schuyler 4.01 avg rating — 5,115 ratings score: 385, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Ice by Anna Kavan 3.63 avg rating — 13,350 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	One Billion Years to the End of the World by Arkady Strugatsky 3.84 avg rating — 6,087 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home by James Tiptree Jr. 3.79 avg rating — 1,058 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem 4.13 avg rating — 14,599 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 447,530 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer 3.79 avg rating — 876 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Ark Sakura by Kōbō Abe 3.48 avg rating — 2,150 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr. 3.97 avg rating — 675 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott 3.81 avg rating — 79,908 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Untouched by Human Hands by Robert Sheckley 4.15 avg rating — 1,729 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Robot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg 3.73 avg rating — 1,060 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Hair-Carpet Weavers by Andreas Eschbach 4.19 avg rating — 6,413 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay 3.53 avg rating — 4,138 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany 3.84 avg rating — 922 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison 3.71 avg rating — 10,059 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon 3.90 avg rating — 9,773 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft 4.05 avg rating — 22,666 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 3.87 avg rating — 118,616 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon 3.79 avg rating — 7,200 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Daniel (new)

Mar 21, 2026 03:15PM

Is Last and First Men available in paperback in this series? I can't find it anywhere.

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message 2: by Lukas (new)

May 25, 2026 08:08AM

Daniel wrote: "Is Last and First Men available in paperback in this series? I can't find it anywhere."

I've been looking for it too from time to time since 2022, which is about two years after the release of the series. Already at that point it wasn't available to buy anywhere online. The one exception was Blackwell's over in the UK, which claimed to have until some years ago. It was foolish of me to not try to buy it from them back then despite living in Sweden, because now it's out of stock there as well.

What I know for a fact though is that the novel was visible on Penguin's own website in April of 2022, as part of the series, because that is when I first encountered the series and got interested. The first time I tried contacting Penguin's customer support was in October of the same year, so it vanished from their website somewhere in-between April-October 2022.

I now have all the other twenty books in the series, and have since tried contacting Penguin via email several times about this specific title, but I have gotten a grand total of zero replies. Not even a "We don't know". Even if it never got into print, it would be nice to get an actual response from Penguin about it someday.

The fact that it doesn't even pop up a single time on Ebay or any other second hand webpages makes me think that it probably wasn't published at all. There seems to be no photos of the actual physical book, just digital images of the book cover.

The ISBN number for it is 9780241442982, if you want to look for it further. If you find any more info, feel free to share it with me.

On a sidenote, when I today checked Penguin's own webpage about the series, "Ice" by Anna Kavan is gone as well. Unlike "Last and First Men" it's still available to buy via other retailers however, at least for now.

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