The Last Man Author:Mary Shelley I never asked to be

I never asked to be the son of a Greek god

who never showed up to work

She was destined for heartbreak

Sensing exactly what they're looking for in life

The Last Man Author:Mary Shelley I never asked to beMary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction Written while Mary Shelley was in a self imposed lockdown after the loss of her husband and children, and in the wake of intersecting crises including the climate changing Mount Tambora eruption and a raging cholera outbreak, The Last Man (1826) is an early work of climate fiction and a prophetic depiction of environmental change. Set in the late