The Coming Race Edward BulwerLytton 9781475071948 Books
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The Coming Race Edward BulwerLytton 9781475071948 Books
This is one of the better Hollow Earth books. Unlike some of Lytton's other works, this one is brief and almost totally lacking his infamous "purple prose". It probably could have been expanded to show the reader more of the "barbarian" lifestyle of those living outside Vril territory, but Lytton chose to focus on the outsider being shown how the Vril lived and their amazing technology. Perhaps Lytton had planned a sequel, the ending is open enough for one.Product details
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The Coming Race Edward BulwerLytton 9781475071948 Books Reviews
In this 1871 work, Lytton presents the reader with an early science fiction tale about an American adventurer whom we come to know only as "Tish". The author wrote the story near the end of his own life in 1873; however, he exposes his protagonist to vignettes of technology and ethical concepts which would not actualize until the 20th Century!
At the outset of the story Tish accompanies an associate deep into the bowels of a mine, presumably somewhere in Europe. It is therein that the two enter a subterranean world. The associate is killed almost immediately by a "krek," a creature with, "...a vast and terrible head with open jaws and dull, ghastly, hungry eyes -- the head of the monstrous reptile resembling that of a crocodile or alligator, but infinitely larger than the largest creature of that kind I had ever beheld in my travels."
From this point to almost the end of the work Tish is exposed to, and made the dubious guest of, a highly advanced culture in terms of technology the Vril-ya. They represent the futuristic, powerful faction of the larger underworld race which is referred to as the "Ana". The non-Vril-ya were regarded as barbarians by the Vril-ya and were kept on the fringes of the technologically superior Vril-ya regions, (a situation which I regard as symbolism of the Jewish People of Europe during this era).
The author presents the Vril-ya as having aspired to social and civil preeminence; however, the excellence of their political systems and their philosophies, while devoid of conflagration and dispute, were shrewdly left for the reader to appraise.
Vril-ya society, in a nutshell, was static. They had no desire for wealth since each person could have anything s/he wanted by way of "Vril". Their diet was pseudo-vegetarian, milk being their singular non-vegetarian indulgence. A lazy society by nature, they considered Democracy to be primitive and thus perceived to be found only in barbarous cultures. Their own form of government was classified as "benevolent autocracy," except that the benevolence extended neither to the non-Vril-ya subterranean who shared their geography nor to any other. The most significant cultural divergence from surface dwelling humans hinged upon the fact that Vril-ya women were not only larger than males, they were also the assertive and dominant gender in their society.
Lytton was quite clever in his approach to analogizing Vril-ya Society to contemporaneous European events and attitudes. The technique is reminiscent of a later work by a fellow Englishman, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "the Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". It's also clear that Lytton was brilliantly intuitive in regard to his vision of futuristic technology.
The work is quite provocative in this regard Lytton leaves the fate of mankind as an open issue with his Hitchcockian conclusion. Hence, do the Vril-ya exemplify God's [first] "unsuccessful experiment" in creating mankind? We He nullify the power of Vril in the event that the Vril-ya and the surface dwellers come into conflict? Or do the Vril-ya represent God's success story... and will humankind thus be purged from the Earth's surface as part of a "Master plan"? The latter appears to be the author's rendition and interpretation of "The Revelation to John" (in "The Holy Bible").
This is a superb yarn and seizes upon much of the "Hollow Earth" to-do of the period. This terrific book is timeless literature, expressed in the sci-fi genre and is just as compelling today as the day it was originally published. My highest recommendation even for non-science fiction enthusiasts.
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A modern era classic and ground breaker in its time! A must have for any modern student of myths. Also a must have and excellent resource for those interested in any aspect of Vril mythos.
This is one of the better Hollow Earth books. Unlike some of Lytton's other works, this one is brief and almost totally lacking his infamous "purple prose". It probably could have been expanded to show the reader more of the "barbarian" lifestyle of those living outside Vril territory, but Lytton chose to focus on the outsider being shown how the Vril lived and their amazing technology. Perhaps Lytton had planned a sequel, the ending is open enough for one.
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