The Coming Race
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Publisher: ManyBooks 1871
ISBN/ASIN: 0819567493
Number of pages: 156
Description:
Climbing through the recesses of a mine, an English man falls into a deep chasm and finds himself suddenly trapped in a subterranean world inhabited by an ancient race of advanced beings. An evolutionary fantasy first published in 1871, the story draws upon ideas of Darwinism to describe a near future world characterized by female dominance, physical perfection, and vast technological progress.
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