The Coming Race
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Taste attributes: science fictionadventurefresh & originalimaginarylinearfish out of water/culture clashsocial commentary
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and original: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
The Coming Race, an early science-fiction work, with its superman race the Vril-ya descended from the same ancestors as the great Aryan family, from which in varied streams has flowed the dominant civilization of the world spawned a occult secret society known as the Vril Society or Luminous Lodge - its philosphy and swastika symbol profoundly influenced the Nazis.
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- Author
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Published
- 1871
- Pages
- 134
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- Open Library
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