A review by mad_about_books
The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
4.0
Although an avid reader of speculative fiction, I was prompted to read THE COMING RACE after reading a modern-day Sherlock Holmes tale, "The Adventure of The Royal Albert Hall," by the writing team of Charles Veley and Anna Elliott.
THE COMING RACE, by today's standards, is not an easy read. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, born in 1803, was an English writer and politician. His writing reflects the somewhat florid prose of the time. There are several early chapters that are far too repetitive for my taste (so I paged through them quickly). As you might expected of a book originally published in 1871, there is a fair amount of disguised racism - not over skin color or religion, but where a character stands on the evolutionary scale.
Students of speculative fiction will be interested in the technology of the Vril-ya. I daresay, most modern readers will give this a pass.
THE COMING RACE, by today's standards, is not an easy read. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, born in 1803, was an English writer and politician. His writing reflects the somewhat florid prose of the time. There are several early chapters that are far too repetitive for my taste (so I paged through them quickly). As you might expected of a book originally published in 1871, there is a fair amount of disguised racism - not over skin color or religion, but where a character stands on the evolutionary scale.
Students of speculative fiction will be interested in the technology of the Vril-ya. I daresay, most modern readers will give this a pass.