Vril, The Power of the Coming Race by Edward George Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Science Fiction

"Vril" is a mysterious energy used by Lytton's subterranean race -- refugees from the deluge that submerged Atlantis -- to power their advanced civilization. Generations of occultists have mistaken this bit of business for something other than fiction; and still more generations of science fiction writers have recycled the novel's plot. Vril is a book of strong interest to anyone doing a scholarly study of the evolution of SF; it's also a novel well worth reading in its own right. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

Author: Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Borgo Press
Published: 08/01/2002
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781592248858

About the Author
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George: - "Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," "dweller on the threshold" and the well-known opening line "It was a dark and stormy night.""Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George: - "Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases the great unwashed, pursuit of the almighty dollar, the pen is mightier than the sword, dweller on the threshold and the well-known opening line It was a dark and stormy night."