description: Climbing through the recesses of a mine, an Englishman falls into a deep chasm &amp; finds himself suddenly trapped in a subterranean world inhabited by an ancient race of advanced beings. From Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth to Chris Marker's La Jetee, subterranean worlds have been a source of both fascination &amp; fear for the literary imagination &amp; The Coming Race is no exception. 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 &amp; vast technological progress. The novel was extremely popular in its time &amp; is now considered a seminal science fiction text by contemporary scholars. This Wesleyan edition includes scholarly notes &amp; an introduction that places the work in an intellectual &amp; literary context, &amp; describes the author's interest in the occult.
language: English
title: The Coming Race
titlecomplete: The Coming Race
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Utopia, 19th Century, Classics, Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1500
places: United Kingdom, Hollow Earth
publisher: Woodbridge Press Pub. Co