The Coming Race
"First published in 1871, The Coming Race represents a curious hybrid. Its premise is unflinchingly futuristic: the inevitable displacement of today's humanity by a more evolved 'race.' But the story unfolds in perhaps the last unexplored place on earth--the 'hollow' interior of the planet..."--Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review"Seed offers a comprehensive and useful critical edition of Bulwer-Lytton's early science fiction novel ... [that] illuminates the meaning and importance of this work to both writers who were Bulwer-Lytton's contemporaries and to science fiction and fantasy writers who followed him. Summing up: Highly recommended." --P.J. Kurtz, Choice