After Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1871
A mining engineer falls into a hidden world beneath the earth, where a serene winged race has given up war and dissent in exchange for Vril. When their princess falls in love with him, he learns what perfect power costs—and carries the warning back into the old world.
That logline is for Tim Fox’s adaptation, now in production. The 1871 novel is in the public domain and is hosted on this site as an homage, separate from the new work.
01 / Two works, clearly marked
Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel is free to read here. Tim Fox’s film work, world-building, and any later edition of his adaptation are original and separate.
Tim Fox
A Fritz Lang–style silent short aimed at Chroma Awards Season 2, a five-minute proof of the same story spine, and a longer twenty-nine-chapter feature workbook. Character and world locks exist. The films have not been released. Approved theatrical time is not claimed.
1871 · Public domain
The complete text of The Coming Race, presented as an homage, split into twenty-nine readable chapters. Prepared from the public-domain transcription issued as Project Gutenberg eBook #1951. This hosted copy is not a Project Gutenberg edition.
02 / Production stills
These images are approved continuity references from 5 November 2026. They are not finished frames from a released film.
03 / News
Only dated facts already recorded in the production documents. No invented release dates.
This website launched on 12 November 2026, a dedicated home for Tim Fox’s adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1871 public-domain novel. The 1871 text is hosted here as an homage, clearly separated from the adaptation.
Continuity locks for the narrator, Zee, Aph-Lin, Tae, the underground city, the lamp road, the civic hall, the mine-and-town surface, and the three-ring vessel were approved for ten-minute long-shot generation. The anchor registry for the five-minute proof short was created the same day. These stills are production references, not finished film frames.
The short film’s grade was locked to a single section-tint scheme: amber for the surface and the mine, cyan-blue for the underworld, and untinted black-and-white for the coda, with the surface amber returning only in the final practical lamp.
04 / Follow the work
The 1871 novel is free. If you want to help the new work, this site leaves room for an email list, a future edition or preorder, print and merch, tips, and a licensing contact for publishers and producers. Those paths are not connected yet. Prices and providers are marked [TBD].