by Zealia Bishop— underground civilization fiction apparently clearly inspired by Lytton set in the southwestern U.S.; part of the Cthulhu Mythos Mysticism Nazism and occultism Nazi UFOs Odic fluid The Phantom Empire— film serial with a similar theme that was perhaps inspired by Lytton and in turn an inspiration on Richard Sharpe Shaver's work Prana Qi Richard Shaver — claimed to know of a civilization such as that depicted in Vril Stanislav Szukalski developed strange theories about Earth being ruled by a race called the Sons of Yeti. Thule Unidentified flying object Us (2019 film) directed by Jordan Peele depicts a race of subterranean machine-like humans designed to copy their counterparts on the surface. Wilhelm Reich's Orgone energy Southern Television broadcast interruption (Vrillon television hoax) References Notes Bibliography Further reading External links – transcript of unidentified edition that was published as "by Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton" – transcript of another unidentified edition . . . . 1871 British novels Novels by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1871 science fiction novels British science fiction novels Social science fiction 1871 fantasy novels British fantasy novels Occultism in Nazism Fictional species and races Novels about extraterrestrial life Books about conspiracy theories Pseudoscience Dystopian novels Lost world novels Utopian novels Fictional secret societies Works published anonymously British novels adapted into plays Gender role reversal