The Amphibians. A Romance of 500,000 Years Hence

1924 Wright, S[ydney] Fowler (1874-1965). The Amphibians. A Romance of 500,000 Years Hence. London: Merton Press. Rpt. London: Merton Press, 1925. 2^nd ed. London: Merton Press, 1926. Also included in Wright, The World Below (London: Collins, 1929), 3-186; U.S. ed. (New York: Longmans, Green, 1930), 1-203; rpt. (Chicago, IL: Shasta Publishers, 1949), 1-203. Rpt. without the subtitle on the book but with the subtitle A Suspenseful, Haunting Masterpiece of Earth’s Far-Distant Future as Galaxy Science Fiction Novel, No. 4. New York: World Editions, [1949]. L, MoU-St, O, PSt

Set 300,000 years in the future and mostly dystopian. The Amphibians are one of the species in that future. They are small, furred, sexless creatures who communicate telepathically and mostly live peacefully. And there are other species of both plants and animals that are extremely violent. The Dwellers, the dominant species, live underground. The novel is concerned with a conflict between the Amphibians and the Dwellers, and how it is settled. The author used Fowler Wright as his surname, and some of his descendants use Fowler-Wright, but all libraries use Wright.