"Edward Bulwer-Lytton (infamous author of the opening line,
'It was a dark and stormy night') was a Victorian-era writer.
In 1870, he published a science fiction novel, The Power of
the Coming Race, which describes an underground race of
superhuman angel-like creatures and their mysterious energy
force, Vril, an 'all-permeating fluid' of limitless power."
— From a source linked-to in the post Vril Chick.
"Credit where credit is due" . . .