The Purple Cloud

  • The Purple Cloud: The Post-Apocalypse Science Fiction Classic (Aziloth Books)
    By M. P. Shiel

    'The Purple Cloud' tells the tale of Adam Jeffson who, on an expedition to the north pole, discovers (and by discovering profanes) a sacred pillar he finds there.

  • The Purple Cloud: 1901 Text
    By M. P. Shiel

    ' Stephen King has acknowledged the book as a major influence on his novel, The Stand.This Tartarus edition reprints the original unrevised text of the 1901 first edition, and reproduces J.J. Cameron's twenty-four illustrations from the ...

  • The Purple Cloud: (Dystopian Classics)
    By M. P. Shiel

    Authors of dystopian works strive to present a worst-case scenario and negative depiction of the way things are in the story so as to make a criticism about a current situation in society and to call for a change.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By M. P. Shiel

    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

  • The Purple Cloud: (Aberdeen Classics Collection)
    By M P Shiel

    Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By M. P. Shiel

    What then, my God, shall I do?." The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    . . What then, my God, shall I do?" "The Purple Cloud" is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By M. P. Shiel

    Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early "last man" science fiction novel.

  • The Purple Cloud: Large Print
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    Sheil's free-flowing and persuasive style of writing produces a convincing portrait of Adam Jefferson -- a man who, upon returning alone from an expedition to the North Pole, learns that a world-wide catastrophe has left him the last man on ...

  • The Purple Cloud: Beyond World's Classics
    By Beyond Words Press, Matthew Phipps Shiel

    . . What then, my God, shall I do?"The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By P. M. Shiel

    The Purple Cloud

  • The Purple Cloud
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

  • The Purple Cloud: New Special Edition
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    Sheil's free-flowing and persuasive style of writing produces a convincing portrait of Adam Jefferson -- a man who, upon returning alone from an expedition to the North Pole, learns that a world-wide catastrophe has left him the last man on ...

  • The Purple Cloud
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    In 1929 Shiel revised this 1901 text for the British firm Victor Gollancz ; this version was published in the United States by Vanguard in 1930 , and is now reprinted here . The 1901 magazine version is terse and swift , and it imparts ...

  • The Purple Cloud
    By M. P. Shiel

    Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By M P Shiel

    John Sutherland's introduction discusses M. P. Shiel's dissolute life, the originality of his book and its place within the context of 'last man' novels. This edition also includes a chronology, notes and further reading.

  • The Purple Cloud
    By Matthew Phipps Shiel

    The Purple Cloud