'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.
' 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 ...
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.
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.
Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak.
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.
. . 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.
Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early "last man" science fiction novel.
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 ...
. . 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
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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 ...
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 ...
Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak.
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