| The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel, Fiction, Literary, Horror Contributor(s): Shiel, M. P. (Author), Casil, Amy Sterling (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1592248802 ISBN-13: 9781592248803 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: It begins with the end of the world. As Wilde and Stevenson explored the duality of human nature in "Jekyll and Hyde" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray, " Shiel has given two voices to Adam Jeffson, the hero of "The Purple Cloud." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.22" W x 9.46" (1.36 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It begins with the end of the world . . . As Wilde and Stevenson explored the duality of human nature in Jekyll and Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray, Shiel gave two voices to Adam Jeffson, the hero of The Purple Cloud. In some way, Jeffson is chosen, for he tells of hearing the voices from an early age. Adam Jeffson ends up as the first man to reach the North Pole -- alone -- where he finds a scene of wonder and terror described in Shiel's evocative prose. Jeffson struggles back to the ship, and along the way, the real horror begins. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shiel, M. P.: - "Matthew Phipps Shiell (1865 - 1947) - known as M. P. Shiel - was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mostly for supernatural horror and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901, revised 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. Around 1899-1900 Shiel conceived a loosely linked trilogy of novels which were described by David G. Hartwell in his introduction to the Gregg Press edition of The Purple Cloud as possibly the first future history series in science fiction. Each was linked by similar introductory frame purporting to show that the novels were visions of progressively more distant futures glimpsed by a clairvoyant in a trance. Notebook I of the series had been plotted at least by 1898, but would not see print until published as The Last Miracle (1906). Notebook II became The Lord of the Sea (1901), which was recognized by contemporary readers as a critique of private ownership of land based on the theories of Henry George."Casil, Amy Sterling: - Amy Sterling Casil is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and recipient of other awards and recognition for her short science fiction and fantasy, which has appeared in publications ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to Zoetrope. She is the author of 28 nonfiction books, over a hundred short stories, three fiction and poetry collections, and three novels. Amy is a founding member and treasurer of Book View Café and former treasurer of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and teaches writing and composition at Saddleback College. She is the founder of Chameleon Publishing. |