TY - STAND KW - Male author KW - English author KW - Montserrat British West Indies author KW - Creole author AU - M[atthew] P[hipps] Shiel (1865-1947) AU - M. P. Shiel AB -

Last man dystopia set only a few years in the future.

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The author (1865-1947), a Creole, was born with the surname Shiell in Montserrat, British West Indies and lived in England from about 1883.

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Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1977 with an "Introduction" by David G. Hartwell (v-xviii). Rev. ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1929. U.S. ed. New York: Vanguard Press, 1930; rpt. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000 with an "Introduction to the Bison Books Edition" by John Clute (v-xii). Originally published serially illus. J. J. Cameron. The Royal Magazine 5 - 6 (January- June 1901): 276-, 358-, 437-, 508-; 37-, 139-112. The Vanguard Press ed. is rpt. abridged illus. Lawrence [Sterne Stevens] (1886-1960). Famous Fantastic Mysteries 10.5 (June 1949): 10-; and with additional material for The Reynolds Morse Foundation, 1979. The 1901 ed. is an expanded version of the serial. 

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Last man dystopia set only a few years in the future.

PB - Chatto & Windus PP - London PY - 1901 TI - The Purple Cloud ER -