The Purple Cloud

1901 Shiel, M[atthew] P[hipps] (1865-1947). The Purple Cloud. London: Chatto & Windus. Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1977 with an “Introduction” by David G. Hartwell (v-xviii); and ed. John Sutherland. London: Penguin Books, 2012 with an “Introduction” by Sutherland (vii-xlv). 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-. The Vanguard Press ed. is rpt. abridged illus. Lawrence [Sterne Stevens] (1886-1960). Famous Fantastic Mysteries 10.5 (June 1949): 10-112; and with additional material for The Reynolds Morse Foundation, 1979. The 1901 ed. is an expanded version of the serial. PSt

Last man dystopia set only a few years in the future. The author, a Creole, was born with the surname Shiell in Montserrat, British West Indies and lived in England from about 1883.