The Purple Cloud

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609778715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
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 Earth.

The Purple Cloud

Author: M P Shiel
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141967587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
Dark, desolate and fantastical, The Purple Cloud was a pioneer in the genre of apocalyptic novels, and the first great science fiction work of the twentieth century. It inspired authors such as H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. The Purple Cloud tells the grandly bleak story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth. A sweet-smelling, deadly cloud of poisonous gas has devastated the world, and as Jeffson travels the stricken globe in search of human life, he slowly succumbs to madness, and unleashes fire and destruction on his planet. 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

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Do you know much about the philosophy of the hypnotic trance? That was the relation between us--hypnotist and subject. She had been under another man before my time, suffered from tic of the fifth nerve, had had most of her teeth drawn before I saw her, and an attempt had been made to wrench out the nerve on the left side by external scission.

The Life of Buddhism

Author: Frank Reynolds
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520211056
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
Bringing together 15 essays by international Buddhist scholars, this book offers a distinctive portrayal of the life of Buddhism. The contributors focus on a range of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from New York to Tibet.

The Purple Cloud

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900001185
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Purple Clouds Descending in Immortal Road

Author: Zui XiFeng
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648842518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 967

Book Description
purple path to immortality

Pardon This Intrusion

Author: John Clute
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473219795
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
Pardon This Intrusion gathers together 47 pieces by John Clute, some written as long ago as 1985, though most are recent. The addresses and essays in Part One, "Fantastika in the World Storm", all written in the twenty-first century, reflect upon the dynamic relationship between fantastika - an umbrella term Clute uses to describe science fiction, horror and fantasy - and the world we live in now. Of these pieces, "Next", a contemporary response to 9/11, has not been revised; everything else in Part One has been reworked, sometimes extensively. Parts Two, Three and Four include essays and author studies and introductions to particular works; as they are mostly recent, Clute has felt free to rework them where necessary. The few early pieces - including "Lunch with AJ and the WOMBATS", a response to the Scientology scandal at the Brighton WorldCon in 1987 - are unchanged.

War Emperor

Author: Bo Liu
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649203993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 741

Book Description
How could a teenager who did not have a whirlpool grow up amidst the scorn and ridicule of his tribe members? Entering the martial way through battle, how would one reach the peak of the martial way? My Dao, the Dao of Heaven! Zhan Tian! Battle! World Conqueror! Fight! Fight! Fight! Dazzling and colorful Five Elements true energy, dazzling martial skills, and a thousand years of extinct savage beasts ... Everyone, please support this new book. Those who were paying attention to War Emperor could add a QQ group: 11468430 [put away]

The Gentleman's Annual

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description

Peasant Hot Wife

Author: Yue LingLong
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649555121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 637

Book Description
Tian Xiaomeng, the only daughter of Fang Zhongtian in the village, crossed over to the other side of the mountain to gather herbs for her father. When he saw Tian Xiaomeng, he realized what kind of a woman she was. He was like a female bandit when he was crazy, and a female general when he was bold and knowledgeable. If he was smart, he might not even be comparable to the top scholar of the imperial court. There was only one downside to such a woman. Nothing but money. I heard that the Tian Clan only has two requests for a son-in-law. One is to grow a farm, and the other is to earn money. Su Yuzhan loaded a pile of silver notes into a pile and picked up a hoe. He was going to recommend himself to join the family.