The Purple Cloud
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The Purple Cloud

by M. P. Shiel

1901•Science fiction•252 pages

Taste attributes: science fictiondisasterhorrorfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearglossybig & variedhuman spirit/resilience/survivalself destruction/implosionall consuming quest

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and sweeping: a dark science-fiction novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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3.0 / 5

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About This Book

Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early "last man" science fiction novel. Foretold by a priest as being against the will of God, Adam Jeffson's Arctic expedition unleashes a terrible fate on the world - a mysterious purple cloud that spreads far into the heavens and across the earth.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionDisasterHorrorHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSelf destruction/implosionAll consuming quest

Subjects

End of the worldNatural disastersScience FictionArctic regions

Details

Author
M. P. Shiel
Published
1901
Pages
252
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