TY - BOOK AU - Shiel,M.P. TI - The Purple Cloud AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - End of the world -- Fiction KW - Natural disasters -- Fiction KW - Apocalyptic fantasies N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Cloud; Release date is 2004-02-01; Produced by Suzanne Shell, Garrett Alley, Maria Khomenko and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Purple Cloud" by M. P. Shiel is an apocalyptic novel published in 1901. Adam Jeffson joins a polar expedition and discovers a mysterious purple cloud that brings death across the globe. As seemingly the last man alive, he descends into madness, burning cities and building a colossal palace to himself. Years later, he encounters a young woman who survived in a cellar, forcing him to confront the future of humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11229 ER -