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Reviews of Works
by M. P. Shiel
The reviews are organized by work reviewed, ordered by title, with the first date of publication is indicated in brackets.
Time, June 15, 1936
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756333,00.html
The Lord of the Sea [1901]
Time, Oct. 13, 1924
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,719283,00.html
The Manstealers [1900]
The Manstealers by M. P. Shiel (Lippincott)
Brooklyn Eagle, Jan 26, 1901, p. 8
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Repository/ml.asp?Issue=BEG/1901/01/26&ID=Ar00804&Mode=Gif
The Pale Ape and Other Pulses [1911]
The Pale Ape and Other Pulses by M. P. Shiel (2003)
Review by William P Simmons
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/paleape.htm
Prince Zaleski
[1895]
Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel (2003)
Review by William P Simmons
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/zaleski.htm
"Dweller in the Tomb of Mausolus: The Return of Prince Zaleski" (2002)
Review by Philip Lister
Lost Club Journal (Tartarus Press)
http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/users/tartarus/zaleski.html
The Purple Cloud [1901]
The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel (1977)
Review by R. D. Mullen
Science Fiction Studies
http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/reviews_pages/r13.htm#shiel
The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel (1977)
Review by Marian Powell (3/31/03)
Lost Books
http://www.lostbooks.org/guestreviews/2003-03-31-1.html
The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel (2000)
Review by Georges T. Dodds
SFSite.com
http://www.sfsite.com/11a/ea92.htm
Shapes in the Fire [1896]
Shapes in the Fire by M. P. Shiel (Roberts Brothers)
Brooklyn Eagle, May 29, 1897, p. 3
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Repository/ml.asp?Issue=BEG/1897/05/29&ID=Ar00305&Mode=Gif
To Arms! [1995]
To Arms! by M. P. Shiel (1995)
Review by R. D. Mullen
Science Fiction Studies
http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/birs/bir68.htm#F68
The Works of M.P. Shiel [1979]
The Works of M.P. Shiel and Related Titles (2002)
Review by George T. Dodds
SFSite.com
http://www.sfsite.com/06b/mps130.htm
Time, Dec. 13, 1937
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758646,00.html
General Reviews and Articles
Strange Horizons: The Spectrum of Science Fiction by Sam Moskowitz (1977)
Review by R. D. Mullen
Rebuts SaM's usual attack on Shiel "the racist."
http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/reviews_pages/r11.htm#C11
"Turn of the Century Mystery Fiction ~ Doyle and His School" (1996)
By Michael E. Grost
Brief discussion of Shiel as a mystery writer
A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection
http://members.aol.com/MG4273/doyleera.htm#Shiel
"Shiel's 'House of Sounds' [vs. 'Vaila']" (1999)
Comparative discussion on alt.books.ghost-fiction
http://www.prairienet.org/~almahu/shiel.htm
"L'Abri" (1947)
By Malcolm M. Ferguson
Records Mal's 1944 visit to L'Abri, Shiel's home in Sussex
Lost Club Journal (Tartarus Press)
http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/users/tartarus/shiel.html
Black Studies: Getting Started in a Specialty (1988)
By William P. French
Includes discussion of M. P. Shiel as a Black writer
http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/french03.html
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Shiel Manuscripts,
Letters, &c.
The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
Shiel holdings include the majority of his known letters and
manuscripts and a collection of all first editions of his books. Among
the HRC's many other literary treasures are items by Shiel's executor, John
Gawsworth (T. I. F. Armstrong). The majority of this material was originally
collected under the authority of Harold Billings, recently retired Director,
whose essay, "The Shape of Shiel: A Biography of the Early Years,
1865-1895" is included in M. P. Shiel in Diverse Hands. HRC catalog description:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/lfshiel.html
A. Reynolds Morse Collection
of Shiel Manuscripts, Letters, Editions, Etc.]
Olin Library, Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida)
http://www.rollins.edu/olin/archives/
(Scroll down to "The A. Reynolds Morse Collection of M.P. Shiel")
Gawsworth (Armstrong)/Shiel/Redonda Papers (Collected 1930-1971)
Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc550/MsC536_gawsworth/GawsworthFA.html
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Redonda, the Island
Kingdom and its Kings
Redonda (Antigua and Barbuda), with
flags
by Dov Gutterman
http://www.fotw.net/flags/ag-rd.html
Two Kings of Redonda: M. P. Shiel and
John Gawsworth
by Jon Wynne-Tyson (King Juan II).
Books at Iowa 36
(April 1982), The University of Iowa
Article by the former King Juan II of Redonda
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Bai/wynne.htm
Javier Marías
Elegant website of Shiel's literary executor and current King Xavier I of Redonda. He is the author of All Souls, The Dark Back of Time and others.
http://www.javiermarias.es/main.html
Articles on Redonda and John Gawsworth (King Juan I).
Reino de Redonda, the publishing house of Javier Marías
http://www.javiermarias.es/REDONDIANA/reinoderedonda.html
The
Kings of Redonda
Marías blog at Giornale Nuovo with comments posting, Shiel illustrations
http://www.spamula.net/blog/archives/000331.html
Other Claimants to the Throne of
Redonda
King Leo of Redonda
Website of William Gates, King Leo I of Redonda
Kingdom of Redonda Official Web Site
Website of Bob Williamson, King Bob of Redonda
http://www.antiguanice.com/redonda/
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Montserrat,
Shiel's Birthplace
Alliouagana Festival of the Word
A literary festival celebrating Montserrat authors will be held Friday Nov 13 to Sunday Nov 15, 2009.
(Alliouagana is the original Amerindian name for the island.)
For more information on authors and activities, visit: http://www.litfest.ms/
For accommodations: Montserrat Tourist Board http://www.visitmontserrat.com/
"Records of Montserrat"
by T. Savage English
MS in the Montserrat Public Library in PDF format
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/records-of-montserrat/01-front.pdf
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Machen, Arthur (1863-1947)
Author of supernatural fiction. Friend of Shiel.
Arthur Machen at Selected Authors of Supernatural Fiction
Stead, William Thomas (1849-1912)
Newspaper editor and publisher. Collaborated with Shiel, providing the
idea for The Rajah's Sapphire
(1896).
NewsStead: A Journal of History and Literature. A semiannual dedicated to Stead's life and works, Grace Eckley, Editor.
The W.T. Stead Resource Site: an extensive and nicely designed site!
Valentine, Mark
Biography and bibliographer of Arthur Machen and others; author; editor of Wormwood, a journal devoted to the fantastic, decadent and supernatural in literature.
"The Inward Seer" is a story featuring a character named Zalyeski, based on Shiel's Prince Zaleski, investigating a crime in William Hope Hodgson's fictional Night Land.
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Last Updated: October 13, 2009.
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