Science fiction--Authorship

Scope and Contents The Edward M. Lerner papers contain original manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, and other textual materials chronicling Lerner's science fiction authorial career. Series I is devoted to his InterstellarNet book series. The series includes early drafts and precursor serializations that would become Lerner's first fiction series. Some of the early drafts show their orginal working titles. Series II consists of Lerner's standalone novels. Several of his novels were...

Scope and Contents The collection chronicles Jay Lake’s interest in science-fiction from childhood to his development as a prolific science-fiction author. Series I, Personal Papers, contains personal history materials such as school assignments, yearbooks, and correspondence. Sub-series B, Medical History, documents Jay Lake’s battle with colorectal cancer. His cancer diagnosis greatly affected him and his writing career. Lake’s budding interest in science-fiction and fantasy is noted in Sub-series C,...

Scope and Contents The Mark Rich (b. 1958 in Chicago, IL) papers include early manuscript drafts,revisions, as well as photoreproductions of the author's published short fiction works and copies of published chapbooks. Rich occasionally writes under the pseudonym, Ezra Pines as evidenced by a small number of manuscripts credited to Pines within Series I. In Series II, researchers will find correspondence sent to the author from various publishers, among them Asimov, ...