Manuscripts

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 Eric Flint Papers consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and digital materials related to Flint's science fiction authorial career. Series I is devoted to his literary works at various stages of publication including fiction series novels, standalone novels, anthologies and a small selection of works by others. This series includes drafts, revisions, page proofs, and handwritten research material. The bulk of the series pertains to Flint's expansive 1632 series co-written with various...

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 Kelly McCullough papers consist of typecripts for novels, short stories, poems, and presentations given by the author. A small amount of correspondence related to the author's literary works can also be found. Series I consists of novels within McCullough's fictional series, Webmage and Fallen Blade. Series II Novels, includes typescripts for stand alone novels some which have not been published by the author. McCullough was a member of various writers groups over the years evidenced by...

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, ...

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Collection of manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera collected by Robert Gathorne-Hardy while conducting research for, A bibliography of the writings of Jeremy Taylor to 1799 with a section of Tayloriana, co-written with William Proctor Williams former NIU Faculty.

Content Description The collection includes a number of Gathorne-Hardy notebooks, manuscripts, and correspondence. The notebooks in Series I span from his early writing career to late 1968 and include notes, research, and drafts of his works. Of interest is Gathorne-Hardy's peculiar habit to reverse the notebooks and write from back to front. His notebooks exhibit his disjointed thought process, often beginning an entry mid-sentence.Writings in Series II include typescripts for ...

Scope and Contents The Tim Pratt papers encompass the early authorial works of Tim Pratt, current Senior Editor of Locus. Series I is devoted to Spell Games (2009), book 4 in the Marla Mason series, and includes an early manuscript, copyedits, and page proofs. Series II contains the bulk of the collection. In Sub-Series A researchers will find early handwritten drafts of short fiction and poetry, some of which was never published. A draft of his first...