Scripts, outlines and articles
MS. 6767/49
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Scripts, outlines and articles
Shelfmark
MS. 6767/49
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1: Articles and short stories:
Handwritten record of articles for Look & Learn, written on two envelopes, 1973-1974
Article about the Fleet Air Arm, 'The Sea Eagles', written for Speed and Power and published in 5 parts. Parts 2-5 subtitled 'Sailors in the Sky', 'Armadas of the Air', 'War above the Waves' and 'Buccaneers and Commandos', typescript, 1974
Article, 'Again, Cutting Remarks', written for ERB Quarterley, No. 50, Apr 1975, typescript
Article about Peter J. Ogden, typescript with minor handwritten amendments, n.d. [1980s]
Article, 'The Great White Thark', typescript, n.d.
Entries for short story competitions: 'Dialogue in Millennium Three or Thereabouts' (Sunday Times/Gollancz science fiction story competition), 'Moving' ('Options' competition) and 'Night Train to Nizhny Novgorod' (name of competition unknown), typescript, n.d.
Folder 2: Comments and Reviews:
Comments on Neville Farki's The Death of Tarzana Clayton, typescript with minor handwritten amendment, [1985?]
Review of Michael J. Crowe's The Extraterrestrial Life Debate 1750-1900, typescript, [1989]
Review of Nicholas Luard's Kala, typescript, [1990]
Report on A. Merritt's Burn Witch Burn, typescript, n.d.
Review of Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back, possibly written for Cinema Spectrum, typescript, n.d. [1980], with press pack and newspaper cuttings
Folder 3: Obituaries:
Obituary of Eric Sutton, typescript, n.d., with background material comprising 'Switch' magazine, 1974, featuring poem by Sutton on front cover, biographies of actors performing in Sutton's play 'Hello Sailor', [1975], a review of the play, 1975
Obituary of Burne Hogarth, typescript with minor handwritten amenments, 1996, with background material (other obituaries of Hogarth)
Folder 4: Outlines for scripts:
Outline for a Conan/Elric comic strip, 'The Green Empress of Melnibone', by Michael Moorcock and Cawthorn, typescript, n.d.
Outlines for Conan comic strips titled: 'Castle of the Wolf, 'Rider in a Ragged Cloak', 'The Garden of Iron', 'The Seven Colours of Hell' (with drawing on the back page), and 'Witch in Scarlet', typescript with handwritten amendments, n.d.
Outline for 'Kull of Atlantis', typescript with minor handwritten amendments, n.d.
Outline for 'The Wanderers Return', typescript, n.d.
Rough handwritten notes for a proposed script(?) based around a railway and a boy called Joe, n.d.
Folder 5: Miscellaneous:
'Verses based upon a chance remark by Michael J. Harrison and set to the tune of Frankie & Johnnie', two versions, typescripts with minor handwritten amendments, n.d.
Handwritten list of newsletters and journals containing material on Edgar Rice Burroughs and on trains, n.d. [1970s]
Lists and notes on books for possible inclusion in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (Xanadu, 1988)
Date
1973-[1990], n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Scripts and outlines
Scripts, outlines and articles
