Novel fragments, drafts and proposals including Dracula Unbound (1991) and Comfort Zone (2013)
MS. Aldiss 69
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Novel fragments, drafts and proposals including Dracula Unbound (1991) and Comfort Zone (2013)
Shelfmark
MS. Aldiss 69
Summary
Comprises:
Outline for a novel or story 'Lords of the Universe', 1980
Synopsis for novella 'After Eternity', 1981
Proposal for a pop-up book entitled 'The Victorian Railway Murder Pop-Up Book', 1984
Word-processed printout and typescript (with a few corrections) step-outline and drafts of Dracula Unbound, some marked third draft, 1989
Proposal or summary notes for a utopian novel 'Noahway', 4 Mar 1994
Photographic print of a version of the book cover for White Mars, Or The Mind Set Free (1999) by Brian Aldiss in collaboration with Roger Penrose
Clean copy draft of 'Gods Also Die', published as Comfort Zone (2013), c.2006, 2013
First draft of a short novel 'The Grass! The Sky! The Sun! The Street!', 2013
Fragment of an untitled novel set in the UK with characters Justin and Maude, p.225-228, n.d.
Printout draft (with a few corrections) of 'Final Family Canvas', this volume also containing 'The Winds of the Pleistocene' (abridged) by Heidi Halstead, n.d.
Date
1980-2013, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Literary Papers
Novels and novellas
Novel fragments, drafts and proposals including Dracula Unbound (1991) and Comfort Zone (2013)
