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Miscellaneous short stories and other fragments

MS. Aldiss 97

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Title

Miscellaneous short stories and other fragments

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MS. Aldiss 97

Summary

Typescript drafts, many with manuscript corrections, including a file of short story or novel drafts and proposals/outlines including an outline of a work called 'So Many Slaves'. Plus an essay and notes titled 'This is SF' with sections on scientific accuracy and character in science fiction, all in a folder titled 'French Lights', 1959. Also a galley proof of short story The Night That All Time Broke Out (1967) with introduction, 1966; and an undated, incomplete novel opening entitled 'Shouting Down A Cliff'(early 1950s).

Date

c.1950-1976

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (2 folders)

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Archive of Brian Aldiss

Literary Papers

Short stories and fiction fragments

Miscellaneous short stories and other fragments

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