Novel fragments, drafts and proposals including Dracula Unbound (1991) and Comfort Zone (2013), 1980-2013, n.d.
File
MS. Aldiss 69
Held in our offsite storage facility
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-2013, n.d.
Extent
1 box (3 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Aldiss 69
Creator
- From the Collection: Aldiss | Brian Wilson | 1925-2017 | writer (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
