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Unpublished draft stories, plays and fragments, [c.1960s-1980s]

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MS. Aldiss 101
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Undated typescript short stories, plays and fragments, including:

  1. 'The Plate'
  2. 'The Song of the Silencer'
  3. 'Last Orders', 'Working In The Spaceship Yards' and 'Swastika' (adapted for performance by Anthony Matheson)
  4. 'The Listener'
  5. 'The Love Gorillas of the Guadalquivir'
  6. 'Always Somebody There'
  7. 'The Adventurer'
  8. 'All Possible Alternatives'
  9. 'A Beautiful Calm Story'
  10. 'The Doppelganger Ark' (a playscript or light opera)
  11. 'In My Hours of Ease' a play in three scenes
  12. 'Minor Operation'
  13. 'Mongolia Is So Magical'
  14. 'No Moon Tonight!'
  15. Playscript 'Ariadne, A Riddle of Death, Thebes Never Knew'
  16. 'All The Vain Things' (with a hand drawn cover illustration)
  17. 'Born 1967'
  18. 'The Bowels of Calcutta'
  19. 'A City Fallen'
  20. 'Concerning Damp Dykes - A Nightmare'
  21. 'The Creators'
  22. 'The Endless Barriers'
  23. 'A Finger in the Pi'
  24. 'The Garbage Generators'
  25. 'Gulliver's Troubles'
  26. 'The Harwell Grave, A Talk by Professor Mary [B?]etterthorp, 3 Sep, 1968'
  27. Playscript 'Its Mouth Hung Open'.

Dates

  • Creation: [c.1960s-1980s]

Extent

1 box (1 folder)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Aldiss 101

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom