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Collection Overview
Title: John Sladek Collection - Fully Processed, 1966-1984
ID: 00/C000273
Creator: Sladek, John Thomas
Extent: 4.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Materials are arranged in two series: Sladek Manuscripts and Pseudonymous Manuscripts. The items in the first series are arranged chronologically by date of publication. Items in the second series are arranged alphabetically by the pseudonym used by Sladek and thereunder chronologically by the date of publication.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1984
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains a number of manuscripts from noted science fiction author John Sladek (1937-2000). The materials, which include typed manuscripts, galleys, and notes, range through most of Sladek's career and contan many of his most notable works. Works represented in the collection include Roderick, or The Education of A Young Machine (1980) and its sequel Roderick at Random (1983); Tik-Tok (1983), and The Muller-Fokker Effect (1970).
Also included are manuscripts for a number of works Sladek wrote under various pseudonyms. These pseudonyms include Cassanda Knye, Richard A. Tilms, and James Vogh.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Physical Access Note:
No restrictions.
Technical Access Note:
No restrictions.
Acquisition Source:
L.W. Currey Rare Books
Acquisition Method:
Purchase from L.W. Currey. The manuscript for Tik-Tok was purchased at a later date, from a different seller.
Other Note:
Fully Processed
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Sladek Manuscripts],
[Series 2: Pseudonymous Manuscripts],
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- Series 2: Pseudonymous Manuscripts
- Box 4
- Folder 5
- Trial By Thunder [later retitled The House That Fear Built] (as Cassandra Knye, 1966) TMS, 1st carbon. Final draft with corrections by Sladek. Chapters 1-7.
- Folder 6
- Trial By Thunder [later retitled The House That Fear Built] (as Cassandra Knye, 1966) TMS, 1st carbon. Final draft with corrections by Sladek. Chapters 8-16.
- Folder 7
- The Castle and the Key (as Cassandra Knye, 1967) TMS, 1st carbon. Final draft with corrections by Sladek. Chapters 1-7.
- Folder 8
- The Castle and the Key (as Cassandra Knye, 1967) TMS, 1st carbon. Final draft with corrections by Sladek. Chapters 8-19.
- Box 5
- Folder 1
- Judgement of Jupiter (as Richard A. Tilms, 1980). TMS, photocopy with notes and revisions by Sladek. Chapters 1-4.
- Folder 2
- Judgement of Jupiter (as Richard A. Tilms, 1980). TMS, photocopy with notes and revisions by Sladek. Chapters 5-9.
- Folder 3
- Arachne Rising (as James Vogh, 1977) TMS, 1st carbon with some holograph and photocopy. Chapters 1-7.
- Folder 4
- Arachne Rising (as James Vogh, 1977) TMS, 1st carbon with some holograph and photocopy. Chapters 8-13.
- Folder 5
- Arachne Rising (as James Vogh, 1977) TMS, 1st carbon with some holograph and photocopy. Index and notes.
- Folder 6
- The Cosmic Factor: Bioastrology and You (as James Vogh, 1980) TMS, ribbon copy. Pages 1-79.
- Folder 7
- The Cosmic Factor: Bioastrology and You (as James Vogh, 1980) TMS, ribbon copy. Pages 80-187.
- Folder 8
- The Cosmic Factor: Bioastrology and You (as James Vogh, 1980) TMS, ribbon copy. Pages 188-217 and additional pages.
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