Wild Cards is the general title given to the shared superhuman universe of novels created and primarily edited by George R.R. Martin. The first book, Wild Cards, was released in 1987, set mostly in the early days of the wild card epidemic, and continues to run (as of this writing) through 29 subsequent books (the latest being 2022's Full House), having been brought up to the present day. The series is governed by the Wild Cards Trust, a collective of authors that share the universe not only through their own stories but with their own created recurring characters that can be used by other authors. Besides Martin, authors include or have included, among others: Melinda M. Snodgrass, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, Stephen Leigh, Walter Jon Williams, Walton Simons, John J. Miller, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Victor Milan, Carrie Vaughn, William Wu, and Caroline Spector.
Wild Cards begins in 1946, when a humanoid alien species called the Takisians releases an experimental virus upon Earth, as a test. (The entire Wild Cards series is an exploration of the subsequent wide-reaching social, political, and historical effects of this virus on humanity.) The "wild card" virus (called so by humans because its effects are unpredictable and never affect two people in the same way) rapidly disseminates across the entire planet.
People who contract the virus suffer one of three possible fates. The vast majority of victims die in horrible ways (called "drawing the Black Queen). Of those that survive, most become "jokers", developing serious, often crippling and often dramatic deformities - in many parts of the world, including the United States, jokers suffer discrimination, prejudice, and marginalization. A tiny percentage of virus victims (c. 1%) become "aces", developing powers that often rise to the level of superhuman. In the traditional comic book manner, some aces become superheroes, and others become villains.
Although stories in the series occur in various parts of the world, the primary setting, especially in the earlier books, is New York City, including its joker ghetto 'Jokertown'. The series is notable not only for its colorful fights between aces and aces (and aces and jokers), but its less dramatic but emotionally fraught explorations of how the presence of superheroes, supervillains, and a dramatically different underclass would affect the development of the "real world".
Howard Waldrop was born in Houston, Mississippi on September 15, 1946, and moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas in 1950. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington, spent two years in the Army, and lived briefly in Grand Prairie and Bryan before moving to Austin in 1974 where he has been a member of the well-known Turkey City Writers Workshop along with Bruce Sterling, Leigh Kennedy, Chad Oliver, Lewis Shiner, and others.
Howard Waldrop has spent most of his life in Texas, where he says he fishes a lot. He also writes a lot and just happens to be, according to George R. R. Martin, "the most startling, original, and entertaining short story writer in science fiction today."
He sold his first story to Analog in 1970, and since then he has been widely published in places as diverse as *Omni*, *Playboy*, *Universe*, *Crawdaddy*, *New Dimensions*, *Shayol*, *Orbit*, and *Zoo World*. His first novel, *The Texas Israeli War: 1999*, written in collaboration with fellow Texan Jake Saunders, was published in 1974. In 1984 his solo novel, *Them Bones*, was published as part of the new Ace Specials line. But it is as a short story writer that Waldrop has made his reputation. Many of his unique and bizarre stories have been published in the collections "Howard Who?" and "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past".
A frequent awards nominee, his story "The Ugly Chickens" won both the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards in 1981. And his novelette "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?" was a finalist for the 1988 Nebula. Two more books of Waldrop were published in 1988: a short novel entitled *A Dozen Tough Jobs*; and a book of collaborations, "Custer's Last Jump". Another collection of his stories, "Night of the Cooters" (the title story was a 1988 Hugo nominee), was published in 1992. Waldrop wrote over two hundred stories, around a hundred of them were published to date.
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This collection contains manuscripts, printed material, correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, idea books, photographic material, and books created and/or maintained by Howard Waldrop which give a glimpse of his personal life as well as document his professional life as one of the prolific and best-known science fiction writers from Texas.
The first category consists of Howard Waldrop's works both published and unpublished arranged alphabetically by title. Some manuscript files in this category may contain correspondence, notes, research material, contracts, royalty statements, proofs, etc. Thus, information about a specific story can be found in the collection by title.
The second category consists of materials related to Waldrop personally and/or professionally. This category is arranged alphabetically by general topical heading. His idea for some of his stories can be found in his Idea Books file from 1968 to 1988. Information about him personally or professionally can be found in the newspaper clippings, correspondence, and his work diaries files. His movements for any given year from the 1970s to 1994 could be reconstructed from his science fiction convention, conferences, programs, etc. file. But the most important file in this category is his story logs file 1970-1989. The file shows: when and where a story was written, how long it is; who bought it or did not; when and where it was published (or supposed to be published); and any subsequent reprints or foreign editions, royalties, etc.
The last category of the collection is works by or materials related to other science fiction writers. It includes manuscripts of other writers' works that happened to be in his possession or other writers' manuscripts in which he is a collaborator. Some biographical sketches of other writers can be found in the Con Bios-writers file. Information about Waldrop written by other writers can also be found in this category of the collection.
This collection was rehoused in 2022 and kept its original arrangement as it was processed by the Archivist in the mid-2000s when it was organized into three categories of materials. First is Howard Waldrop's published and unpublished works. The second category consists of materials related to Waldrop either personally or professionally. Lastly, some materials in the collection are works or materials related to other science fiction writers.
There are no clear physical or intellectual boundaries between these three categories (see the first folder in box 1 for Waldrop's own notes to provenance and included authors). The general box contents are as listed:
Box 1 - Provenance note, and stories by Buddy Saunders, Tom Reamy, and other writers
Box 2 - Notebooks, and manuscripts
Box 3 - Manuscripts, and notes
Box 4 - Untitled stories, ideas, and Work Diaries
Box 5 - Work Diaries, and Idea Books (stories and reviews)
Box 6 - Idea Books (notes and ideas)
Box 7 - Idea Books (notes and ideas), manuscripts, correspondence, and drafts
Box 8 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and drafts
Box 9 - Manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, con bio-writers
Box 10 - Manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, and notes
Box 11 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and drafts
Box 12 - Manuscripts, correspondence, reference materials, and short story collection
Box 13 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and book reviews
Box 14 - Manuscripts, and correspondence
Box 15 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and drafts
Box 16 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and notes
Box 17 - Manuscripts, correspondence, and notes
Box 18 - Manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, and galleys
Box 19 - Final and rough drafts
Box 20 - Manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, galleys, notes, and screenplays
Box 21 - Manuscripts, correspondence, galleys, notes, and drafts
Box 22 - Drafts and copy-edited drafts
Box 23 - Manuscripts, galleys, and page proofs
Box 24 - Manuscripts, typescripts, and page proofs
Box 25 - Drafts, research materials, correspondence, and newspaper clippings
Box 26 - Science Fiction conference and convention materials, and story logs (copies)
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Published
1/0: Provenance note and authors included notes written by Howard Waldrop. April 10, 1994
1/1: "The Demon's Anvil (Prisoner in the Speculum)" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-186
1/2: "The Demon's Anvil (Prisoner in the Speculum)" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-186
1/3: "The Demon's Anvil (Prisoner in the Speculum)" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-186
1/4: "The Demon's Anvil (Prisoner in the Speculum)" by Buddy Saunders, outline and 2nd draft pp. 1-43
1/5: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 19-40
1/6: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-189
1/7: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-189
1/8: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 1st draft pp. 1-189
1/9: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 2nd draft pp. 1-80
1/10: "The Nihelian Wall" by Buddy Saunders, 3rd draft assorted pages
1/11: Manuscript by Tom Reamy: "Under the Hollywood Sign". 1974
1/12: Tom Reamy's file: manuscript file made for Virginia Kid (2 copies), notes on Tom Reamy's manuscript file (3 copies), manuscript of Tom Reamy's final story (2 copies of 7 pages typescript, 3 pages of manuscript and layout of rooms in the house from story), bibliography, and resume
1/13: Tom Reamy's file: correspondence.
1/14: Manuscript by Harlan Ellison: "Embrace the Departing Shadow: Introduction" to Tom Reamy's collection of short stories. 1979
1/15: Manuscripts: "Karate News" by Larry Herndon, "The Tiger Legion Chapter One" by Larry Herndon, "Wayfarer 3" by John Pocsick, "The Origin of the Changling" by Buddy Saunders
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2/1: Broken-Series of Unsuccessful Gestures, notebooks, March 21 - April 10, 1975
2/2: Broken-Series of Unsuccessful Gestures, notebooks, April 10 - April 18, 1975
2/3: Broken-Series of Unsuccessful Gestures, typescript, part I the show must go on; part IV perpetual Halloween; part V, something else again; and word count
2/4: Bibliography and Resume
2/5: Manuscripts: "Affair in the Heart", "Apprenticeship", "Books Review" on Paul Williams' Apple Bay: or Life on the Planet manuscript "Christmas on Jangilvar: the Garbage Watch", "Chute", "Cold", "Devotional", "Fred Kong", "From the Nose of the Flying Wing", "From the Post Oaks to the Stars: Science Fiction in Texas"
2/6: Manuscripts: "Glacial Creep", "Gorilla My Dream", "...In Crates Like Those", "Lighter", "The Lost Colony of Jamestown", "Message for the Caesars"
2/7: Manuscripts: "Nation in Space", "Ned Lud's Grandchild", "People Who Worship Time", "Prophet in Memories", "The Purple Monster Razor Murder Story", "Sergeant York"
2/8: Manuscripts: "The Tengu", "That Summer in Paris", "To the Lighthouse", "Together, Again at Twilight Time", "We Remember Diplocaulus..."
2/9: Manuscripts: "An Acre of Potatoes", "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past", "America", "The Agnation Manuscript", "Back to the Caves" "The Bird of Crazy Sorrow (an Outline)", "Black Vista II and IV-IX", "Blow the Hell Horn Part II Chapter 3 and 4", "The Bones of the Beast" early story-some materials that led to "Green Brother", "Books Review" on Harlan Ellison's Over the Edge, "Books Review" on Larry McMurtry's works
2/10: Manuscripts: "Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree", "Citizen Welles", "Concerning the Swordsmen", "Documentary", "A Dream from the Last Days", "The Eagle had Landed", "The Events Leading up to the Happening on Falwarra (Chart C. Star 7, no.4)"
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3/1: Manuscripts: "The Film Criticism of James Agee", "First Life", "The Fisher King", "The Fling Fragment", "G.N.F.R.", "George Worthington Yates, Where Are You Now That We Need You?", "Glitter", "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", "Golliwog", "The Great American Dreams", "The Great Martian Cultural Exchange", "h.j. Highjump"
3/2: Manuscripts: "I Remember the Rhedosaurus", "Introduction to the Science Fiction: vol. 1 the Fifties", "Jesus Story", "Jobbermann's Wasp", "John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Short Story", "Journey to Cross Plains: Robert C. Howard", "The Killer in the Place at the Rim of the Mind", "The Last Jungle Gym", "Look into My Eye: Reelin' and Rockin'", "The Luftwaffe Stories", "Lunch Box"
3/3: Manuscripts: "A Marilyn Dream" "Mary had a Baby", "Middle of the Air", "Neverwhere" (film produced by Richard Corben), "The Nightfighters", "Of Time and the Paluxy (Dinosaurs)", "Old Songs Have a Way of Turning up Like Old Friends", "Onions, Charles Ives, and the Rock Novel", "Out of This [...well]: Frenetic Ragor Murder Funnies", "Over the Mountains", "The Pizza" (a solo pantomime for Mr. Red Skelton, 1967), "Polly Want a Wizard?", "Pongo, Killer of the Congo!!", "Riddle-Dee-Dee", "Robot Monsters, B'wana Devils, Invaders from Mars"
3/4: Manuscripts: "Score", "The Search for the Baby Otters", "Somewhat Medieval", "Sound the Hell Horn" with Paul Moslander, "The Swords of Simaque", "The Television As Punching Bag", "The Thing That Comes First" "The Three Gardens: A Fable", "Through Time and Tide with Benedict Hootenanny #1: The Great Martian Cultural Exchange", "Till Time and Times Are Done", "A Time of Leaving", "La Timra's War", "Treatment: Vampyrus Etian",
3/5: Manuscripts: "Vale, Proditor: Prologue", "The Very Last Blitz: Prologue", "A Voice and Bitter Weeping", "Volksjaeger", "Writer's Cramp (?)"
3/6: Manuscript: "The Bird of Crazy Sorrow: a Play"
3/7: Manuscript: "The Broken Gods: A Play in One Act"
3/8: Manuscript: "The Long Goodnight: Youth Plays in One Act"
3/9: "Youth: A Play in One Act" (1967), drafts, proof, and complete copies
3/10: Play notebook (1968) and play notes
3/11: Miscellaneous: program notes on
[1] Howard Waldrop played Cadmus and was in charge of the set in the play The Bacchae which was presented by the Players' Company
[2] Howard Waldrop Played Nick Burns in Herb Gardner's play A Thousand Clowns at UT Arlington's Little Theatre and news release of the 15th Annual National Collegiate Playwriting Contest, 1967
3/12: Lists of Howard Waldrop's Works
3/13: Poems and inspiration
3/14: School Works: "The Catcher in the Wry" (1965), "Two Lines from Lear" (1968)
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4/1: Undated, untitled stories, reflections, plot ideas, etc.
4/2: Reading List. May 15, 1982 - May 23, 1986
4/3: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1981
4/4: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1982
4/5: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1984
4/6: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1985
4/7: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1986
4/8: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1987
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5/1: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1988
5/2: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1989
5/3: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1990
5/4: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1991
5/5: Work Diaries: daily records of work, mail, etc. 1992
5/6: Idea Books: review of "Five" and article on John Huston. 1968
5/7: Idea Books: comic book scripts, "Black Widow", "Honeyrott", "Snowbound", "Skid Row", "Venus", "By Jupiter", "Monkey See, Monkey Do", and "VP Canal to Honeyrott". 1969
5/8: Idea Books: stories and reviews, "Android Stories", "Pym", "From the Vantage Point", "Remembrance", "The Last Jungle Gym", movie and book reviews. 1969
5/9: Idea Books: stories and reviews cont., "Agee Article", "Scarlet Letter", a review; "Brosseyed Whole", a poem; "Vote on Hydra Rules", "The Three Gardens", first draft. 1969
5/10: Idea Books: "Dead Letter Box", "Story Ideas", "HoneyRott", "Lochness Story", "Dr. Crabshaw", "Martian Birthright: Outline", "Peter Lorre Loves, Yes I Know", "Foo Fighter Outline", "Checklist summer '69", "Sleepy Time Gals", "Documentary", "In the Belly Turret". 1969
5/11: Idea Books: first draft "Nor the Moon by Night (including 'The Rabbit Hunt')", "Christmas Tree, O, Christmas Tree". December 1968 - October 4, 1969
5/12: Idea Books: "Multicon 1970" and notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. 1970-1972
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6/1: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (1x) 1972-1973
6/2: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (4x) 1974-1975
6/3: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (3x) 1975
6/4: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (3x) 1975-1976
6/5: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (3x) 1976-1978
6/6: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (3x) 1978-1979
6/7: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (2x) 1979
6/8: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (1x) 1980-1981
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7/1: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (1x) 1981
7/2: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (2x) 1981-1982
7/3: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (1x) 1982
7/4: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (1x) 1983-1985
7/5: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (2x) 1985-1987
7/6: Idea Books: notes and ideas on some of his plays, stories, scripts, etc. (4x) 1987-1988
7/7: "Airboy", comic scripts, correspondence, etc.
7/8: Manuscript by Edward Malone: "The Adventure of the Grinder's Whistle", includes correspondence
7/9: Manuscript: "Affair in the Heart"
Published
8/1: Manuscript: "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past"
8/2: "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past" (short story collection), acknowledgment of and introduction to a proposed 2nd short story collection; correspondence, contracts, reviews, and royalty statement
8/3: "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past" (short story collection), correspondence
8/4: "All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past" (short story collection), reviews, and royalty statement
8/5: Manuscripts: "Apprenticeship" and "Benedict Hootenanny"
8/6: "Billy Big-Eyes", cede draft
8/7: "Billy Big-Eyes", draft with changes
8/8: "Billy Big-Eyes", second draft
8/9: "Billy Big-Eyes", third draft
8/10: "Billy Big-Eyes", correspondence and contract
8/11: "Black As the Pit, from Pole to Pole" with Steven Utley, 1st draft
8/12: "Black As the Pit, from Pole to Pole", revision draft, correspondence, and contract/agreement
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9/1: Manuscript: "Buffalo Bill's Ghost Bison, or; the Steam Giant of the Prairie", aborted collaboration with Craig Strete
9/2: Con Bios-writers: Ed. Bryant, E. Winslow Bryant Caper, Terry Carr, Ellen Datlow, B. Denton, Gardner Dozois, Albert A. Jackson IV, Leigh Kennedy, George R. R. Martin
9/3: Con Bios-writers: Chad Oliver, Don Ivan Punchatz, Tom Reamy, Jake (Buddy) Saunders, Lewis Shiner, Wilson Tucker, Steven Utley, Bob Wayne, and Roger Zelazny
9/4: Con Correspondence and misc.
9/5: Manuscript with Steven Utley: "Crab"
9/6: Manuscript with Steven Utley: "Custer's Last Jump", includes correspondence and contract/ agreement
9/7: Manuscript: "Davy Crockett Shoots the Moon", includes correspondence and research material
9/8: Manuscript: "The Dig for Old Woolly", includes correspondence
9/9: Manuscript: "Dr. Hudson's Secret Gorilla", includes correspondence
9/10: Manuscript: "Dr. Weird: Comic Book Scripts, etc." proposed collaboration with Howard Keltner and Doug Potter
Published
10/1: "The Dodo: A Scientific Romance", correspondence and notes July 16 - December 18, 1980
10/2: Manuscript: "Down in Flames"
10/3: Manuscript: "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?", 1st draft
10/4: "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?", galleys
10/5: "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?", correspondence, awards received, and misc.
10/6: Manuscript: "A Dozen Tough Jobs", includes notes, correspondence, reviews, and misc.
10/7: Manuscript: "The Effects of Alienation", includes correspondence and notes on Brecht, Cabaret, and Nazi space story
10/8: False starts-notes toward a story about bootleg psychiatry and others
10/9: Manuscript: "Fair Game", drafts
10/10: Manuscript: "Fair Game", and galleys
10/11: "Fair Game", correspondence, review, contract/agreement, and misc.
10/12: Manuscript: "Fin de Cycle", draft
10/13: Manuscript: "Fin de Cycle", and galleys
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11/1: "Fin de Cycle", correspondence, notes, contract/agreement, and reference material
11/2: Manuscript: "Flying Saucer Rock and Roll", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, review, and misc.
11/3: Manuscript: "Fortean Slip", includes correspondence
11/4: Manuscript: "French Scenes", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, review, and misc.
11/5: Manuscript: "God's Hooks", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and misc.
11/6: Manuscript: "Gorilla from Mars"
11/7: Manuscript: "The Great American Novel"
11/8: Manuscript: "Green Brother", includes correspondence, and contract/agreement
11/9: "He-We-Await" (Egyptian Story), drafts
Published
12/1: "He-We-Await" (Egyptian Story), manuscript with notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material
12/2: "Heirs of the Perisphere", drafts Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: pp. 0051-0105
12/3: Revisions and galleys Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: pp. 0106-0165
12/4: Notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: pp. 0166-0216
12/5: Manuscript: "Helpless, Helpless", includes correspondence and contract/agreement Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: pp. 0217-0272
12/6: Manuscript: "Hoover's Men", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material
12/7: Manuscript: "Horror, We Got", includes notes, correspondence, and reference material
12/8: Manuscript: "Hotel Icarus / In the Drift"
12/10: Manuscript: "Household Words; or, the Power That-Be", includes galleys, notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material
12/11: Manuscripts: Howard Who? (short story collection) [1] the dedication, the copyright acknowledgments, and twelve introductions, one for each story; and [2]"Howard Who?" by George R. R. Martin. Also notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and review
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13/1: Manuscript: "Ike at the Mike", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, review, and misc.
13/2: Manuscript: "I Was Graduate of U.C.R.A.", includes correspondence
13/3: Manuscript with Steven Utley: "In the Shubbi Arms / Oh, Dem Golden Spaceships!"
13/4: "Incident in the Vosges" 2nd draft. February 9, 1970
13/5: Incidental Journalism: mostly book reviews for Austin Chronicle and Washington Post and some incidental articles, bio-sketches and thoughts on various persons and subjects; arranged alphabetically by title, if any, with correspondence and reviews, etc.
13/6: Incidental Journalism: mostly book reviews for Austin Chronicle and Washington Post and some incidental articles, bio-sketches and thoughts on various persons and subjects; arranged alphabetically by title, if any, with correspondence and reviews, etc.
13/7: Incidental Journalism: mostly book reviews for Austin Chronicle and Washington Post and some incidental articles, bio-sketches and thoughts on various persons and subjects; arranged alphabetically by title, if any, with correspondence and reviews, etc.
13/8: Incidental Journalism: mostly book reviews for Austin Chronicle and Washington Post and some incidental articles, bio-sketches and thoughts on various persons and subjects; arranged alphabetically by title, if any, with correspondence and reviews, etc.
13/9: Manuscript: "In These Times"
13/10: Manuscript: "The Latter Days of the Law"
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14/1: Manuscript: "The Lions Are Asleep This Night", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, review, and misc.
14/2: "Lost Island Novel", notes
14/3: Manuscript: "Man-Mountain Gentian", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material
14/4: Manuscript: "Mares Tenebrosos"
14/5: Manuscript: "Mars is Red / Martian Birthright"
14/6: Manuscript: "Mary Margaret Road-Grader", includes correspondence and contract/agreement
14/7: Manuscript: "Memory to Spare"
14/8: Manuscript: "Men of Greywater Station", includes correspondence
14/9: Manuscript: "Message for the Caesars"
14/10: Manuscript: "Moamrath in Hollywood: Cthu'lablanca and Other Lost Screenplays", includes "M. M. Moamrath: A Checklist" compiled and annotated by Steven Utley
14/11: Manuscript: "Mono No Aware", includes correspondence and contract/agreement
14/12: Manuscript: "My Sweet Lady Jo", includes correspondence and contract/agreement
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15/1: Manuscripts: "Nation in Space"
15/2: Manuscripts: "Night of the Cooters", includes correspondence, contract/agreement, and reference material
15/3: Manuscripts: Night of the Cooters and [Other Stories], includes dedication, acknowledgment, introduction, with correspondence, contract/agreement, review, and misc.
15/4: Manuscripts: "Occam's Ducks", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and misc.
15/5: Manuscripts: "Palindromes"
15/6: Manuscripts: "The Passing of the Western", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and review
15/7: "Pause for Reflection" with A. A. Jackson IV, drafts
15/8: "Pause for Reflection" with A. A. Jackson IV, revisions with correspondence and reference material
15/9: Manuscripts: "The Purple Monster Razor Murder Story"
15/10: Manuscripts: "Rastaman"
15/11: "Reviews" on various SF books, etc. arranged alphabetically by title
15/12: Manuscripts with Steven Utley: "Rex and Regina"
Published
16/1: Manuscript with A. A. Jackson: "The Rusted Wheel of Things"
16/2: Manuscript: "Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me", includes correspondence and contract/agreement
16/3: Manuscript: "The Sawing Boys", includes notes, correspondence, and contract/agreement
16/4: Manuscript with Tom Reamy: "The Screaming Night: A Screenplay"
16/5: Manuscript with Steven Utley: "Sic Transit...(Willow Beeman)", includes royalty statement and review
16/6: "Sound of Wonder: The Science Fiction Radio Show" correspondence and contract/agreement
16/7: Manuscript with A. A. Jackson IV: "Sun up", includes notes, correspondence, contract agreement, and reference material
16/8: Manuscript: "Thirty Minutes over Broadway! Jetboy's Last Adventure!", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, reviews, and misc.
16/9: Manuscript: "The Thousand-Year Dream", includes notes and reference material
16/10: Manuscript with Buddy Saunders and Steven Utley: "Time and Variance"
16/11: Manuscript: "Together, Again at Twilight Time"
16/12: Manuscript: "The Ugly Chickens"
Published
17/1: "The Ugly Chickens", notes, correspondence, contract/agreement, and misc.
17/2: Manuscript: "Unsleeping Beauty and the Beast", includes galleys, notes, correspondence, and contract/agreement
17/3: Manuscript: "Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen", includes correspondence, royalty statement, and contract/agreement
17/4: Manuscript: "The Use of a Newborn Child"
17/5: Manuscript with Buddy Saunders: "A Voice and Bitter Weeping", includes correspondence, and contract/agreement
17/6: Manuscript: "We Remember Diplocaulus..."
17/7: Manuscript: "What Makes Heironymous Run?", includes notes and correspondence
17/8: Manuscript with Steven Utley: "Where I Lodge a Little While"
17/9: Manuscript: "Why Did?", manuscript with notes, correspondence, and misc.
17/10: Manuscript: "Wild, Wild Horse", includes notes, correspondence, and contract/agreement
17/11: Manuscript: "... The World, As We Know It", includes notes, correspondence, contract/agreement and misc.
Published
18/1: The Wild Card [Anthologies] Series / edited by George R. R. Martin: memorandum of agreement and correspondence
18/2: The Wild Card [Anthologies] Series: reviews
18/3: The Wild Card [Anthologies] Series: manuscript of stories and characters in the Series
18/4: The Wild Card [Anthologies] Series: manuscript of stories and characters in the Series
18/5: The Wild Card newsletter: Cut and Shuffle
18/6: Manuscript of Wild Card Comic Book (Jetboy-Eddy Shiloh sections) with correspondence
18/7: "You Could go Home Again" manuscript and galleys
18/8: "You Could go Home Again" contract/agreement and correspondence
Published
19/1: "You Could go Home Again" reference material and misc.
19/2: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders), final draft: original, cover page to page 116
19/3: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders), final draft: original, page 116 to page 269
19/4: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders), final draft: carbon copy
19/5: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders), preliminary rough draft July 11 - August 23, 1973
19/6: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders), carbon copy: rough draft completed September 3, 1973
Published
20/1: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders): galleys
20/2: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders): contract/agreement
20/3: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders): correspondence
20/4: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders): royalty statement
20/5: The Texas-Israeli War (with Buddy Saunders): reviews
20/6: Manuscript: "Mary Margaret Road-Grader" a screenplay from an original short story by Howard Waldrop: short version screenplay by Jim Elliott
20/7: "Mary Margaret Road-Grader" a screenplay from an original short story by Howard Waldrop: screenplay by Jim Elliott
20/8: "Mary Margaret Road-Grader" a screenplay from an original short story by Howard Waldrop: notes for the screenplay
20/9: "Mary Margaret Road-Grader" a screenplay from an original short story by Howard Waldrop: contract, January 24, 1978
20/10: "Billy Proton" final draft screenplay by Glen Oliver, March 1985
20/11: Manuscript: "French Scenes: Guy's Story" ("French Scenes" adaptation) by Chris Englade
20/12: Manuscript: "Sacred Cow" by Bruce Sterling
20/13: Manuscript: "Doors" by George R. R. Martin
20/14: Carion West 1992: writing notes by Nancy Kress, John Shirley, Pat Cadicjan, Gardner Dozois, and John Crowley
20/15: Manuscript: "Sitcom" by Lewis Shiner
20/16: "Two Woman of the Prairie" by Steven Utley
20/17: Manuscript: "Down Among the Dead Men" by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
Published
21/1: Disney Comic Book Bibles: Goofy Adventures Guidelines, General Disney Comic Guidelines, TaleSpin Show Compendium, Chip 'n Dales Rescue Rangers Compendium, and DuckTales Compendium
21/2: The Green Lantern Bible (DC Comic)
21/3: Them Bones: notes and scenes. January 8, 1981
21/4: Manuscripts with notes: "A Vision of Spirit", and "Kingdom [Land] of Death and Dreams (1977)"
21/5: Outline of final draft. May 7, 1981
21/6: Afterword, "Walk a Kilometer in My Moccasins"
21/7: Galleys and title page designs
21/8: An uncorrected proof
21/9: Correspondence
21/10: Contract/agreement and royalty statement
21/11: Reviews
21/12: Them Bones 1st draft: contents to Bessie-ChiefScene-3
Published
22/1: Them Bones 1st draft: Bessie-War Dept. I to The Bos-5
22/2: Them Bones 1st draft: The Box-Spaulding exit to Leake-Old One-5
22/3: Them Bones 1st draft: Leake VI to Leake Arab aftemoon-3
22/4: Them Bones 1st draft: Leake-Arab evening to Leake Huastecas-13
22/5: Them Bones 1st draft: rewrite pages 138 to Leake-final scene-8
22/6: Them Bones submission draft, without revisions pages 67A-J, or rewrite 138-143: title page to page 183
22/7: Them Bones submission draft, without revisions pages 67A-J, or rewrite 138-143: carbon copy
22/8: Them Bones final draft with revisions Leake VI and pp. 138-143: title page to page 64
22/9: Them Bones final draft with revisions Leake VI and pp. 138-143: pp. 65-134
22/10: Them Bones final draft with revisions Leake VI and pp. 138-143: pp. 135-183 and revisions Leake VI and pp. 138-143
22/11: Them Bones another copy of copy-edited manuscript: title page to page 46
22/12: Them Bones another copy of copy-edited manuscript: pp. 47-84
22/13: Them Bones another copy of copy-edited manuscript: pp. 85-183
Published
23/1: Them Bones manuscript: title page to page 64
23/2: Them Bones manuscript: pp. 65-134
23/3: Them Bones manuscript: pp. 135- 183
23/4: Them Bones copy-edited manuscript: title page to page 44
23/5: Them Bones copy-edited manuscript: pp. 45-103
23/6: Them Bones copy-edited manuscript: pp. 104-183
23/7: Them Bones miscellaneous: mounds, extinct animals, Natchez trace, research, book cover, etc.
23/8: "Manuscript of Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon" and Book of Mormon Fable
23/9: "The Origin of the Book of Mormon" by Theodore Schroeder
23/10: All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, page proofs
23/11: Howard Who?, galleys: reader's set
Published
24/1: Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: title page to page 0105
24/2: Howard Who?, copy-edited manuscript: page 0105 to page 0272
24/3: A Dozen Tough Jobs, proposed cover lettering style
24/4: A Dozen Tough Jobs, typescript: title page to page DTJ-102
24/5: A Dozen Tough Jobs, 1st draft
24/6: A Dozen Tough Jobs (Mike Bishop's reading copy), typescript 1st draft: title page to page DTJ-50
24/7: Night of the Cooters, page proofs: title page to page 107
24/8: Night of the Cooters, page proofs: pp. 108-253
24/9: Night of the Cooters, setting copy: title page to page 229
Published
25/1: "Eye to Eye: A Conversation with Howard Waldrop and Lewis Shiner", transcript of verbatim of the interview
25/2: "The Dodo: A Scientific Romance", 1st draft: title page to page Savery-l0
25/3: page Mr. Solitaire sees it through to page Dodo at home
25/4: "The Dodo: A Scientific Romance", carbon copy submitted for the Dutton Animal Book Award
25/5: "The Dodo: A Scientific Romance", research materials: The Dodo and Kindred Birds... by Masauji Hachisuka
25/6: Articles on and illustrations of Dodo and other birds
25/7: Correspondence. 1964-1965
25/8: Correspondence. 1971-1979
25/9: Correspondence. 1980-1986
25/10: Correspondence. 1992-1993; Undated
25/11: Newspaper clippings about Howard Waldrop and/or his works with date and misc.
25/12: Newspaper clippings about Howard Waldrop and/or his works without date and misc.
25/13: Newspaper clippings about other SF writers and misc.
25/14: Early Journalism: (articles and columns in) Paraglide at Ft. Bragg
Published
26/1: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1974-1979
26/2: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1980-1983; 1985
26/3: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1986
26/4: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1987
26/5: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1988
26/6: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1989
26/7: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1990
26/8: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1991
26/9: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1992
26/10: Science Fiction Conventions, Conferences, Programs, etc. 1993-1994; Undated
26/11: Story Logs: 1970 - May 9, 1975 (copy)
26/12: Story Logs: May 10, 1975 - March 4, 1988, and writing income 1978-1988 (copy)
26/13: Story Logs: March 31, 1988, and income 1989 (copy)
26/14: Manuscript: "The Rusted Wheel of Things" by Waldrop and A.A. Jackson
26/15: Manuscript: "Pause for Reflection" by A.A. Jackson IV and Waldrop
26/16: Promotional card: A Better World's in Birth