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TxAM-CRS C000420-1-1

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  • 1971 - 1981 (Vervaardig)

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1 box

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(1951-)

Biografie

Stephen Leigh (who writes as Leigh and under the names S.L. Farrell and Matthew Farrell) was born in Cincinnati, OH, on February 27, 1951. With a B.A. in Fine Arts and an M.A. in Creative Writing, Leigh taught creative writing at Northern Kentucky University from 2001 until his retirement in 2020.

Leigh's literary debut was the short story "And Speak of Soft Defiance", published in Eternity SF in 1975; this was the first of some 40 pieces of short fiction Leigh has written. Some of Leigh's short fiction include his December 1976 story "Answer in Cold Stone" (Leigh's first Analog publication), "When We Come Down" (Asimov's, 1978), "Shaping Memory" (Asimov's, 1985), "Evening Shadow" (Asimov's, 1988), "The Bright Seas of Venus (Galaxy's Edge*, 2013), and "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" (2015).

In addition, Leigh has written numerous stories as an original member of George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards mosaic universe collective of writers. Leigh is responsible for the creation of several notable Wild Cards characters, including Gregg Hartmann/Puppetman, Bloat, Oddity, Gimli, and Steam Wilbur. To date, Leigh (sometimes writing as S.L. Farrell) has written content for eighteen of the Wild Cards books.

Leigh has also enjoyed a successful career as a science fiction and fantasy novelist. His debut novel was 1981's Slow Fall To Dawn, which was nominated for the 1982 Locus Award for Best First Novel. Slow Fall was the first of Leigh's Neweden/Hoorka trilogy, followed by Dance of the Hag (1983) and A Quiet of Stone (1984). He wrote The Secret of the Lona in 1988, the first in the Dr. Bones series (a fantasy series written by various authors, including Leigh's Wild Cards colleague William Wu). Leigh has written 6 novels in AvoNova's Ray Bradbury Presents series (1992-1995): Dinosaur World, Dinosaur Planet, Dinosaur Samurai, Dinosaur Warriors, Dinosaur Empire, and Dinosaur Conquest. His 1998-1999 Mictlan duology includes the novels Dark Water's Embrace and Speaking Stories,

Leigh has also written several popular fantasy series. most of them under the name S.L. Farrell. These include the Cloudmages series (2003-2005), which include Holder of Lightning, Mage of Clouds, and Heir of Stone; the Nessantico Cycle (2008-2010), which includes the novels A Magic of Twilight, A Magic of Nightfall, and A Magic of Dawn; the paranormal fantasy series Sunpath Cycle (2017-2018), which includes A Fading Sun and A Rising Moon. Leigh's standalone SF&F novels include The Bones of God (1981), The Crystal Memory (1987), The Abraxas Marvel Circus (1990), Thunder Rift (2001, as Matthew Farrell, republished in 2010 as The Shape of Silence), and several others. His most recent published novel is 2021's science fiction work Amid the Crown of Stars.

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1-1/1: "The Hell in Heaven" (unpublished "Opus 3", 1971], typescript

1-1/2: "Regenesis" (unpublished "Opus 4", 1971); typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript with handwritten edits, October 1971

1-1/3: "The Breath of the Pythia" (unpublished "Opus 5", 1972?), typescript with handwritten edits, January 1972, and typescript

1-1/4: "Proof Positive" (unpublished "Opus 6", 1972?), typescript

1-1/5: "Neglected Rose" (unpublished "Opus 7", 1972?), typescript (dated June 20, 1972), and typescript

1-1/6: "A Time for Passing" (unpublished "Opus 8", 1972?), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/7: "A Time for Passing" (unpublished "Opus 8", 1972?), partial typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/8: "A Time for Passing" (unpublished "Opus 8", 1972?), carbon copy typescript, revised January 22, 1974

1-1/9:"A Time for Passing" (unpublished ,1972?), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/10: "The Tint of Madness, The Hue of the Mind" (unpublished "Opus 9", 1972?), typescript with handwritten edits, September 10, 1972

1-1/11: "The Tint of Madness, The Hue of the Mind" (unpublished "Opus 9", 1972?), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/12: "The Tint of Madness, The Hue of the Mind" (unpublished "Opus 9", 1972?), carbon copy typescript

1-1/13: "With No Other Gods Before" (unpublished, 1973), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/14: "After Us, The Deluge" (unpublished "Opus 10", 1973), typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript (January 28, 1973)

1-1/15: "And With Thyself, Merge" (unpublished, 1973), typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript with handwritten edits (March 4, 1973)

1-1/16: "Hello, Mr. Fish" (unpublished "Opus 11", 1973?), typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript

1-1/17: "Knowledge Like a Shattered Stone Lies" (unpublished "Opus 18", 1974-1975), typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript carbon copy (September 17, 1974, revised September 27, 1975)

1-1/18: "And Speak of Soft Defiance" (1975), early typescripts with handwritten edits

1-1/19: "And Speak of Soft Defiance" (1975), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/20: "And Speak of Soft Defiance" (1975), typescript photocopy

1-1/21: "And Falling, Rise Again" (unpublished "Opus 20, 1975?), typescript with handwritten edits (also titled "Ascent")

1-1/22: "Ascent" (unpublished "Opus 20", 1975?), typescript (also titled "And Fallen, Rise Again" and "Of Sword and Steel"), and editorial correspondence, 1979-1984

1-1/23: "Ascent" (unpublished "Opus 20", 1975?), typescript with handwritten edits (also entitled "Of Stone and Steel" and "And Fallen, Rise Again")

1-1/24: "Of Stone and Steel" (unpublished "Opus 20", 1975?), typescript (also entitled "Ascent" and "And Fallen, Rise Again")

1-1/25: "With No Other Gods Before" (1975), typescript draft with handwritten edits (1973-1974), typescript submission copy with handwritten edits (1975?), and letter to Leigh from Phyllis Karr, October 7, 1977

1-1/26: "Answer In Cold Stone" (1976), typescript, and letter from Andrew Offutt, December 11, 1976

1-1/27: "A Rain of Pebbles" (1977), original typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/28 "A Rain of Pebbles" (1977), draft typescript pages and handwritten pages, and letter from Andrew Offutt, April 4, 1977

1-1/29: "In Darkness Waiting" (1977), typescript revised draft (under original title "Backward Into the Will, Advancing Toward Was"), 1973-1975

1-1/30: "In Darkness Waiting" (1977), typescript revised draft (under original title "Backward Into the Will, Advancing Toward Was"), April 1976

1-1/31: "In Darkness Waiting" (1977), typescript revised draft (under original title "Backward Into the Will, Advancing Toward Was"), August 1976

1-1/32: "In Darkness Waiting" (1977), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/33: "In Darkness Waiting" (1977), typescript with handwritten edits, undated (photocopy)

1-1/34: "The Mask of Night on His Face" (1977), typescript submission draft (carbon copy), July 1974

1-1/35: "Destination" (unpublished "Opus 27", 1978), typescript, and related correspondence, 1978-1979

1-1/36: "From The Far Side of the Mirror" (unpublished, 1978?), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/37: "In a Kingdom By the Sea" (unpublished "Opus 26", 1978), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/38: "In a Kingdom By the Sea" (unpublished "Opus 26", 1978), partial typescript, and editorial correspondence, 1978-1979

1-1/39: "When We Come Down" (1978), typescript draft with handwritten edits, and typescript revision draft, April 1977

1-1/40: "When We Come Down" (1978), typescript submission draft with handwritten copyedits, 1978; and publisher's correspondence, 1977-1978

1-1/41: "After Stone and Steel" (1979), early typescript (under old title "After Stone and Steel, Departs Primeval Man"

1-1/42: "After Stone and Steel" (1979), typescript carbon copy

1-1/43: "Encounter" (1979), typescript with handwritten edits, 1977; and editorial correspondence, 1978

1-1/44: "Encounter" (1979), typescript draft carbon copy (2 copies), undated

1-1/45: "In a Land Beyond The Sea" (unpublished "Opus 26", 1979?), typescript with handwritten edits

1-1/46: "In a Land Beyond The Sea" (unpublished "Opus 26", 1979?), typescript, and editorial correspondence, 1979-1980

1-1/47: "To Preserve, To Destroy" (unpublished "Opus 28", 1979?), typescript with handwritten edits, and typescript with editorial correspondence, 1979

1-1/48: "Chaos-Night" (unpublished, "Opus 30", 1980), typescript with handwritten edits (6500 words)

1-1/49: "Chaos-Night" (unpublished, "Opus 30", 1980), typescript with handwritten edits (7250 words), and editorial correspondence, 1982, 1984

1-1/50: "Chaos-Night" (unpublished, "Opus 30", 1980), typescript carbon copy

1-1/51: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), copyedited typescript with handwritten edits, chapters 1- 5

1-1/52: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), copyedited typescript with handwritten edits, chapters 6- 12

1-1/53: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), submission draft typescript (carbon copy), pages 1 - 100, undated

1-1/54: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), submission draft typescript (carbon copy), pages 101 - 201, undated

1-1/55: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), typescript outline, and draft typescript and manuscript pages, undated

1-1/56: Slow Fall To Dawn (1981), galley proofs (2 sets)

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