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- 1988 - 1999 (Produção)
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1 box
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História biográfica
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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1-3/1: "Evening Shadow" (1988), typescript draft with handwritten edits, with editorial notes, 1988
1-3/2: "Evening Shadow" (1988), typescript draft (under old title "Shattered Memory"), undated
1-3/3: "Evening Shadow" (1988), typescript draft (under old title "Shattered Time"), undated
1-3/4: The Secret of the Lona (1988), original typescript with handwritten edits, chapters 1 - 10, undated
1-3/5: The Secret of the Lona (1988), original typescript with handwritten edits, chapters 11 - 17, undated
1-3/6: The Secret of the Lona (1988), Doctor Bones series guidelines and sample chapters, undated
1-3/7: The Secret of the Lona (1988), reviews, cover art, and electronic files on floppy disk, undated
1-3/8: Changeling (1989), text of novel on floppy disk
1-3/9: Notebook containing drafts and notes for The Bones of God, The Crystal Memory, and other materials, 1980s
1-3/10: Notebook containing notes for The Crystal Memory, "Fertile Soil", The Secret of the Lona, The Bones of God, and other materials, 1980s
1-3/11: The Abraxas Marvel Circus (1990), typescript outline, undated
1-3/12: Alien Tongue (1991), partial typescript (lacking chapter 20 and ending at chapter 29), and 3 1/2" floppy disk containing backup files, undated
1-3/13: Dinosaur World (1992), text of novel on floppy disk, 1992?
1-3/14: Dinosaur Samurai (1993, w. John J. Miller), original typescript with handwritten notes from Leigh, chapters 1 - 5, undated
1-3/15: Dinosaur Samurai (1993, w. John J. Miller), original typescript with handwritten notes from Leigh, chapters 6 - 13, undated
1-3/16: Dinosaur Samurai (1993, w. John J. Miller), original typescript with handwritten notes from Leigh, chapters 14 - 21, undated
1-3/17: Dinosaur Samurai (1993, w. John J. Miller), partial 2nd draft typescript, undated; correspondence to Leigh from Miller, 1992; and 3 1/2" floppy disk with book files, undated
1-3/18: Dinosaur Warriors (1994), original typescript (under old title Dinosaur Dreams), chapters 1 - 5, undated
1-3/19: Dinosaur Warriors (1994), original typescript (under old title Dinosaur Dreams), chapters 6 - 15, undated
1-3/20: Dinosaur Warriors (1994), original typescript (under old title Dinosaur Dreams), chapters 16 - 22, undated; research notes, undated; editorial correspondence, 1997, and illustrations
1-3/21: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), typescript with copyedits, pages 1 - 135, undated
1-3/22: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), typescript with copyedits, pages 136 - 259, undated
1-3/23: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), typescript with copyedits, pages 260 - Glossary, undated
1-3/24: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), submission typescript with handwritten edits, title page - page 198, undated
1-3/25: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), submission typescript with handwritten edits, pages 199 - 301, undated
1-3/26: Dark Water's Embrace (1998), submission typescript with handwritten edits, pages 302 - Appendix G, undated
1-3/27: Speaking Stones (1999), 1st draft typescript with handwritten edits (under old title The Rising), title page - page 183, undated
1-3/28: Speaking Stones (1999), 1st draft typescript with handwritten edits (under old title The Rising), pages 184 - 305, undated
1-3/29: Speaking Stones (1999), galleys, October 1998
1-3/30: Speaking Stones (1999), corrected galley pages, October 1998