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Warren Norwood

Cover Image: The Windhover Tapes: Flexing the Warp

Warren Norwood Collection

About the Collection

Warren Norwood, North Texas alumnus and the author of several popular science fiction and fantasy novels, deposited his collection with the Rare Book Room in the late 1990's.  His collection includes manuscripts, outlines, correspondence, publications and posters related to his writing career.  The collection may be viewed in The Rare Book Room, fourth floor, Willis Library. For details, please call 940-565-2679 or e-mail ehoyensk@library.unt.edu.

Warren Norwood 1945-2005

Index to the Collection

Papers and Manuscripts


Norwood - Image of Voices


Box Number Contents

A.1.1. The Windhover Tapes: An Image of Voices
1 A.1.1.1. First draft
2 A.1.1.2. Second draft with revisions to submission copy
3 A.1.1.3. Submission copy

A.1.1.4. Notes on the first three volumes of The Windhover Tapes.

A.1.1.5. Uncorrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Flexing the Warp
Box Number Contents

A.1.2. The Windhover Tapes: Flexing the Warp
4 A.1.2.1. First draft with editor’s revisions
5 A.1.2.2. Final draft
6 A.1.2.3. Copy-edited final draft

A.1.2.4. Uncorrected page proofs

 

 


Norwood - Gabriel


Box Number Contents

A.1.3. The Windhover Tapes: Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets
7 A.1.3.1. Notes

A.1.3.2. First draft
8-10 A.1.3.3. Submission copy (4 copies: 1 carbon copy, 3 photocopies)
11 A.1.3.4. Uncorrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Planet of Flowers
Box Number Contents

A.1.4. The Windhover Tapes: Planet of the Flowers
12 A.1.4.1 Early draft with notes to Margot Biery Norwood
13 A.1.4.2. Submission draft photocopy, with revisions inserted

A.1.4.3. Final draft revisions
14 A.1.4.4. Copy-edited final draft

A.1.4.5. Style sheet

A.1.4.6. Uncorrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Seren Cenacles
Box Number Contents

A.1.5. The Seren Cenacles (Co-authored by Ralph Mylius)
15 A.1.5.1. Early notes by Ralph Mylius and Warren Norwood

A.1.5.2. Pre-proposal outline

A.1.5.3. First draft by Ralph Mylius, with revisions

A.1.5.4. Manuscript sections of 2nd draft by Warren Norwood, edited by Ralph Mylius
16 A.1.5.5. Manuscript sections of 3rd draft

A.1.5.6. Carbon copy of 4th draft

A.1.5.7. Fragments of drafts
17 A.1.5.8. Submission draft, with revisions by Lou Aronica inserted
52 A.1.5.9. Galley proofs (oversized)
17 A.1.5.10. Uncorrected page proof

 


Norwood - Midway Between


Box Number Contents

A.1.6. The Double Spiral War: Midway Between
18 A.1.6.1. Proposal for series

A.1.6.1.1. Letter to Richard Curtis
19 A.1.6.1.2. Synopsis and outline

A.1.6.2. Drafts

A.1.6.3. Working draft, with final draft pages
20 A.1.6.4. Final copy-edited draft

A.1.6.5. Style sheets

A.1.6.6. Map

A.1.6.7. Uncorrected page proofs (2 copies)

 


Norwood - Polar Fleet


Box Number Contents

A.1.7. The Double Spiral War: Polar Fleet
21 A.1.7.1. Outline and chronology

A.1.7.2. First, second, and third drafts, in order of composition
22 A.1.7.3. Submission draft
23 A.1.7.4. Copy-edited draft
24 A.1.7.5. Third draft, with chapter tabs and character outline
25 A.1.7.6. Final draft
26 A.1.7.7. Unbound, uncorrected page proofs

A.1.7.8. Bound, corrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Final Command
Box Number Contents

A.1.8. The Double Spiral War: Final Command
27 A.1.8.1. Notes

A.1.8.2. Early draft

A.1.8.3. Manuscript sections
28 A.1.8.4. Third draft
29 A.1.8.5. Submission photocopy

A.1.8.6. Uncorrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Shudderchild
Box Number Contents

A.1.9. Shudderchild
30 A.1.9.1. Early draft, edited
31 A.1.9.2. Edited draft, in order of composition
32 A.1.9.3. Manuscript sections, with revisions and notes

A.1.9.4. Earthquake map and notes
52 A.1.9.5. Galley proofs (oversized)
33 A.1.9.6. Unbound, uncorrected page proofs

A.1.9.7. Bound, uncorrected page proofs (2 copies)

 


True Jaguar
Box Number Contents

A.1.10. True Jaguar
34 A.1.10.1. Pre-proposal draft and synopsis
35 A.1.10.2. Final working draft
36 A.1.10.3. Original manuscript with revisions
37 A.1.10.4. Edited drafts
38 A.1.10.5. Draft with revised sections

A.1.10.6. Revised synopsis and style sheet
39 A.1.10.7. Copy-edited manuscript with final revisions

A.1.10.8. Uncorrected page proofs

 


Norwood - Vanished
Box Number Contents

A.1.11. Time Police: Let Them Vanish [Vanished]
40 A.1.11.1. Synopsis outline and submission copy

A.1.11.2. Revised manuscript (Victoria Lustbader)

A.1.11.3. Outline (includes notes on Book 3, and an outline on Book 5)

 


Norwood - Trapped
Box Number Contents

A.1.12. Time Police #2: [Trapped!]
41 A.1.12.1. Manuscript sections by Warren and Gigi Norwood

A.1.12.2. Submission copy, rewritten by Mel Odom

 


Norwood - Stranded
Box Number Contents

A.1.13. Time Police #3: Stranded
42 A.1.13.1. Submission draft, by Mel Odom

 

Box Number Contents

A.1.14. Time Police #4: Twisted
43 A.1.14.1. Unedited draft, by Mel Odom

 

Box Number Contents

A.1.15. Rocker
44 A.1.15.1. Outline and notes

A.1.15.2. Working manuscript

 

Box Number Contents

A.1.16. SHIFT!
45 A.1.16.1. Submission copy

 

Box Number Contents

A.1.17. Uncle Warren’s (Magic Tab) Baritone Ukelele Course
46 A.1.17.1. Submission draft (2 copies)

 

Box Number Contents

A.1.18. Uncle Warren’s Mountain Dulcimer Course
46 A.1.18.1. Submission draft

 

Box Number Contents

A.2. Short Stories and Speeches
46 A.2.1. "Alien Instincts"

A.2.1.1. Typed manuscript (4 copies)

A.2.2. "Claws that Catch"

A.2.2.1. First draft

A.2.2.2. Submission draft

A.2.2.3. Final draft

A.2.3. "How to be an Overnight Success in Only 20 Years"

A.2.4. "Muddling Toward the Millennium"

A.2.5. "Report from 9991 to the Friends of the UNT Library"

A.2.5.1. Drafts 1-8, with revisions

A.2.5.2. Final draft

 

Box Number Contents

A.3. Other
47 A.3.1. Bibliography

A.3.2. Notes (includes proposals, outlines, miscellaneous drafts)

A.3.3. Photographs
48 A.3.4. Poetry

 

Box Number Contents

B.2. Other
49 B.2.1. Cards

B.2.2. Essays

B.2.2.1. "A Creative Field-Theory" NPCU Compendium 1971. Dallas: Anthelion, 1972

B.2.3. Poetry

B.2.3.1. "Memories" Songs of Youth. Los Angeles: American Poetry Press, 1962

B.2.3.2. "Barroom Tale: A Fragment" Avesta 42 (1964): 31

B.2.3.3. "Chasm" Avesta 42 (1964): 30

B.2.3.4. "Euthanasia" Avesta 42 (1964): 30

B.2.3.5. "Explanation to a Flower" Avesta 42 (1964): 30

B.2.3.6. "Untitled" Avesta 42 (1964): 33

B.2.3.7. "Iamb the Poet" The Arlington Review V (1965): 21

B.2.3.8. "Memories" Voice of America. New York: National Poetry Press, 1965

B.2.3.9. "Biology Made Verse" The Subway Wall: A Presentation of Student Creativity. Denton, TX: North Texas State University, 1970

B.2.3.10. "Patrick O’Shaunessy Schwartz" The Subway Wall: A Presentation of Student Creativity. Denton, TX: North Texas State University, 1970

B.2.3.11. "The Brindled Noon" The Green Fuse (Spring, 1971): 18

B.2.3.12. "After the Firefight" The Voice IV (1972): 21

B.2.3.13. "The Resurrection of Bobby Rivers" The Voice IV (1972): 20

B.2.3.14. "Gentle, Gentle Sex" Prism (Feb. 1974): 33

B.2.3.15. "Doing My Best" Poetry and the Vietnam Experience: Selected Poems from Contributors. Canton: St. Lawrence University, 1987

B.2.3.16. "To a Seachantress" The Lookout 68 (1977): [back cover]

B.2.3.17. "Year’s End" The Lookout 69 (1978): 15

 

Box Number Contents

B.2.4. Reviews
50 B.2.4.1. "Dory Previn: Five Albums Through Inner Space." Buddy: The Original Texas Music Magazine III (1976): 10

 

Box Number Contents

B.2.5. Short Stories
50 B.2.5.1. "Alien Instincts" ARCHON 8 PROGRAM BOOK. St. Louis: James E. Bakke for St. Louis Science Fiction, Ltd., 1984 (2 copies)

B.2.5.2. "Claws That Catch" The Twilight Zone Magazine 8 (1988): 42-45
49 B.2.5.3. "Dear Lee Roy" The Voice IV (1972): 17

B.2.5.4. "Dithyramb" and "Hoa" Prism (May, 1974)

 

Box Number Contents
50 C.1. Correspondence: Bantam Books (1980-1989)

C.2. Correspondence: Richard Curtis Associates, Inc. (1984-1989)

C.3. Correspondence: Other (1971-1991)

 

Box Number Contents
51 D. Articles and Reviews, 1981-1991 (includes clippings, periodicals, and publishers’ newsletters)

E. Promotional Material (includes advertisements, book cover samples, catalogs, flyers, and news releases)

 

Box Number Contents
53 F. Posters

 

Published Books

Call Number

Title and Publisher
PS3564.O75 F56 1986 Final Command, New York : Bantam, 1986 (2 copies)
PS3564.O75 M52 1984 Midway Between, New York : Bantam, 1984 (3 copies)
PS3564.O75 P64 1985 Polar Fleet, New York : Bantam Books, 1985
PS3564.O75 S47 1983 The Seren Cenacles, New York : Bantam Books, 1983 (3 copies)
PS3564.O75 S58 1987 Shudderchild, New York : Bantam Books, c1987 (2 copies)
PS3564.O75 S77 1989 Stranded, New York : Lynx Omeiga Books, c1989
PS3564.O75 P563 1984 The Windhover Tapes: Planet of Flowers, New York : Bantam, 1984 (2 copies)
PS3564.O75 T73 1989 Trapped! Lynx Omeiga Books, c1989
PS3564.O75 T77 1988 True Jaguar, New York : Bantam, 1988 (2 copies)
PS3564.O75 V36 1988 Vanished, Lynx Omeiga Books, c1988
PS3564.O75 W56 1982 The Windhover Tapes: An Image of Voices, New York: Bantam, 1982 (5 copies)
PS3564.O75 W562 1983 The Windhover Tapes: Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets, New York : Bantam Books, c1983
(3 copies)
PS3564.O75 W561 1983 The Windhover Tapes : Flexing the Warp, Bantam, 1983, c1982 (3 copies)

 

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