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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Grant Carrington papers contain printed and handwritten (paper-based) materials that are various publications and their drafts. There are some correspondence. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I is Publications and Series II is correspondence.
Collection Historical Note
Grant Carrington is a computer programmer and writer who first published in 1971. Born in 1938 in New Haven, Connecticut, he grew up in North Haven and started writing stories in the 3rd grade, eventually graduating from North Haven High in 1956. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from NYU and his Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Florida. After graduating, he worked throughout the years as a computer programmer for numerous places, including the Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Florida, the Naval Communications Command, the Savannah River Ecology Lab, the Westinghouse Corporation, and the Treasury Department of the United States, from which he retired in 2004.
Grant has published one novel, Time’s Fool, which was later republished as Time’s Fool, and Other Stories in order to include accompanying short stories and the complete Timedipper story arc. Over the years, he has published 40 short stories in science fiction, literature, and men’s magazines. He has also published 3 songs, book and record reviews, articles, and plays. After his retirement, he moved and now resides in Northampton, Massachusetts.
For more information on Grant Carrington and his writings, please visit his page at:
http://www.grantcarrington.freeyellow.com/
And
http://www.grantcarrington.freeyellow.com/TimesFool/autobio.htm (old page, but has an autobiography)
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Northern Illinois University
Accruals:
Additions from Grant Carrington: 06/23/2014, 07/14/2014
Access Restrictions:
Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.
Use Restrictions:
Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.
Acquisition Source:
Grant Carrington
Related Materials:
For more information please see http://www.grantcarrington.freeyellow.com/.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series I: Publications
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Fountain of Force [notes explaining his manuscript list, undated rejection history on index card, and rejection letters] these items are # 1-2 on the list, Dec 27, 1968-Dec 16, 1969, 5-20-2014, no date
- Folder 2: Fountain of Force [handwritten and typed drafts on legal paper and a newspaper article] these items are # 3 on the list, 12-30-1967, no date
- Folder 3: Fountain of Force [two photocopied drafts from Clarion workshop with notes] these items are # 4-5 on the list, no date
- Folder 4: Fountain of Force [original draft and Gainesville version of 1968-1970] these items are # 6-7 on the list, no date
- Folder 5: Fountain of Force [George Zerbrowski's 1st rewrite of manuscript and Carrington's follow up rewrite of Zerbrowski's rewrite] these items are # 8-9 on the list, no date
- Folder 6: Fountain of Force [two letters from Zerbrowski to Carrington|edited manuscript for Pournelle] these items are # 10-11 on the list, Jan 27, 1972, Sep 1977, no date
- Folder 7: Fountain of Force [rewritten draft circa 1977 and new rewrite for Pournelle's Black Holes circa 1977-1980] these items are # 12-13 on the list, 10-7-1977, no date
- Folder 8: Fountain of Force [letters regaring the story] these items are # 14 on the list, Oct 31, 1977-July 7, 1980, no date
- Folder 9: His Hour Upon the Stage [story published in Amazing Science Fiction|vol 49, no 5| and photocopy] page 50, Mar 1976
- Folder 10: His Hour Upon the Stage [note explaining his manuscripts, original draft, and Clarion copy] #1-3 on list, 5-20-2014, no date
- Folder 11: His Hour Upon the Stage [manuscript edited by Damon Knight and two notes] # 4-5 on list, no date
- Folder 12: His Hour Upon the Stage [draft circa 1969-1970 and Clarion manuscript critiqued by Mel, Art, Scott, and Joe] # 6-7 on list, no date
- Folder 13: His Hour Upon the Stage [two critiqued manuscript drafts possibly critiqued Robin Wilson] # 8-9 on list, no date
- Folder 14: His Hour Upon the Stage [3 drafts of manuscripts from Clarion workshop] # 10, 11, and 12 on list, no date
- Folder 15: His Hour Upon the Stage [another Clarion draft and two drafts that span 1971-1974] # 13, 14, and 15 on list, no date
- Folder 16: His Hour Upon the Stage [to do list for a manuscript draft and a critiqued manuscript draft] # 16-17 on list, no date
- Folder 17: His Hour Upon the Stage [rejection and acceptance letters and a check from German publishing company], Jan 12, 1970-Sep 18, 1979, no date
- Box 2
- Folder 1: The Pardoner's Tale [critiqued manuscripts for class assignment in Eng 228] page 1 to page 7, 10-14-1958, no date
- Folder 2: The Pied Piper of Gotham [photocopy of story published in Plume & Sword|vol. 5, no. 2] page 13, Nov 9, 1964
- Folder 3: The Pied Piper of Gotham [edited manuscripts], no date
- Folder 4: The Pied Piper of Gotham [edited manuscript accepted by Plume & Sword], no date
- Folder 5: Starwatcher [critiqued manuscript for class assignment in Eng 228], 1-15-1959
- Folder 6: Starwatcher & 'Twas Brillig [stories published in The Cresent Anthology] page 9 & page 58, June 1969
- Folder 7: Starwatcher [manuscript and note from Carrington] page 1 to page 9, no date
- Folder 8: Starwatcher [various drafts of manuscripts with some that are edited], no date
- Folder 9: Twas Brillig [two critiqued manuscripts|one turned in for class assignment in Eng 228] page 1 to page 6, 9-29-1958, no date
- Folder 10: printout list of publications by type in order by date, no date
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