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Title: Barbara Hambly papers
Date (inclusive): 1968-2008, undated
Date (bulk): 1982-1989
Collection Number: MS 162
Creator:
Effinger, George Alec
Creator:
Hambly, Barbara
Creator:
Niemand, O.
Extent:
23.5 linear feet
(22 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains novels and short stories written or edited by Barbara Hambly, an American science fiction, fantasy,
and mystery writer. Also includes novels and short stories written by George Alec Effinger, an American science fiction writer,
and short stories written by O. Niemand, Effinger's best known pseudonym. Formats include manuscripts, sketches, diaries,
notes, story fragments, poems, correspondence, and other material.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research. Part of the collection is unprocessed, please contact Special Collections & University
Archives regarding the availability of these materials for research use.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Barbara Hambly papers (MS 162). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Gift of Barbara Hambly, 2012 and 2019.
Initially processed by Julia D. Ree, Principal Cataloger, Eaton Collection, 2012.
Barbara Hambly, American novelist, short story author, and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery,
and historical fiction, was born August 28, 1951 in San Diego, California and grew up in Montclair, California. In her early
teens, Hambly read and was transfixed by J. R. R. Tolkien's
The lord of the rings. Hambly has a Masters in Medieval History from the University of California at Riverside, completing her degree in 1975.
Her first novel to be published was
Time of the dark in 1982 by Del Rey. Previous to becoming a writer, Hambly chose occupations that allowed her time to write; all of her novels
contain a biography paragraph with a litany of jobs familiar to her readers—high school teacher, model, waitress, technical
editor, all-night liquor store clerk, and Shotokan karate instructor. Hambly served as President of the Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America from 1994 to 1996. Her works have been nominated for many awards in the fantasy and horror fiction
categories, winning a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel
Those who hunt the night (1989) (released in the UK as
Immortal Blood) and the Lord Ruthven award for fiction for its sequel,
Travelling with the dead (1996). Hambly has been a multiple Nebula award nominee, and Guest of Honor at many conventions over the years.
Hambly was married for some years to fellow science fiction writer George Alec Effinger before his death in 2002. She now
lives in Los Angeles, California.
George Alec Effinger, American novelist and short story author was born in Cleveland, January 10, 1947, and died in New Orleans,
April 27, 2002. Effinger was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion anthology. His
first published story was
The eight-thirty to nine slot in Fantastic in 1971. During his early period, he also published under a variety of pseudonyms. His first novel,
What entropy means to me (1972) was nominated for the Nebula Award. He achieved his greatest success, perhaps, with the trilogy of Marid Audran novels
set in a 21st century Middle East, with cybernetic implants and modules allowing individuals to change their personalities
or bodies. More than the other authors he was categorized with, Effinger took high-tech and left it in the gutter. While most
of the cyberpunk authors portrayed the world as increasingly coming under the influence of the Far East, Effinger went in
another direction and showed a future where Islam and the Middle East are ascendant. His novelette,
Schrödinger's kitten (1988), received both the 1989 Best Novelette Hugo and the Nebula Award, as well as the Japanese Seiun Award. He came in
second place in the 1973 Campbell Award (which was the first year of the award). He was nominated for several Hugo awards
during his life. He won the 1974 Phoenix Award. He made brief forays into writing comic books in the mid-1970s and again in
the mid-1980s, including the first issue of a series of his own creation entitled
Neil and Buzz in space & time about two fictional astronauts who travel to the edge of the universe to find it contains nothing but an ocean planet with
a replica of a small New Jersey town on its only island. The first issue was the only issue, and the story ended on a cliffhanger.
It was released by Fantagraphics. He also wrote a story based in the Zork universe.
Effinger met his first wife Diana in the 1960s. He was married from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s to artist Beverly K. Effinger,
and for a few years shortly before his death to fellow science fiction author Barbara Hambly.
O. Niemand, is one of George Alec Effinger's pseudonyms. A collection of stories was published posthumously in 2005 entitled
George Alec Effinger Live! From planet earthand includes the complete stories Effinger wrote under the pseudonym "O. Niemand". Each O. Niemand story is a pastiche in
the voice of a different major American writer (Flannery O'Conner, Damon Runyon, Mark Twain, etc.), all set on the asteroid
city of Springfield. ("Niemand" is from the German word for "nobody", and the initial O was intended by Effinger as a visual
pun for Zero, and possibly also as a reference to the author O. Henry.)
This collection contains novels and short stories written or edited by Barbara Hambly, an American science fiction, fantasy,
and mystery writer. Also includes novels and short stories written by George Alec Effinger, an American science fiction writer,
and short stories written by O. Niemand, Effinger's best known pseudonym. Formats include manuscripts, sketches, diaries,
notes, story fragments, poems, correspondence, and other material.
Of particular interest in this collection are the various manuscripts by Barbara Hambly for the award winning novel,
Those who hunt the night, originally written as:
Day stalker, the manuscripts for the award nominated novels,
Bride of the rat-god,
The witches of Wenshar,
The magicians of night ,
The ladies of Mandrigyn, and
The rainbow abyss and the manuscripts for two of Hambly's Star Trek novels,
The poltergeist effect (published as:
Ghost-walker) and
Crossroad. Also included are the manuscripts for George Alec Effinger's award winning novel,
When gravity fails, as well as the manuscripts for the O. Niemand stories that posthumously appeared in
George Alec Effinger Live! from planet earth.
Partial manuscripts have been identified, based on research conducted using published works as source material.
The collection also includes an unprocessed accrual of 13 boxes, consisting of materials from Barbara Hambly and George Alec
Effinger, including drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, and some personal files.
This collection is arranged into two series as follows:
- Series 1. Manuscripts,1968-2008, undated
- Series 2. Diaries, notes, and other material, 1981-1991, undated
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Hambly, Barbara
Niemand, O.
Effinger, George Alec
Authors
Detective and mystery stories
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Diaries
Manuscripts
Page proofs