Barbara Hambly papers
Finding aid prepared by Julia D. Ree, Principal Cataloger, Eaton Collection.
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Descriptive Summary
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.
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.
Access
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Archives regarding the availability of these materials for research use.
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Barbara Hambly papers (MS 162). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Barbara Hambly, 2012 and 2019.
Processing History
Initially processed by Julia D. Ree, Principal Cataloger, Eaton Collection, 2012.
Biographical Note
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.)
Collection Scope and Contents
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.
Collection Arrangement
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
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Hambly, Barbara
Niemand, O.
Effinger, George Alec
Authors
Detective and mystery stories
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Genres and Forms of Materials
Diaries
Manuscripts
Page proofs
Series 1. Manuscripts
1968-2008, undated
Series Scope and Contents
This series contains manuscripts of the literary and edited works of Barbara Hambly as well as the literary works of George
Alec Effinger and O. Niemand (Effinger's best-known pseudonym).
Partial manuscripts have been identified, based on research conducted using published works as source material. Formats include
manuscripts for full length novels and short stories.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged into three sub-series as follows:
- Sub-Series 1.1. Literary and edited works of Barbara Hambly, 1977-2008, undated
- Sub-Series 1.2. Literary works of George Alec Effinger, 1968-1989, undated
- Sub-Series 1.3. Literary works of O. Niemand, circa 1982-1988, undated
Sub-Series 1.1. Literary and edited works of Barbara Hambly
1977-2008, undated
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains manuscripts of the literary and edited works of Barbara Hambly. The manuscripts are in various stages
of development and include partial copies, copyedited versions, and publisher page proofs. Some are heavily edited. The genres
of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and historical fiction are represented.
Sub-Series Arrangement
This sub-series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Those who hunt the night. Original manuscript title: Day stalker
December 1988
Box 1, Folders 3-4
Those who hunt the night (copyedited version). Original manuscript title: Day stalker
December 1988
Box 1, Folders 5-6
Those who hunt the night (lacks title page). Original manuscript title: Day stalker
undated
Box 1, Folders 7-8
Dark hand of magic (publisher page proofs)
November 2, 1989
Box 1, Folder 9
The silicon mage (publisher page proof)
December 16, 1987
Box 1, Folders 10-11
The silicon mage (lacks title page). Includes supplemental word list
undated
Box 1, Folders 12-13
The silicon mage (lacks title page)
undated
Box 1, Folder 16
The silicon mage (partial copy)
undated
Box 1, Folders 17-18
The magicians of night (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folder 1
The magicians of night (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folder 2
The rainbow abyss and
The magicians of night (partial copies)
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
The rainbow abyss and
The magicians of night (partial copies)
undated
Box 2, Folders 4-5
The magicians of night (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folders 6-7
The magicians of night (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folders 8-9
Beauty and the beast. Includes notes from Lisa Lockhart of Avon books on separate stapled document
undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Beauty and the beast (lacks title page)
undated
Box 2, Folder 11
Beauty and the beast
undated
Box 2, Folders 12-13
The witches of Wenshar
undated
Box 2, Folders 14-15
The witches of Wenshar (lacks title page). Includes added page for "about the author"
undated
Box 2, Folder 17
The witches of Wenshar (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folder 18
The witches of Wenshar (partial copy)
undated
Box 2, Folders 19-20
The witches of Wenshar
undated
Box 3, Folders 1-3
The ladies of mandrigyn (lacks title page)
undated
Box 3, Folders 4-5
Day stalker. Published as:
Those who hunt the night
undated
Box 3, Folders 6-7
Day stalker. Published as:
Those who hunt the night
undated
Box 3, Folder 8
The ladies of Mandrigyn (publisher page proofs)
undated
Box 3, Folders 9-11
The ladies of Mandrigyn. Includes note regarding this manuscript
undated
Box 3, Folders 12-13
Dragonsbane (partial copy)
undated
Box 3, Folders 14-16
Dragonsbane (lacks title page)
undated
Box 4, Folders 1-3
The baby-eaters. Published as:
Quirinal Hill Affair
undated
Box 4, Folder 4
Time of the dark. Includes various versions, all partial copies
December 1977
Box 4, Folders 5-6
Male fraud. Includes hand-written notes on lined paper
undated
Box 4, Folder 7
Dragonsbane. (publisher page proof; partial copy). Includes letter from publisher
September 20, 1985
Box 4, Folder 8
The silent tower (publisher page proofs)
undated
Box 4, Folders 9-10
The silent tower (copyedited version)
December 1986
Box 4, Folders 11-12
Dog wizard (lacks title page)
undated
Box 4, Folders 16-17
Dog wizard (publisher page proofs)
October 8, 1992
Box 4, Folders 18-20
Dog wizard (partial copy)
undated
Box 5, Folders 1-2
The poltergeist effect. Published as:
Ghost-walker
undated
Box 5, Folder 3
Dragonsbane (publisher page proofs)
September 5, 1985
Box 5, Folders 4-5
The silicon mage (partial copy)
undated
Box 5, Folders 6-7
A stranger at the feast. Published as:
Stranger at the wedding
undated
Box 5, Folders 10-12
The armies of daylight
undated
Box 5, Folders 13-15
The armies of daylight
undated
Box 5, Folders 16-17
A stranger at the feast. Published as:
Stranger at the wedding
undated
Box 5, Folder 18
The magicians of night (partial copy). Includes 2 copies
undated
Box 5, Folder 19
Dragon child. Includes 2 copies. Also includes correspondence from publisher
October 25, 1988-July 12, 1989, undated
Box 6, Folder 1
Bride of the rat-god(partial copy)
undated
Box 6, Folders 2-4
Bride of the rat-god(lacks title and dedication pages; partial copy)
undated
Box 6, Folder 5
Bride of the rat-god (partial copy)
undated
Box 6, Folders 6-8
Homeland (publisher page proofs). Includes design memos, composition order and sample galley pages
December 12, 2008, undated
Box 6, Folders 9-11
Stones of light. Published as
Star Wars : Planet of twilight. Includes correspondence from publisher, notes, composition order, Star wars style sheet, and publisher page proofs
September 4, 1996, undated
Box 6, Folders 12-14
Free man of color. Includes correspondence from publisher, notes, composition order, style sheets, and publisher page proofs of preliminary
pages
June 10, 1997, undated
Box 6, Folders 15-17
Graveyard dust. Includes publisher production memo, composition order and style sheet
October 21, 1998, undated
Box 6, Folders 18-20
Stones of light. Published as:
Planet of twilight
undated
Box 7, Folder 3
Ad mensam nemo agnoscet...
undated
Box 7, Folder 4
The banquet of Lucullus
undated
Box 7, Folder 5
The little tailor and the elves
undated
Box 7, Folder 6
The two most common elements in the universe
undated
Box 7, Folder 7
The good, the bad, and the ugly
undated
Box 7, Folders 8-10
The mother of winter
undated
Box 7, Folders 11-12
Free man of color (lacks title page)
undated
Box 7, Folders 13-17
Sisters of the night. Includes publisher questionnaire and one story not found in the published version
February 5, 1993, undated
Box 7, Folders 18-19
Beauty and the beast. Includes correspondence and publisher memo
June 13, 1989
Box 7, Folder 21
Fragment of a story with characters from
Ghostbusters and
Beauty and the beast
undated
Box 7, Folder 22
Crossroad (partial copy). Includes Star trek chronology, outline of story, notes and correspondence
August 5, 1987-December 5, 1991, undated
Box 7, Folders 23-24
Dead water. Includes publisher correspondence
December 13, 2005, undated
Box 9, Folder 1
Beauty and the beast (publisher page proofs)
undated
Sub-Series 1.2. Literary works of George Alec Effinger
1968-1989, undated
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains manuscripts (including partial copies) of the literary works of George Alec Effinger. Some are heavily
edited. The genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror are represented.
Sub-Series Arrangement
This sub-series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 8, Folders 1-2
A fire in the sun
undated
Box 8, Folders 3-4
Shadow money (lacks title page)
undated
Box 8, Folders 5-6
The honored dead. Nine copies sent to various people for comment
undated
Box 8, Folders 7-8
When gravity fails
undated
Box 8, Folder 13
Mango Red goes to war
undated
Box 8, Folder 22
Solo in the spotlight. Includes photocopy of published first page
undated
Box 8, Folder 23
The riddle of the Czars (partial copy)
undated
Box 8, Folder 26
Sherlock Holmes in orbit (partial copy of
The Musgrave version)
undated
Box 8, Folder 27
The great god Quay
undated
Box 8, Folder 28
March: the boss liar (partial copy)
undated
Box 8, Folder 29
Mars: the home front by Edgar Rice Burroughs [written in Burroughs' style by George Alec Effinger]
undated
Box 8, Folder 30
Maureen Birnbaum pokes an eye out by E. Taylor Spiegelman (as told to George Alec Effinger) [written by Effinger]
undated
Box 8, Folder 31
The aliens who knew, I mean, everything. Includes correspondence from several publishers
February 16, 1984-February 1, 1989, undated
Box 8, Folder 32
Martian memorial to Elvis sighted
undated
Box 8, Folder 33
Word of night (partial copy). Published as short story,
Marid throws a party, in
Budayeen nights
undated
Box 8, Folder 34
Seven nights in Slumberland
undated
Box 8, Folder 35
A house. Includes chapter and character notes
undated
Box 8, Folder 36
Death in Florence. Bound in plastic covers
1978
Box 8, Folder 39
The Minotaur sees his analyst
undated
Box 8, Folder 40
The twenty-ton stork. Includes 2 copies, correspondence, and 1 additional version by John Keats Diomede [George Alec Effinger], partial copy
April 25, 1968, undated
Box 8, Folder 41
The z-ray invaders
undated
Box 8, Folder 42
An odd piece of glass
undated
Box 9, Folder 2
Felicia. Bound in plastic covers
circa 1976
Box 9, Folder 9
The last analysis
undated
Box 9, Folder 10
Rookie of the year. Includes 3 versions (partial copies)
undated
Sub-Series 1.3. Literary works of O. Niemand
circa 1982-1988, undated
Sub-Series Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains manuscripts of short stories written by George Alec Effinger using the pseudonym of O. Niemand. These
stories were posthumously collected as part of:
George Alec Effinger Live! from planet earth and presumably includes the complete stories Effinger wrote under the pseudonym "O. Niemand". Two of the stories found in
this sub-series,
The royal Annie and
Under the bam under the boo, are not represented in
George Alec Effinger Live! from planet earth and are possibly unpublished.
Sub-Series Arrangement
This sub-series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 8, Folder 15
Afternoon under glass
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 16
The day the invaders came
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 17
The man outside
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 19
Put your hands together
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 20
The wooing of Slowboat Sadie
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 21
The wisdom of having money
circa 1982-1988
Box 8, Folder 38
Under the bam under the boo
undated
Series 2. Diaries, notes, and other material
1981-1991, undated
Series Scope and Contents
This series includes sketches, Hambly's diary entries, notes from Hambly and Effinger, story fragments, correspondence, and
course materials for teaching a class on SF writing. The fanzines
Who-rotica and
Forbidden zone are also included.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder.
Box 2, Folder 16
Sketches in pencil and ink (possibly by Barbara Hambly)
undated
Box 7, Folders 1-2
Diary entries regarding Hambly's personal life
undated
Box 7, Folder 20
Diary entries, poems, and other material regarding Hambly's personal and fan-centered life. Includes convention speeches given
by Hambly
May 28, 1991-December 31, 1991, undated
Box 8, Folder 24
Notes and other material regarding entertainment and personal interests
undated
Box 8, Folder 37
Correspondence and title page of
The recollections of Morgan Froo of the Royal Canadian mounted police (possibly by George Alec Effinger)
February 19, 1985, undated
Box 9, Folder 3
Course materials for teaching classes with examples of sample manuscripts, manuscript preparation and notes, used by Barbara
Hambly
undated
Box 9, Folder 4
Fanzine titled
Weighty decision (photocopy)
undated
Box 9, Folder 5
Flier for the Gila Queen's guide to markets. 3 copies
undated
Box 9, Folder 6
Fanzine titled
Who-rotica, issue number 1. Fanzine topic is the television series
Doctor Who
1981
Box 9, Folder 7
Correspondence from Universe 87 science fiction convention to Barbara Hambly regarding her speaker schedule
December 29, 1986
Box 9, Folder 8
Fanzine titled
Forbidden zone, issue number 1. Fanzine topic is the television series
Blake's seven
undated
Box 9, Folder 11
Story fragments and notes on various topics (possibly by Effinger)
undated
Box 9, Folder 12
Notebook (possibly of Effinger). Contains hand written notes on various topics and notebook tabs for "Glorian's book," "The
stone fire," and "Miscellany"
undated
Box 9, Folder 13
Notebooks, hand written, on various topics (possibly of Effinger)
undated
Box 9, Folder 14
Hand written notes and other material on various topics (possibly of Hambly)
March 1986, undated