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The Sowers of the Thunder — Draft 1

Part of The Sowers of the Thunder

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units40
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent40 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 40 pages / 40 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 90462–90463, 90465–90502

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)
  • Verse Absent: The spreadsheet explicitly records that this draft has no poem at the start. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Sowers of the Thunder, The (d1) · TSS 90462–90463, 90465–90502 · spreadsheet rows 15444–15483