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Exact textual stateDraft

Serpent Vines — Draft 1

Part of Serpent Vines

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units2
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.

Characters in this exact text

Camp leader who hears Hansen’s accountCamp leader who hears Hansen’s account — A traveler who shelters Hansen and listens to his account of the jungle.On Pagefirst: Pictures in the Fire, printed p. 220 / PDF p. 228Gurkha rifleman startled by Hansen’s criesGurkha rifleman startled by Hansen’s cries — A rifleman who wakes and fires into the darkness after hearing Hansen scream.On Pagefirst: Pictures in the Fire, printed p. 220 / PDF p. 228HaldredHaldred — An orchid hunter killed while examining a mass of moving vines.On Pagefirst: Pictures in the Fire, printed p. 220 / PDF p. 228HansenHansen — An orchid hunter who escapes deadly vines and recounts the loss of his companion.On Pagefirst: Pictures in the Fire, printed p. 220 / PDF p. 228Mass of predatory vines encountered by Hansen and HaldredMass of predatory vines encountered by Hansen and Haldred — A mass of moving vines that kills Haldred and seizes Hansen.On Pagefirst: Pictures in the Fire, printed p. 221 / PDF p. 229

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 carbon copyHoward carbon copy
Extent2 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 2 pages / 2 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 30787, 30789

Carbon copy of Robert E. Howard typescript material.

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving carbon copy. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The spreadsheet records the witness/pages as unnumbered. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Serpent Vines (d1) · TSS 30787, 30789 · spreadsheet rows 13916–13917

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), pp. 220–222.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), pp. 220–222.