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Exact textual stateDraft

The Jade God — Draft 1

Part of The Jade God

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units4
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

JoeJoe — young local man who reports hearing the shotOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 459-464John ConradJohn Conrad — neighbor assisting the investigationOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 459-464KirowanKirowan — first-person narrator; source gives surname onlyOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 459-464William DormouthWilliam Dormouth — murder/attack victimOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 459-464

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 — incomplete untitled xerox witnessOther physical witness
Extent4 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 4 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 70819–70822

Four-page xerox/reproduction witness to The Jade God — Draft 1.

Additional documentary notes

  • Xerox Of Original: The source code XO identifies this as reproduction evidence. (witness level)
  • Untitled Witness: The manuscript is explicitly untitled. (witness level)
  • Explicit Incomplete Witness: The manuscript is explicitly incomplete. (witness level)
  • Non Authorial Catalogue Title: The source says the title is likely Glenn's rather than Howard's manuscript title. (witness level) · Uncertain

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Jade God, The (d1) · TSS 70819–70822 · spreadsheet rows 8958–8961

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.

Tales of Weird Menace - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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