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.
Introduction
This surviving untitled synopsis is a developmental textual state of Black Colossus. It should be read as synopsis evidence rather than assumed to reproduce the wording of the published story.
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.
Synopsis — surviving Howard synopsis typescriptHoward synopsis typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete
Physical extent: 1 page / 1 TSS catalogue unit
TSS: 52648
Original typescript (OT).
Additional documentary notes
- Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Colossus (s1) · TSS 52648