Guide to the Charles Sheffield papers, 1977-2002 Descriptive Summary Title : Charles Sheffield papers Creator: Sheffield, Charles (1935-2002) Dates : 1977-2002 ID Number : S69 Size: 52.00 boxes Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections Administrative Summary Provenance: Sheffield, Charles, 1935-2002 Acquisition Donation. Information: Use Conditions: None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information. Processing Complete. History: Preferred Citation: Charles Sheffield papers, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Biographical Note Charles Sheffield (1935-2002) was a mathematician and science fiction author. He was born in England and lived in the United States for most of his life. He was a chief scientist and board member of Earth Satellite Corporation, and a president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He died on November 2, 2002 of brain cancer. Scope Note Consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, book jackets, notebooks, and awards. Arrangement Note: Series Arrangement Series Subject Headings Subject Terms: Authors, American Fantasy fiction Science fiction COLLECTION CONTENTS Series 1 : Correspondence BOX 1 : May 1972 -- July 1980 BOX 2 : August 1980 -- April 1983 BOX 3 : May 1983 -- December 1984 BOX 4 : 1985 BOX 5 : January 1986 -- October 1987 BOX 6 : November 1987 -- October 1988 BOX 7 : November 1988 -- December 1989 BOX 8 : 1990 BOX 9 : January 1991 -- May 1992 BOX 10 : June 1992 -- May 1993 BOX 11 : June 1993 -- June 1994 BOX 12 : July 1994 -- May 1995 BOX 13 : June 1995 -- May 1996 BOX 14 : June 1996 -- July 1997 BOX 15 : August 1997 -- January 1999 BOX 16 : February 1999 -- June 2000 BOX 17 : July 2000 -- December 2001 Series 2 : Notebooks BOX 18 : 1984 -- 1988 BOX 19 : 1988 -- 1995 Series 3 : Book reviews Scope/Content: Box 19: 1987 -- The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers April 1988 -- Under the Banner of Science: Erasmus Darwin and His Age 1988 -- Satellite Technology and Its Applications May 1988 -- Before Liftoff, AAS Literature Award Candidate 1988 -- Origins: The Darwin College Lectures 1988 -- Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics 1989 -- Liftoff: The True Story of America's Adventure in Space 1989 -- The Emperor's New Mind 1989 -- Men From Earth 1989 -- The Starflight Handbook 1989 -- Pioneers of Science: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics 1989 -- Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers July 1989 -- Apollo: The Race to the Moon 1989 -- Journey into Space: The First Three Decades of Space Exploration 1989 -- Survival in Space 1990 -- Mission to Mars 1992 -- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman 1993 -- Outpost on Apollo's Moon 1994 -- Pale Blue Dot 1995 -- The Lost World 1996 -- Encounter with Tiber 1996 -- Einstein: A Life BOX 19 FOLDER 1 : 1987 -- The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers FOLDER 2 : April 1988 -- Under the Banner of Science: Erasmus Darwin and His Age FOLDER 3 : 1988 -- Satellite Technology and Its Applications FOLDER 4 : May 1988 -- Before Liftoff, AAS Literature Award Candidate FOLDER 5 : 1988 -- Origins: The Darwin College Lectures FOLDER 6 : 1988 -- Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics FOLDER 7 : 1989 -- Liftoff: The True Story of America's Adventure in Space FOLDER 8 : 1989 -- The Emperor's New Mind FOLDER 9 : 1989 -- Men From Earth FOLDER 10 : 1989 -- The Starflight Handbook FOLDER 11 : 1989 -- Pioneers of Science: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics FOLDER 12 : 1989 -- Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers FOLDER 13 : July 1989 -- Apollo: The Race to the Moon FOLDER 14 : 1989 -- Journey into Space: The First Three Decades of Space Exploration FOLDER 15 : 1989 -- Survival in Space FOLDER 16 : 1990 -- Mission to Mars FOLDER 17 : 1992 -- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman FOLDER 18 : 1993 -- Outpost on Apollo's Moon FOLDER 19 : 1994 -- Pale Blue Dot FOLDER 20 : 1995 - The Lost World FOLDER 21 : 1996 -- Encounter with Tiber FOLDER 22 : 1996 -- Einstein: A Life Series 4 : Writings BOX 20 : 1977-1978 FOLDER 1 : 1977 -- Dinsdale Dissents (short story) FOLDER 2 : 1977 -- Marconi, Mattin, Maxwell (short story) FOLDER 3 : 1977 -- We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident (short story) FOLDER 4 : 1977 -- What Song the Sirens Sang (short story) FOLDER 5 : 1977 -- Legacy (short story) FOLDER 6 : 1977 -- Perfectly Safe, Nothing to Worry About (short story) FOLDER 7 : 1977 -- A Certain Place in History (short story) FOLDER 8 : 1977 -- The Long Chance (short story) FOLDER 9 : 1977 -- The Easiest Way to Become a Great SF Writer (essay) FOLDER 10 : 1977 -- Come Home, Harlan Ellison (essay) FOLDER 11 : 1978 -- God-speech (essay) FOLDER 12 : 1978 -- From the Pictured Urn (essay) FOLDER 13 : 1978 -- Reply to Harlan Ellison (essay) FOLDER 14 : 1978 -- Bounded in a Nutshell (short story) FOLDER 15 : 1978 -- Fixed Price War (short story) FOLDER 16 : 1978 -- Killing Vector (short story) FOLDER 17 : 1978 -- Power Failure (short story) FOLDER 18 : 1978 -- Sight of Proteus parts 1 -4 (novel) FOLDER 19 : 1978 -- Sight of Proteus (out line; reviews) FOLDER 20 : 1978 -- The Dalmatian of Faust (short story) FOLDER 21 : 1978 -- The Deimos Plague (short story) FOLDER 22 : 1978 -- The Treasure of Odirex (short story) FOLDER 23 : 1978 -- The Treasure of Odirex (revised) FOLDER 24 : 1978 -- Transition Team (short story) FOLDER 25 : 1978 -- Statement of Charles Sheffield to the U.S. House of Representatives BOX 21 : 1979-1980 FOLDER 1 : 1979 -- How to Build a Beanstalk (essay) FOLDER 2 : 1979 -- Predicting the Future: Ten Impossible Things to do Before Breakfast (essay) FOLDER 3 : 1979 -- From the Pictured Urn Oct. 22 (essay) FOLDER 4 : 1979 -- From the Pictured Urn June 24 (essay) FOLDER 5 : 1979 -- From the Pictured Urn Feb. 24 (essay) FOLDER 6 : 1979 -- Science Fact and Science Fiction (essay) FOLDER 7 : 1979 -- Web Between the Worlds, parts 1-4 (novel) FOLDER 8 : 1979 -- Web Between the Worlds (Revised) parts 1-4 FOLDER 9 : 1979 -- Web Between the Worlds (outline; reviews) FOLDER 10 : 1979 -- Skystalk (short story) FOLDER 11 : 1980 -- Careers in Remote Sensing (essay) FOLDER 12 : 1980 -- Getting About in Space (essay) FOLDER 13 : 1980 -- From the Pictured Urn March 13 (essay) FOLDER 14 : 1980 -- From the Pictured Urn July 13 (essay) FOLDER 15 : 1980 -- Hidden Variable (short story) FOLDER 16 : 1980 -- Moment of Inertia (short story) BOX 22 : 1980-1982 FOLDER 1 : 1980 -- The Man Who Stole the Moon (short story) FOLDER 2 : 1980 -- The Marriage of True Minds (short story) FOLDER 3 : 1980 -- The New Physics (short story) FOLDER 4 : 1980 -- Vectors (reviews) (story collection) FOLDER 5 : 1980 -- Earth Resources and Satellite Imaging Systems (essay, notes) FOLDER 6 : 1981 -- Space Industrialization: A Three-Stage System (essay) FOLDER 7 : 1981 --The Meaning of Relativity Introduction (essay) FOLDER 8 : 1981 -- From the Pictured Urn Nov. 13 (essay) FOLDER 9 : 1981 -- All the Colors of the Vacuum (short story) FOLDER 10 : 1981 -- Forefather Figure (short story) FOLDER 11 : 1981 --From Natural Causes (short story) FOLDER 12 : 1981 --Parasites Lost (short story) FOLDER 13 : 1981 -- The Softest Hammer (short story) FOLDER 14 : 1981 --Looking About in Space (essay) FOLDER 15 : 1981 -- Hidden Variables (review) (story collection) FOLDER 16 : 1981 -- Summertide (short story) FOLDER 17 : 1981 -- Earthwatch (reviews) (non-fiction) FOLDER 18 : 1982 -- My Brother's Keeper parts 1- 4 (novel) FOLDER 19 : 1982 -- My Brother's Keeper (2) parts 1-3 with two discs BOX 23 : 1982-1985 FOLDER 1 : 1982 -- The Devil of Malkirk (short story) FOLDER 2 : 1982 -- Erasmus Magister parts 1-3 (story collection) FOLDER 3 : 1982 -- Erasmus Magister outline and (reviews) FOLDER 4 : 1982 -- The Selkie (outline, reviews) (novel) FOLDER 5 : 1982 -- The Lambeth Immortal (short story) FOLDER 6 : 1982 -- The Manna Hunt (short story) FOLDER 7 : 1982 -- From the Pictured Urn May 8 (essay) FOLDER 8 : 1982 -- Future Shapes (AAAS Speech) FOLDER 9 : 1983 -- The McAndrew Chronicles (outline and reviews) (collection) FOLDER 10 : 1983 -- Rogueworld (short story) FOLDER 11 : 1983 -- Man on Earth (reviews) (non-fiction book) FOLDER 12 : 1984 -- Space Careers (reviews) (non-fiction book) FOLDER 13 : 1985 -- Tunicate, Tunicate, Wilt Thou Be Mine? (short story) FOLDER 14 : 1985 -- Space Talking (essay) FOLDER 15 : 1985 -- Space Transportation Without Rockets (essay) FOLDER 16 : 1985 -- Between the Strokes of Night parts 1-3 (novel) BOX 24 : 1985-1987 FOLDER 1 : 1985 -- Between the Strokes of Night parts 4-5 FOLDER 2 : 1985 --Between the Strokes of Night (outline; Reviews) FOLDER 3 : 1985 -- Trader's Secret parts 1-2 (short story) FOLDER 4 : 1986 -- New Worlds For Old parts 1-3 (essay) FOLDER 5 : 1986 -- On Timeline Singularities, Space, and Human History (essay) FOLDER 6 : 1986 -- Spring Fever: Writing for Writers (essay) FOLDER 7 : 1986 -- Remote Sensing (essay) FOLDER 8 : 1986 -- Trader's Blood parts 1-3 (short story) FOLDER 9 : 1986 --My Brother's Keeper (outline; reviews) (novel) FOLDER 10 : 1986 -- The Nimrod Hunt (outline) (novel) FOLDER 11 : 1986 -- Rendezvous with the Magician: The Voyager 2 Uranus Encounter (essay) FOLDER 12 : 1987 -- Trader's Union (Trader's Partner?) (short story) FOLDER 13 : 1987 -- From the Pictured Urn: A Rectangle