Who is the Third? and Seven Others [J:489/496]

Folder containing eight individual prose pieces by Burroughs, as follows:

Who is the Third? 7 pp. typed legal-size early draft MS of this important experimental story, published in a textually different version in Art & Literature, Lausanne, 1964, and written about 1960. Contains a good deal of important unpublished materials as well. Signed on first page.

Distant Hand Lifted. 9 pp. early draft typescript, signed. Published in slightly different version in Transatlantic Review 15, London, 1964, and written about 1962. MS contains one holograph correction to the text. Introduction to piece is present in both final published version and earlier (longer) variant version. The textual differences between the earlier and final versions are radical in this section. About 2000 words.

Word Authority More Habit Forming then Heroin. 3 pp. early draft typescript, signed by Burroughs, with some holography corrections to the text. A modified version of this was published in The San Francisco Earthquake, I, 1 (Fall 1967). Written about 1962.

The Soft Machine. 11 pp. early draft typescript from the novel The Soft Machine, corresponding roughly to pp. 104 - 109 of the Calder & Boyars edition of the novel, London, 1968. A number of deletions and corrections in ink on various pages.

The Light Skin. 5 pp. typed carbon, with holograph corrections, signed by Burroughs, and misnumbered. Story by Burroughs, apparently unpublished, about 600 words. Written about 1963.

Twilights Last Gleamings. 10 pp. typed manuscript of film ideas for this early routine, Burroughs' first written work (original manuscript of which is present in this collection). Published in slightly different form in Mayfair. Signed by Burroughs on first page.

Censorship 2 pp. carbon typescript, signed. Published in identical form in Transatlantic Review 11, London, 1962. Tip sheets evidently sent by Burroughs to the publishers and not returned.

Are You a Member of the Union?? 23 pp. typescript, unfinished and unpublished drafts, about 3500 words altogether, written about 1963. On one page Burroughs has made several hieroglyphic drawings of owls, and there are a few holograph correction to the text here and there. Unpublished.

Preserved in the original red folder with note in Burroughs' hand reading variousms [?]. Most of the materials are published.