Writing team Sharon Lee and Steve Miller‘s third Liaden Universe manuscript auction (see this article) is now up and running. This auction, for material related to Carpe Diem, is at this link on eBay. The auction opened less than two hours ago, and three bidders have already got the bidding up to $91 (from the minimum opening of $50). The auction is scheduled to end at 1:36PM PDT on 25 August 2009.
Like the previous auctions, this is an attempt by the authors to both clean out their over-filled files, and to offer their fans a unique opportunity. The current package, tipping the scales at about 17 pounds, contains:
* many yellow lined pages of notes, some for a book that no longer exists
* a manuscript of Carpe Diem, 409 double-spaced pages, some marked up
* submission letter from Lee and Miller to Shelly Shapiro at Del Rey Books, dated September 19, 1988
* submission manuscript of Carpe Diem, 403 double-spaced pages
* extensive revision notes
Christmas card from Shelley Shapiro to Lee and Miller
* marked-up manuscript from Del Rey Books, bound with rubber band, control number 345-36310-8, dated 10/89, 450 pages
* manuscript proof, corrected pages photocopied and reinserted, 292 pages
* photocopy of original cover sketch, with signed, handwritten note from artist Steve Hickman
* cover proof
and more
Related articles previously published on SFScope:
Lee and Miller’s second Liaden Universe manuscript auction now running (17 July 2009)
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller to auction off submission manuscripts (30 June 2009)