A complete early or first draft autograph manuscript, here physically divided into four files. With a file of cuttings from New Scientist (1 and 29 November 1979), originally retained with the manuscript.
Autograph draft manuscript, and final typescript. With additional draft typescript material, some related correspondence between Ballard and the publisher, and a set of corrected page proofs.
Super-Cannes material comprises: complete autograph manuscript; draft passges in typescript; an incomplete typescript (commencing in chapter 7); and some brief correspondence concerning 'editorial queries' and the text of the publisher's blurb.