Title: Number of the Beast (parts 12-16) - Novel

Written: Written October - December 1978 using material from (including first 250 pages of The Panki-Barsoom Number of the Beast (Op. 176) Pages: 904

Description:

Part 12, 222 pages, contains 2nd cut manuscript with numerous edits, pages numbered by chapters, 01-01 through 16-11.

Part 13, 150 pages, contains 2nd cut manuscript with numerous edits, pages numbered by chapters, 13-01 through page 328 (erratic page numbering).

Part 14, 171 pages, contains 2nd cut manuscript with numerous edits, pages 329-499.

Part 15, 180 pages, contains 2nd cut manuscript with numerous edits, pages 500-674.

Part 16, 180 pages, contains 2nd cut manuscript with numerous edits, pages 675-858 (manuscript ends without completion).

Publication:

Novel 219,000 words. Serial publication of 27,250 word excerpt and reduction in Omni magazine October 1979; published after auction by Fawcett Columbine in 1980, with a British release a few weeks earlier.

Notes: Cross Referenced: in OPUS176. Alternate working titles: The Gay Deceiver and Always Tip the Headsman

OPUS 179C - Number of the Beast

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