User talk:Hauck/Archive5

O. W. Hopkinson vs. O. W. Hopkinson, Jr.
We have one story by O. W. Hopkinson and one story by O. W. Hopkinson, Jr.. These two stories appeared in Astounding Science Fiction within a few months of each other (April & September 1947). As you verified both issues, would you mind checking if they give any indication (like the intro to the second one mentioning the prior one) that these are the same person? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:52, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It was easy to correct, the author is in both cases given as "O. W. Hopkinson, Jr.", adjusted. Hauck 16:19, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

All Fools' Day vs All Fool's Day
Hallo Hervé, you verified All Fool's Day (Hodder, 1967) as All Fools' Day, the normal title. On the cover however is a variant title, All Fool's Day (in that case most probably a typo by some dyslectic Englishman). Can you check the title page of your copy for the exact name~, please?--Dirk P Broer 16:40, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I confirm _All Fools' Day_ on title page. Hauck 17:06, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Galaxy SF [UK]
Hello, Hervé! I just wanted to mention that there are undated titles for this mag. where the actual publication is dated (but that should lead to a date in the title, or am I mislead?). Stonecreek 13:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Date were added later at pub level. No date on magazine proper, data from Tuck but IMHO not very reliable see here. Hauck 16:03, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the information! Stonecreek 18:40, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Whelan art
Cover for [this] was previously used [here] Just an FYI! Santé--~ Bill, Bluesman 22:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 08:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Changed spelling of cover artist plus other stuff
I changed the cover artist's name from Massero to Masero in accordance with the back cover credit & and added international prices to your verified

The Ruins of Isis
Hi Hervé, I've found the cover artist of our edition of The Ruins of Isis (Arrow, 1980). It is Peter Elson, as per this webpage on his site.--Dirk P Broer 09:08, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 17:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Sturgeon's Case and the Dreamer
There's pretty good circumstantial evidence that this edition was published in 1977. The catalog numbers above and below this one were published that year. And the graphic design of the cover (the way the author's credit is presented) was used in 1977. Also Amazon.co.uk dates it as 1977-01-14. Mhhutchins 23:34, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, date changed to "1977-00-00". Hauck 16:25, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

The Best of Henry Kuttner
Hi, I've changed the pagination of The Best of Henry Kuttner from 398 pages to xv+398 pages.--Dirk P Broer 16:36, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Binding formats for Science Fiction Monthly
Most of the records for this magazine gave the format as "large tabloid" and the others were just "tabloid". So I changed them to "tabloid" to comply with the current standards. Thanks. Mhhutchins 06:08, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Interzone pub binding format
I am in the process of changing the stated binding format of "8½ in x 10¾ in" to "A4" in about two dozen issues of Interzone in order to conform with the other issues for the time period. Mhhutchins 18:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

New Worlds issues #173 - 200
I'm trying to get a handle on the various formats/bindings that are currently being used in the database, and I've come across 29 records that use "large s/s" in the field. Can you take a moment to look at this issue and give a brief description of the magazine and its dimensions? If I understand correctly "s/s" means saddle-stapled, but I'm trying to narrow down whether these issues of New Worlds (numbers 173-200) may fall into one of the other more popular categories, e.g. bedsheet/A4/quarto (which are basically the same size: 8.5x11) or A5/octavo (5.5x8.5). Your help will be much appreciated. For some background look at this topic on the Rules & Standards page. Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:22, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

I've discovered that SFE III says it went from the paperback ("pocketbook") size (after #172) to "a stapled quarto-size format, rising to A4-size with #179." Would it be OK to make them "A4" to conform with the designation given to most letter-size British magazines? Mhhutchins 00:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The ones that I have (from 186 to 200) are exact A4 in size (and stapled). Hauck 16:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I've updated the records giving "A4" as the publication format. Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:29, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Year's Best SF
Hi, I uploaded a new scan for this book http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?50834  Viter 13:52, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 16:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Ballantine’s Classic Library of Science Fiction
Hi, I've made The Best of C. M. Kornbluth (Ballantine, 1977) part of the publisher series 'Ballantine’s Classic Library of Science Fiction' as per the page that faces the title page.--Dirk P Broer 17:19, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Ballantine’s Classic Library of Science Fiction
Hi, I've made The Best of Eric Frank Russell (Del Rey / Ballantine, 1986) part of the publisher series 'Ballantine’s Classic Library of Science Fiction' as per the page that faces the title page.--Dirk P Broer 22:21, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you recommend "The Jewel-Hinged Jaw"?
I noticed that you own a copy of the "The Jewel-Hinged Jaw". Can you recommend this book? A bit of background: The book has appeared on my radar because it contains Delany's "To Read The Dispossessed", and I have a keen interest in that novel. But on the other hand I have also seen warning voices, saying that the essay virtually dissects Le Guin's book. I am not a native English speaker, so I am a bit apprehensive about whether the essays are readable at all without a super-deep knowledge of the language. Thanks for your thoughts, Patrick -- Herzbube Talk 14:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've evoked the book here, but alas in French ;-). In a nutshell (and IMHO of course), the book is sometimes complex (but not at the language level more at the theoritical one) and in addition to its study of some feminist texts (Le Guin, Russ) it notably features Delany's very interesting approach of the protocols used when reading SF.Hauck 15:09, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds good enough, I'll probably buy the book then. Thanks also for the pointer to your French essay, I read and tried to understand it but succeeded only partially. The 7 years of French language courses in my teens have definitely become too rusty for reading a longer text :-( Patrick -- Herzbube Talk 16:36, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

War Against the Rull
Confirmed the artist for [this] as Punchatz, added a note. --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:57, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

The Vorkosigan Companion
Hi, I have a copy of the hardcover edition of The Vorkosigan Companion out from the library, and made some changes to the Notes area on this publication. I added printing info and LCCN and removed a couple of notes that only had to do with the electronic edition. Hope this is OK. Thanks! 03:11, 10 December 2012 (UTC) BungalowBarbara 20:19, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Poul Anderson's "Three Hearts and Three Lions": A Calypso in Search of a Rhyme
Hi Hervé, can you check Randall Garrett's Takeoff! for me? On page 235 there's a poem by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron. The same poem is in The Best of Randall Garrett, but there it's one page of note bars with the text of the first verse, followed by a 4 page poem. In "Takeoff!", the review of "Three Hearts and Three Lions" starts on the same page as the poem. My question is, is the full poem in "Takeoff", or should this be two entries in "The Best of" (only the music is by Vicki Ann Heydron). Another question, is "Three Hearts and Three Lions" in the title quotes (it's not in "The Best of") Thanks, --Willem H. 19:07, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems that there is the full poem in _Takeoff !_ (from page 235 to 238), on page 239 there are the note bars with the first verse. In fact the poem IS the review as per the short introduction "This is the only of these Reviews in Verse that...". Also "Three Hearts and Three Lions" is in quotes in the title. Hope that helps. Hauck 19:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking! That means they're the same. I varianted my version of the poem to yours. I don't think the extra review entry is necessary though, so I didn't add that. --Willem H. 21:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Divergence cover artist attribution
I uploaded a cover scan and updated the notes on Divergence to explain the discrepancy you found. I hadn't noticed it until I put both copies side-by-side after reading your note.SFJuggler 05:37, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice idea to show both covers. Based on this divergence ;-) perhaps does the ARC merit its own entry (if the rules allow it). Hauck 14:50, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Deep State
Is this Deep State a trade sized publication, or a mass market paperback? The publication binding is missing. Thanks, Sjmathis 15:11, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It's one of those british large pb (19.7 x 12.6 cm), which, according to the rules should be entered as a tp. Hauck 15:51, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Time of the Twins
Re: Time of the Twins

Adding LCCN to notes.--Astromath 01:51, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Foundation's Edge
Re: Foundation's Edge

Adding LCCN to notes.--Astromath 19:44, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Tony Ballantyne's Restoring the Balance
You have verified publications containing: I was wondering if the first two are variants of each other and if the second two are variants of each other. -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Restoring the Balance from
 * Restoring the Balance 1 from
 * Restoring the Balance 2 also from Stories from the Northern Road
 * Restoring the Balance, 2 from
 * Yes they are, now linked. Hauck 15:36, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Beyond Earth's Gates
Added cover artist Harry Barton for Beyond Earth's Gates cover of this Ace Double. Horzel 10:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Barnard's Planet
Re: Barnard's Planet

Adding LCCN to notes. Notifying all verifiers.--Astromath 17:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Into Deepest Space
Re: Into Deepest Space

Updating publisher per title page. Adding LCCN to notes. Notifying verifiers.--Astromath 18:39, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

The Age of the Pussyfoot
Re: The Age of the Pussyfoot

Adding LCCN to notes as found on copyright page. Notifying all verifiers.--Astromath 04:42, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Cachalot
Re: Cachalot

Clarifying no number line in notes, adding LCCN from copyright page. Notifying all verifiers.--Astromath 14:49, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Alien Pregnant By Elvis
I've just added some extensive notes to, which you verified. Ofearna 21:47, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

"Worlds Enough and Time", by Westfahl, et. al.
Using WorldCat (and various macros), I added the table of contents to your verified publication. Chavey 00:35, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * And to your verified "Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy", by Westfahl. (I'm working my way through the "Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy" series.) Chavey 01:16, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * And to Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction. By the way, if you feel like adding page numbers, only the second of these had them in WorldCat. Chavey 03:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * As of now, I'm not at this level of completedness ;-). Hauck 10:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Understandable. I fear the time when I get to the 400 or so anthologies I have :-) Chavey 20:26, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1989
You verified this issue of Argosy. Could you check the credit for the artist for "Origins" on p. 173? It's listed here as William R. Waren, Jr., but is almost certainly the same as William R. Warren, Jr., but the question is whether the error was in Argosy, or introduced here. Thanks, Chavey 05:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The error was introduced here and is now corrected. Hauck 10:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The Legend of Huma
Re: The Legend of Huma

Adding LCCN to notes.--Astromath 17:19, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Dead Man's Hand
Re: Dead Man's Hand

Could you check your copy to make sure the price is $4.95 or is it $4.50 as mine is.--Astromath 04:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It's $4.50, corrected. Hauck 09:58, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Wild Cards XI: Dealer's Choice
Re: Wild Cards XI: Dealer's Choice

Deleting "Wild Cards XI" from the title. Does not appear on title page. Adding notes about editor & assistant editor. Adding note about mosaic novel. Notifying verifiers of the changes.--Astromath 04:25, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Robert Heinlein: Stormtrooping Guru
Added note about being issued in two parts in the US (fiction and non-fiction). Not changing your page count, price, etc.SFJuggler 21:41, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Michael Bishop: A Transfigured Talent
Can you take a look at http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?260106 and http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?406530? They're theoretically the same thing but the page counts are different. If your copy has the introductory material (9 pages) then can you update your listing and ask that mine be deleted as a duplicate?SFJuggler 00:07, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. I thought that peraphs there was a different presentation for the US market (I've bought my copies directly from PSP), that's why I didn't already merge the two. Hauck 17:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

More "Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy" Contents
I also added the table of contents to Science Fiction Fandom and Phoenix from the Ashes. While doing WorldCat verifications of this series, I also added OCLC numbers to various other volumes in this series that you had verified. Chavey 01:37, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Old Man's War
Hello! Could you please check if your verified copy of has 1047104 and on which page. Thank you in advance. ForJohnScalzi 02:57, 3 January 2013 (UTC).
 * Yes it has, on page 312, ditto for the 2nd US pb printing. Hauck 15:49, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will add it to the record then. ForJohnScalzi 04:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC).

The Last Defender of Camelot
I made a few minor additions to the notes on, no changes or deletions. BungalowBarbara 23:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Agent of the Terran empire
New image and expanded notes [nothing but secondary prices before] for [this]  --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Same for [The Avatar] --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:50, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Also [Enemy Stars] --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:29, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

The Howling Stones
Re: The Howling Stones Adding LCCN to notes.--Astromath 13:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Roadmarks
Re: Roadmarks Adding notes about no number line & LCCN.--Astromath 15:28, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, submission approved. Hauck 15:34, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

The Coils of Time
Found a signature on one cover of [this], afraid I don't know the first name. --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Many Worlds of Larry Niven
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?312272. Moved the note about being booklet #33 to series info so that it shows up in the Drumm booklet list.SFJuggler 04:26, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Master of Life and Death artist credit
User:Welshgriffin has added a cover artist credit based on an email exchange with the artist to your 2-verified. --MartyD 12:09, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Star of Gypsies artist credit
User:Welshgriffin has added a cover artist credit based on ownership of the original painting to your 2-verified. --MartyD 12:25, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

The Feast of St. Dionysus artist credit
User:Welshgriffin has added a cover artist credit based on its appearance on the artist's website to your 2-verified. --MartyD 12:45, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

D-99
Replaced the amazon image, expanded the notes for [this] --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:19, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Transmigration
Found a signature on the cover of [this], just under the arm on the right edge is 'Walotsky'. Amended the notes. --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction
You verified the of Solaris Rising and MLB verified the. There are two stories that currently vary between these two versions: Would you and MLB please double check these differences and merge/variant as appropriate?
 * UK: A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead vs. US: A Smart-Mannered Uprising of the Dead
 * UK: The Return of the Mutant Worms vs. US: Return of the Mutant Worms.

I will point MLB to this conversation. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 17:00, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * First point : I confirm A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead.
 * Second point : I also confirm The Return of the Mutant Worms (note that the title is without definite article on toc). Hauck 19:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Memories Found in a Bill from a Small Animal Vet
Hi. Your verified Le voyage gelé contains Souvenirs trouvés dans une facture de vétérinaire pour petits animaux which is classified as SHORTFICTION and is a variant title of Memories found in a bill from a Small Animals Vet. I noticed that there is an essay in the ISFDB called Memories Found in a Bill from a Small Animal Vet. I think those two should be merged. I also looked up this text in "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick", and think that it is indeed an essay and not a short story. Could you please have a look? Thanks, Darkday 22:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Merged the lot under the "essay" type (even if IMHO the piece can also be read as fiction and is presented as a "nouvelle" -a short story-). Hauck 14:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Hal Clement Checklist questions.
Mhhutchins asked me to get in touch with you about A Hal Clement Checklist to see if you could clear up some discrepancies as he has been unable to locate his copy. Here's what I sent him "The cover is different. The one in the database does not have "Notes Toward a Bibliography" on the cover. When you go dig yours out check a couple of things. Mine doesn't mention anything about being Drumm Booklet #2, the last item mentioned on the back page is #53 (The Nitrogen Fix) and the physical production is on heavy cardstock with lousy Xerography (the toner's not really set and the pages tend to stick together when stored)." Can you shed any light on this? Are they the same with different physical characteristics or ????? Thanks. SFJuggler 03:56, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * My copy is also on heavy cardstock (all pages), doesn't mention its rank in the series, ends with #53 (but has an addenda on bottom of last page and, as indicated, a loose "Hal Clement Checklist Addendum" half sheet on lighter paper), is correctly printed (with numerous additions handwritten but printed) and has its edges badly trimmed. Its cover is the one that I've uploaded. Based on one of the handwritten and barely readable notes, pub date is later than january 83 (as it mentions this short story). Hauck 14:58, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian price to your verified
I added the Canadian price to your verified .Don Erikson 19:41, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian price to your verified
I added the Canadian price to your verified .Don Erikson 19:45, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Clarke's A Fall of Moondust
Can you confirm the publisher as given in this record? I've just changed an earlier record in this series from an editor who confirms that neither "VGSF" nor its logo are present on his copy. I'm thinking someone has come along and retro-added the "VGSF" to these early records, and then added them to the series VGSF Classics and not "Gollancz Classic SF" as seen on the cover scans. Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 02:08, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Same situation with Rogue Moon. Mhhutchins 07:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't know what happened, publisher is in both cases given as "Victor Gollancz Ltd", series is indeed "Gollancz Classic SF". Hauck 17:14, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I believe some over-enthusiastic editor who had later books in the series believed that all of them were the same publisher and series name, and unfortunately the moderator didn't question the changes. (Almost all of them have been secondary-verified by one editor.) I admit that it is strange for a series to change names in mid-stream, but it was probably prompted by Gollancz's creation of the VGSF imprint in 1987. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 18:26, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * One more for you to check (although I'm pretty certain the outcome will be the same.) Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:51, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Same as the others. Hauck 15:55, 16 January 2013 (UTC)


 * We really should look into enabling the history of edits to a pub, to identify the culprits unadvised users and moderators. I believe Al once said there was an easy fix for this, but unfortunately he hasn't left us with that info. It's almost like Fermat's last theorem. BLongley 16:07, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Black Colossus Story Length
You verified two French versions of Conan the Freebooter that contain this story. The story is currently classified as a "Short Story". I believe it's length clearly indicates it is a novelette, which seems apparent comparing it to other stories in this pub. Please let me know on my discussion page what you think about reclassifying it. Bob 19:19, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Uelsman or Uelsmann?
Could you check whether the artist for the covers of your verified pubs [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?348694 Immortal Engines. . .] and [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1300882 Science Fiction and Market. . .] is Jerry Uelsman or Uelsmann. Thanks!--Rkihara 19:18, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's the latter Corrected Hauck 20:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

The Wrong End of Time
Corrected the date for [this], somehow it had the year for the hardcover edition even though the year for the pb is on the copyright page. --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Mother Aegypt
should (maybe?) have notes added aboutJacket design by Garry Nurrish Interior layout & design by Jeremy Lassen With maybe a LINK to the OCLC at worldcat? O&#39;Fearna 22:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Please proceed to the additions you see fit. I usually don't mention designers and I'm not found of OCLC data, founding primary verifications by contributors largely more reliable. Hauck 06:59, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Dune Messiah
Just entered a record for the first printing of [this] and Pennington is credited on the back cover, top right. Black letters on dark blue, easy to miss, visible on the [scan]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:30, 22 January 2013 (UTC)--~ Bill, Bluesman 23:30, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

The Green Brain
Small change to the notes for [this]. The second initial on the cover is definitely a "D", not an "A". Was thinking maybe an odd Gino D'Achilles signature but it doesn't look like his work. --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:54, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Kat [K|R]ocha
Should Kat "K"ocha on this be Kat Rocha instead? --MartyD 11:29, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes it should, corrected. Hauck 17:45, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Apollo at Go
Small adjustment to [this]. The signature on the cover is [Jacks] no idea of first name. Seems to have done only Mayflower covers. Kind of a cross between Jack Gaughan and Richard Powers? --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Mission to the Stars
Seems to be two records for the same printing, [1] and [2]. At least they both record the same data?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * One deleted, I've probably created it deliberately but don't remember why. Hauck 14:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Not Less Than Gods
Adding notes, including OCLC & LCCN for, which you primary verify-ed and I'll supplemental verify. Thanks O&#39;Fearna 02:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

The Knight of the Limits
I just added cover artist Vicente Segrelles to this Fontana 1980 publication. Horzel 22:07, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm holding the submission until you've had a chance to look at it. Let me know if/when you want me to accept it. Mhhutchins 00:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've browsed (perhaps too quickly) the site but didin't find the cover. Perhaps should the correct location be indicated (at last in the note to the moderator). Hauck 14:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * No exact location was given in the submission at all, just the artist's website. I looked as well, and wasn't able to find it. I'll leave him a note. Thanks. Mhhutchins 16:58, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I've removed my hold on the submission to allow you or Bill Longley to handle it. Thanks. Mhhutchins 05:31, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I found it and added a link to the pub notes (looks stable enough) and left a note for Bill. Although now that I've said that, I suppose I should also go put the link in the COVERART record.... Guess I'll go do that.  --MartyD 12:00, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 12:37, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Image file limitations
At 1,109 x 1,752 pixels, far exceeds the ISFDB standards for dimensions of uploaded images ("Cover images should be no more than 600 pixels along the largest dimension") and wouldn't stand up to a claim of "Fair Use". Mhhutchins 05:10, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Resized, note that even if the dimensions weren't right, the definition was deliberately set low enough to avoid such problems (file was 65Ko). Hauck 14:21, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Not that I am an expert in French sf ...
... but to me it seems that the two French titles displayed here could be merged. On a second, even more exact look: Forget it, one's by Ursula K., the other one only by Ursula. Guess it's time to shut down for today or take an extended break. Stonecreek 16:28, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ;-) Hauck 16:31, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Into the Alternate Universe and Contraband from Otherspace
Re: Into the Alternate Universe and Contraband from Otherspace

Replacing "and" with "/" in the title. "and" only appears on the cover & spine, not on the title page. All other pubs of this series use "/" and "and" only appears on the covers only.--Astromath 15:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

To Keep the Ship
Re: To Keep the Ship

Where'd you get the printing date for this pub? My copy has no printing date for the 3rd printing and the 1983 date that I can find on the net is not specific to the 3rd printing. If you did not add the date, please ignore this post. I'm contacting the other verifier with the same issue just in case.--Astromath 16:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Date came from this pub. Hauck 16:42, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thx. Maybe you could put in a note of where the date came from.  I was clueless.--Astromath 17:37, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Le Jour où Moururent les Dieux
I added the price to this, Christian Stonecreek 10:39, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry but as there is no "physical" price on the book, this data seems to me at best irrelevant but in reality misleading. As the helps mentions "The original cover price", IMHO when there is NO cover price, no price should be entered. I've reverted your edit. Hauck 15:15, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Laumer/Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude
Hi -- you verified this publication as an OMNIBUS; see this conversation for why I think it should be a COLLECTION. If you agree, would you change it to COLLECTION? If all verifiers agree I can then change the title record to COLLECTION also. Thanks. Mike Christie (talk) 18:24, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a question of appreciation. Help notwithstanding, for me, an OMNIBUS is a publication containing at last one novel and other material (regardless of previous publication). As I don't have time for lenghty and useless debates on R&D page, please do as you think is better. Hauck 18:51, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Analog, Mid-December 1984
I've removed the four spoof reviews published in the book review column of this issue, changing them into essays. Mhhutchins 01:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Interzone #155 May 2000
Can you determine if the review on page 57 in this issue for the Swinburne title may be a spoof? I can find no other reference on the internet for this work, other than the ISFDB itself. Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 01:24, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It seem to be about a real book, publishing by Simetria (a portuguese fan group, here) binding an english translation with the portugueseoriginals, a bit like this pub. My portuguese being non-existent, I can't investigate further. It also seems (Gilmore is not clear) possible that there is no text by Swinburne in the anthology. Hauck 18:11, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Northern Suns - Hartwell & Grant
Added LCCN and OCLC links to http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?169581.SFJuggler 05:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Dealing in Futures
I just added cover art credit and notes for, which you are the secondary verify-er. O&#39;Fearna 22:32, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm holding the submission. Ofearna, please do not make submissions that change a primary verified record before discussing it with the primary verifiers. Adding cover art credit to a record which specifically states "Artist not credited" is changing the record. Let me know, Hauck, if I should approve the submission. Mhhutchins 03:08, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It's OK for me, perhaps it'll be best for O&#39;Fearna to indicate in the notification to PVs where her data comes from as it's likely that some of them are not moderators and are not able to have a look at the submission (as I've done) to obtain this information. Hauck 07:27, 5 February 2013 (UTC)


 * She should only be making submissions of this type after she's talked to the PVs. Mhhutchins 16:28, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Interzone 244
Hello. I believe there is a typo in the artist name in 1550147. It should be "Fraser". Thank you! ForJohnScalzi 08:45, 6 February 2013 (UTC).
 * Yes, corrected. Hauck 09:11, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Interzone #239
Hello. I believe there is a typo in the title of 1413251 (and corresponding artwork). Should be "clemEntine". Thank you. ForJohnScalzi 00:30, 7 February 2013 (UTC).
 * You're right, corrected. Hauck 07:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

De Camp Bibliography
See this discussion. I'm changing the ISBN of this to match what is in the book. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 03:16, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Science-Fiction Handbook
I uploaded a scan of the dust jacket for de Camp's handbook and modified the notes to match. Bob 18:59, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Month Spellings
I corrected the spelling of the month within the magazine title parenthetical for: Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, Februrary 2003)
 * The Analytical Laboratory: June 1948 (Astounding, Septemember 1948)

Lee Owen
Hi Hauck, I didn;t understand from your comment on the main help page what is the verdict about these two: Lee Owen	18673 Lee Owens	19160

Which one is correct and is any fix needed? Or do you mean be "mass update" that the fix is too big? Regards, Qshadow 11:43, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Exactly, but I've done it manually. Hauck 13:03, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Galaxie (1ère série), #41 April 1957
Hello. The cover to is a copy of. Thanks! ForJohnScalzi 04:48, 13 February 2013 (UTC).
 * And another pair: and . ForJohnScalzi 04:51, 13 February 2013 (UTC).


 * These are copies of the original artwork by another hand. I'm not sure how these should be handled, but crediting them to the original artist seems wrong. Perhaps a Rules discussion is needed? Mhhutchins 06:23, 13 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I completely concur with Michael, the copies should not be merged with the originals. Having sometimes both, I can say that they're just that, copies. Note that this phenomenon occurs also for some british magazines. Hauck 08:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Double, Double: Bensi = Berni
Hello, Hervé! One mystery more is solved. Yes, Bensi really is Berni in disguise, see here. I already vt'ed the cover art. But it's up to you if there should be a pseudonym or a note of misspelling. Stonecreek 19:40, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 20:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Galaxie #54, May 1958
Can you join this conversation concerning the reprint of a story and its interiorart pieces in the French edition of Galaxy? Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:13, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Conversations with Isaac Asimov
Made a number of changes to your verified : There is one entry that I had a question about as I'm not sure the best way to handle: "Science Fiction: The New Mythology" (on page 3) is an edited transcript of a forum discussion. It was first published in. That publication credits it as an essay by H. Bruce Franklin, Darko Suvin, Isaac Asimov, and Frederik Pohl. That's not quite right as it was edited by Clareson and Sophia Morgen is also part of the panel. The two versions should be reconciled since it is a re-print. Any thoughts?
 * Added the "Introduction", "Chronology", and "Books by Isaac Asimov" essays
 * On the page 14 interview, changed the interviewer's credit from "Luis" to "Lewis" per the interview title page
 * On the page 18 interview, removed the quotes from around "Words and Their Masters" per the interview title page
 * On the page 56 interview, added the ellipses to the title per the interview title page
 * Removed Asimov from the publication credit per the book's title page
 * Changed the dates on the interviews to match the first publications vs. this book's date

"A Conversation with Isaac Asimov" on page 21 is similar in that is also a forum discussion. However, I thought that was more clearly cut as (at least in Ingersoll's edited version) the others asked the questions and Asimov supplied all the answers. I suppose the other panel participants could be added the the interviewer list, but I thought capturing in them in the title notes was sufficient.

Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:31, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Additional question: 'From "Nightfall" to Dawn: Asimov as Acrophobe' was originally published in . Mhhutchins verified that as an essay vs. an interview. I would agree with him in that it is really an essay with some quotes from Asimov. Any objections to combining them as an essay? -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:40, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * OK for the changes (isn't it Sophia Morgan?). No objections to your additional question. In fact I didn't enter the contents. Hauck 07:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Large image file
Did you forget to resize ? It is almost ten times larger than the ISFDB standard. Mhhutchins 00:38, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Holdstock's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The subtitles that have been given to the contents of this record appear only on the contents page and not on the title pages in my verified copy of the book club edition. Is that different from your copy? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 18:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I suppose the same question could be asked of the French edition (except that the titles would be in French). Mhhutchins 18:29, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * IIRC, the contents were entered beforehand. My copy, as yours, doesn't show subtitles on title pages Hauck 19:25, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * In that case, would you mind if I merged the two sets into the non-subtitled records' names? Mhhutchins 22:13, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Hauck 06:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, #60 (August) 1955
The novelette "Down in Our Village in Somerset" by G.B. Tait. Could this be George Tait, the legal name for Alan Barclay? This is the only story listed by G.B. Tait. Thanks.--Teddybear 21:30, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know, I can only confirm G. B. Tait as given author. Hauck 21:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Stray Strougatski
Hello, Hervé. I've found this stray pub.. Shall I variant? Stonecreek 14:12, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, please proceed. Hervé Hauck 15:30, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Done: well, it wasn't that much of work. Only Arkadi Strougatski had to be made into a pseudonym. The rest had be done before (by you, I presume). Stonecreek 15:56, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I think so ;-). Hervé Hauck 16:04, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Foundation, #38
Hello, Hervé. I added some notes to this, and I also did a splitting of the respective essays of Silverberg and Aldiss & Shaw - varianting the essays by Silverberg to their original source. The summation of the essays by Aldiss & Shaw into one item would imply a collaboration, which wasn't the case. In fact, those essays might be published separately. Stonecreek 16:44, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, and I also added two more editors, put the page count in magazine context and put Robinson's item into the The Profession of Science Fiction series. Stonecreek 16:48, 24 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I also did a similar update for Foundation #40. Stonecreek 17:31, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Robert Young
Because there are already two Italian publications and one English publication that credit "Robert Young", please consider changing the credits for this author to "Robert Young" as well. The three current works under that name had already been varianted to Robert F. Young, so I made "Robert Young" into a pseudonym for that canonical name. Mhhutchins 18:52, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Hauck 18:58, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Destinies, Fall 1980
I found Vincent Di Fate's signature on the cover of Destinies, Fall 1980. --Willem H. 20:02, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

With a Strange Device
Hi, after months still no response from 1st PV, so I'll ask you. This publication lists cover artist Patrick Mortemore, but I find the same art on the Peter Elson site here. Could you check your copy, maybe Mortemore is the cover designer or some such thing? Horzel 11:48, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Corrected. Hervé Hauck 16:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Horzel 22:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Infinity Plus One
I've added further notes for this record and have made some other changes in the record. Even though it gives July as the date on the copyright page, both the publisher's website and Locus1 give the month of publication as November. I also changed the price from £45.00 to £60.00, based on the publisher's website (Locus1 gives the first price). Since mine was a presentation copy from one of the contributors, I don't know how much it actually cost at the time of publication. Does your copy have a printed price? Also, is the limitation statement pasted to the front loose endpaper of your copy? Thanks. Mhhutchins 20:13, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No price on my copy. The limitation statement (28/500) is indeed pasted. Hauck 14:15, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction
Hi! I recently got this book in the mail from a used book dealer, and after examining it, I see that the original verifier (Dragoondelight), now gone from this site, had not given the book its subtitle that is to be found on the title page, with RTrace's permission, who is the second verifier, I will be adding it to the record. The book that I'm talking about is listed on this site as The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim, but I'll be changing it to The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction: Stories From the Four Corners of Time MLB 02:37, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not really fond of adding subtitles (as is clearly the case here) as it (IMHO) clutters without benefits the bibliographic listings, but proceed as you see fit. Hauck 08:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Cogswell's The Wall Around the World
I expanded the notes to Cogswell's The Wall Around the World. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 12:57, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I added the other price to your verified
I added the other price to your verified .Don Erikson 21:39, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Interzone, #241
Hello! In your verified corrected the page number (49->50) for review of "Rocket Science". Thank you, ForJohnScalzi 09:39, 6 March 2013 (UTC).

Beyond the Farthest Star
Hi. Thanks for catching my mistake about the cover of Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Beyond the Farthest Star. The Frazetta cover shown on “The Burroughs Bulletin” is NOT for the Ace Books printing, but the Ace Science Fiction Classic book ($0.60, 05651) which is not yet listed on this site. Again, thanks. MLB 06:59, 11 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but that publication has been in the database since at least 2012-12-03, probably even sooner. Mhhutchins 19:07, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

ad eternum by Bear
Re this publication: I've added further notes and gave a source for the publication month which you had originally questioned. Here is the publisher announcing the shipping of the title. Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:16, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Nebula Awards Showcase 2012
In addition to adding the LCCN and cover artist credit source to the notes of, I changed "About the Editors" from INTERIORART to ESSAY as well as adding the publication title to it and the "About the Cover". Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales
I expanded the notes for de Camp's The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 12:32, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

The Reference Library, Analog, October 2011
I've added this column in this entry Analog, October 2011 to its proper series. I'm sorry if I'm presumptious. MLB 07:53, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, subs approved. Hervé Hauck 09:27, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

The Night Sessions by Ken Macleod
Hi, I added a new cover image - with spine and a bit clearer for "The Night Sessions" CheerZ Viter 17:12, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Bulmer's To Outrun Doomsday / The Doomsday Men
Hello, Hervé! I have two questions concerning this novel(s): 1) Is there any mentioning of a publication in Galaxy magazine in the French publication? I ask because there's no mentioning of a publication in the magazine in the title or Bulmer's summary page (Maybe it had a different title).

2) A german review has the two titles as variants and I am tempted to variant them on that. However, I'd like to have some more confirmation: if you have read the novel (which, as I know, isn't necessary the case ;-), could you confirm this assumption reading this summary? (There's a mentioning of a copyright to Galaxy for The Doomsday Men in this pub.)Stonecreek 10:20, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Christian, in fact, the text in the french magazine is a translation of this novella first published in If (note that the french Galaxie used stories from a wide range of magazines in addition to Galaxy), as I've got both the original and the translation, I can confirm this fact. The novel here of the same title is an expansion of the aforementioned novella. To outrun doomsday here is an entirely different text (I have it also), only published as a novel (and matching your summary) so they're not variant of each other. Data confirmed by this bibliography. Hope that helps. Hervé Hauck 16:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much! Seemingly the review had the two titles grouped only by the ocurrence of 'Doomsday' in both and the short synopsis didn't hint directly to To Outrun Doomsday. Thanks again for taking a deeper look. Stonecreek 17:58, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Interzone, #206: typo corrected
Hello. In your verified changed the entry typo for Distro [3] (page 24) from SS to INTERIOART. Thank you, ForJohnScalzi 05:49, 21 March 2013 (UTC).

Interzone, #190 July-August 2003
Hello, in you verified could you please check whether the short story p.34 is just a second chapter of the one on p.29? Thank you, ForJohnScalzi 02:50, 25 March 2013 (UTC).
 * Compacted and title modified. Hauck 06:43, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian price to your verified
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?14911 .Don Erikson 21:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Mirrorshades : The Cyberpunk Anthology
Hi, regarding Mirrorshades : The Cyberpunk Anthology - that's a 10th printing, so no date is known. So I'm trying to narrow down a year or maybe even a month (eventually). At the end there is a Mail Order Form - which lists 3 books by Wilhelmina Baird : PsyKosis (0-441-00238-2/$5.99) - 1995-09 ; Clipjoint and Crashcourse. And at the top there's an excerpt of Locus review "A genuinely gifted newcomer" - which I assume is 1995-10 But that author's 1996-10 Book Chaos Come Again is not listed there (and they would definitely advertise the newest titles). So In Conclusion - this 10th printing of Mirrorshades : The Cyberpunk Anthology - should be after 1995-10 but before 1996-10. So should I put the date as just a year 1996 (most likely) ? Maybe with some short explanation in pub notes? CheerZ Viter 14:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Your guess is probably accurate, I've browsed through my 1995 & 1996 issues of Locus but didn't find extra data in the ads or the "Books Received" listing. IMHO, I still wouldn't enter such a date in the "date" field as it's not backed by evidence. Perhaps should your deductions be put in the "note" section. Hervé Hauck 16:22, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

The People of the Wind
Hi, could you please add cover artist Fernando Fernandez to this Signet 1973 edition. The original art is shown in this online gallery (with a wrong year). Thanks. Horzel 21:53, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Done with thanks. Hauck 14:06, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
Hello, Hervé! I just saw that today is a special day. I am sending best wishes and hope to have you around for a long, long time. Christian Stonecreek 06:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Hervé Hauck 09:25, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Wollheim / Lowndes and "The Outpost at Altark" in Up There and Other Strange Directions
Hi, and happy birthday! Since with age comes wisdom, would you please see this note, which has to do with the above title in your verified and what looks to me like some confused pseudonym relationships, and see if you can figure out whether anything is wrong and what to do to set it right? Thanks. --MartyD 16:23, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Le Silmarillion
Hello Mr. Hauck. I have several French sf titles that I would like to enter on this site, but I’m unsure as what to enter and how. The first book is J. R. R. Tolkien’s Le Silmarillion. So —


 * The cover states that the publisher is Pocket but the title page is Christian Bourgois. Should I list the publisher as Pocket / Christian Bourgois, or should the publisher be Pocket and Christian Bourgois be the publisher series?


 * On the back cover: Texté integral.  Does this mean the text is unabridged?


 * On the back cover: Peinture de John Howe.  John Howe is the cover artist?


 * On the back cover: Catégorie 6.  If I read your notes correctly, this is the price, but what does it mean?


 * On the back cover: > K E.  While this site will make the symbol unrecognizable, the arrow is actually a sideways triangle, is this important?


 * On the spine: 2276.  Is this the number in publisher’s series?


 * On the copyright page:  Pour la traduction française: © Christian Bourgois, 1978.  Is this the date of the translation?  Other that listing that this book is copyrighted by George Allen & Unwin in 1977 there is no other date on the copyright page.


 * On the back page: 9883 – La Flèche (Sarthe), le 07-11-2001.  Is this the printing date?


 * On the back page: Brodard & Taupin.  Is this the parent corporation?


 * On the title page: Traduit de l’anglais par Pierre ALIEN.  Capitalization is theirs, is this the translator?


 * On page 25: Valaquenta and underneath that Histoire des Valar et des Maiar d’après les récits des Eldar.  Is all of this the title, or the second part the sub-title?

If you can help me with any of this I would appreciate it. MLB 12:29, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello I suppose that your book on hand is this one, so let's begin ;-)


 * The cover states that the publisher is Pocket but the title page is Christian Bourgois. Should I list the publisher as Pocket / Christian Bourgois, or should the publisher be Pocket and Christian Bourgois be the publisher series?

=> In fact this is very likely a kind of "relic" from the first fench publication (by Christian Bourgois), the present publisher ("Pocket") sometimes didn't update the title page, note that in order to avoid confusion with other "Pocket", I use "Presses Pocket" as publisher name this one.


 * On the back cover: Texté integral.  Does this mean the text is unabridged?

=> Yes.


 * On the back cover: Peinture de John Howe.  John Howe is the cover artist?

=> Yes.


 * On the back cover: Catégorie 6.  If I read your notes correctly, this is the price, but what does it mean?

=> It means that, on the day a bookseller sells you the book, he consults a kind of correspondence table between price category and price in Euros (or Francs), that's why the price field is rarely used for french titles.


 * On the back cover: > K E.  While this site will make the symbol unrecognizable, the arrow is actually a sideways triangle, is this important?

=> No.


 * On the spine: 2276.  Is this the number in publisher’s series?

=> Yes.


 * On the copyright page:  Pour la traduction française: © Christian Bourgois, 1978.  Is this the date of the translation?  Other that listing that this book is copyrighted by George Allen & Unwin in 1977 there is no other date on the copyright page.

=> Yes, it's generally the date of the first printing of a given translation. The George Allen & Unwin copyright eventually permits to determine which original text was used (it's not 100% reliable).


 * On the back page: 9883 – La Flèche (Sarthe), le 07-11-2001.  Is this the printing date?

=> Indeed, it's this information (when it's avaliable) that I use for publication date.


 * On the back page: Brodard & Taupin.  Is this the parent corporation?

=> No, that's the printer's name.


 * On the title page: Traduit de l’anglais par Pierre ALIEN.  Capitalization is theirs, is this the translator?

=> Yes that's his name, capitalization is variable for french publishers which are sometimes very creative.


 * On page 25: Valaquenta and underneath that Histoire des Valar et des Maiar d’après les récits des Eldar.  Is all of this the title, or the second part the sub-title?

=> It seems that it's just a part of the book. Personnally, I tend to favor the shortest possible titles, in this case _Le Silmarillion_.


 * Hope this helps. Hervé Hauck 14:45, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, yes, thank you. MLB 14:42, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Hidden World
Found Emshwiller's initials on the cover of [this]. Bottom left corner, about a cm in but only a couple of mm up. --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:56, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Judgement on Janus
Managed to date [this] from an ad in the back [24F] which only appeared in October 1973. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:48, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Pierre Barbet
Would you happen to know if Vénusine by (writing as ) is really part 9 of the Setni series as claimed by Noosfere? The timeline looks peculiar, so I wonder if perhaps it should be inserted between volumes 4 and 5 of the series... Ahasuerus 03:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Your suggestion seems correct as this novel is indeed put in fifth place in the 1998 omnibus that gather the "first" adventures of this hero (see here). I don't know who modified the data (even if I'm sole PV of the book). Note that the numbering of the series is quite erratic (and IMHO superfluous), see for example this pub with #2 on cover becoming #6 in the series list here. Note also that Setni started as "Galactic" detective then branched to "Temporal". Hauck 14:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)


 * At this time Edit Title submissions do not tell the approving moderator whether the about-to-be-modified Title is referenced in a verified pub. There is an FR,, to implement this functionality.


 * That said, the "Setni" series and the "Alex Courville" series looked rather strange when I checked them the other night. Here is what the former looked like:

1 L'exilé du temps (1969) 2 A Quoi Songent les Psyborgs? (1971) also appeared as: Variant Title: Games Psyborgs Play (1973) 3 La planète enchantée (1973) also appeared as: Variant Title: The Enchanted Planet (1975) 7 La croisade des assassins (1986) Magiciens galactiques (1974) Rome doit être détruite (1983) Carthage sera détruite (1984)


 * and here is what the Alex Courville books looked like:

3 Les Psychos de Logir (1981) 6 Putsch galactique (1985) 7 Temps changeants (1986) 9 Option Zéro (1988) Commandos sur commande (1978) Trafic stellaire (1979)


 * Since there were gaps in the numbering sequences (and some related titles were not listed at all), I figured that someone must have started organizing things, but never got a chance to finish the project. I went ahead and added the missing series numbers, but then I noticed that you had verified some of the affected pubs, so left a message on your Talk page to see if what I did made any sense :-)


 * If, as you said, there is no definite order to these books, then perhaps we could remove the numbers and add notes to each titles along the lines of "Sometimes listed as book 2 in the series and other times as book 6"? Or perhaps keep the current numbering scheme and add a note explaining that the ISFDB numbering is based on the publication order, but subsequent reprints sometimes used a different numbering scheme? (, "Add a free text Note field to Series records" should help once it's been implemented.) Ahasuerus 02:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * IMHO the complete removal of the numbers is the best solution. There are so many righteous ways to order a given series (chronogical by writing date, chronogical by internal date, author's whim, publishers' idea, fan's guesses,etc.) that it's perhaps a waste of time. Hauck 15:39, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, there are certainly series where any kind of numbering would be more confusing than helpful. Since I don't know enough about these two series to tell if they may fall into this category, I will leave them in your capable hands :-) Ahasuerus 15:36, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Carr's Best SF of the Year #14
Can you confirm that the story by Dozois in this anthology credits his middle initial? By this time in his career he'd dropped it, and the US edition of the anthology doesn't credit it with the initial (according to the primary verified record). Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 16:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It doesn't, corrected. Hauck 16:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The Engineer ReConditioned
As one of the primary verifiers of this pub, could you please check the note that I posted on the Verifications board a few minutes ago? TIA! Ahasuerus 04:10, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

The Automated Goliath/The Three Suns of Amara
Could you have a look at [this] discussion, please? Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Rocket Ship/Rocketship Galileo
Does your NEL edition of [this] have the title as two or three words? Just updated the '73 printing and created the Variant [mine has Rocketship]. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 18:10, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Two words, corrected and merged. Hauck 20:18, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Cover artist
Does [Tomlinson] have any notes about the cover artist for [this] Harrison cover? Thanks! --~ Bill, Bluesman 19:23, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * He gives the artist as "Stabse". Hauck 20:20, 10 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Think he might be guessing! Willem came up with a signature match [here] and blown up it does look more like Sharpe. Thanks for checking! --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:16, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Cover artist for Planet of No Return
Hello, Hervé! I added the artist and an accompanying note to this. Stonecreek 06:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
My copy of [this] is CDN, the PV1 spot is open. Santé! --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:33, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, must remember to check whether my Signets (and DAWs) are US or Canadian printings. Hauck 13:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Also for [Stardroppers] --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:47, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography
Mr, Hauck, it looks like I accidently created this before I saw your version of this. Oops! Please feel free to plunder my entry for anything of interest then erase it. Sorry. MLB 11:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks. Hauck 13:45, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Lord of the Fantastic
Can you confirm that this pub was published as "Eos" and not "Avon Eos". We've separated those titles that were published by Avon from 1998 until 2000 under the name "Avon Eos", before the Avon division was sold by Hearst. The purchasing company, HarperCollins, dropped "Avon" from the name, but kept the Eos imprint. Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 21:45, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

And the same for this pub. Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:51, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Both are by "Avon Eos" Hauck 16:13, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Great. Appreciate it. Mhhutchins 17:55, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The Ascendant Stars by Michael Cobly
Please change the page number of the start of the extras. Should be 471? Thanks.--Teddybear 17:57, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Hauck 19:15, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Cover artist for The Road to Nightfall
Hello, Hervé! It's Fred Gambino, as taken from Interzone #110: I added the information and a note. I also vt'd the IZ cover. Stonecreek 18:33, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Cover artist for Use of Weapons
Hi, Hervé! I added the cover artist for this book. I also added a note about the source. Stonecreek 04:08, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 08:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Daryle or Daryl?
Is it really Daryle F. Mallett as one of the authors in this interview? We have one Daryl F. Mallett already in the database. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 06:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It's Daryl indeed. Thanks. Hauck 08:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Author credit for Beyond the Gate of Worlds
I am currently reading this anthology and stumbled over a review in Foundation #53 (soon to be entered): both the title page of the anthology and the review do credit Silverberg, Brunner and Yarbro. Shouldn't we change our credit in this light? I also asked Ahasuerus on the matter. Stonecreek 17:39, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Christian, the copyright being assigned to Agberg Ltd (the one-man Corporation which is Silverberg), I tend to stick with my first interpretation (the names on title page and cover are those of the contributors instead of the putative anthologists), but I'm open to any change. Hervé Hauck 17:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Let's see. The book doesn't explicitly state who the editor was although Silverberg's introduction -- "And that too was the background I offered Jim Brunner and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro for their companion stories in this new volume" -- suggests that it was probably him. On the other hand, the copyright statement is presumably just a way for Silverberg to protect the ownership of his universe and may not necessarily indicate who the editor was. Given the above, I am also undecided and wouldn't be opposed to changing the record. Ahasuerus 18:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, with no further or more earnest opposing I would like to change record and title: I'll just wait until tomorrow evening (European evening that is) for further comments. That stated I really do think, Silverberg should have been credited on the title page, but sadly he wasn't. I'll also add a comment regarding this. Stonecreek 18:47, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dorsai!
The first printing of [this] does not have the bar-code block on the back cover and the artist's signature is quite visible. That of Jordi Penalva. Added to the record with a note to source. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:47, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction
Could you please check whether the publisher in your verified The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction is listed as "Wesleyan" or "Wesleyan University Press"? It's the last verified pub which uses the shorter form, so hopefully we can reduce the number of publisher records. TIA! Ahasuerus 11:54, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Hauck 14:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Ahasuerus 14:33, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
Hi Hervé, I would like to change the title of this pub to "The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius" as it is on the titlepage. Can you agree? Thanks, --Willem H. 18:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Also the author of "Harry and Marlowe Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution" (page 245) should be "Carrie Vaughn", not "Vaughan". --Willem H. 18:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * As I said, I'm not overly fond of subtitles, proceed as you see fit. Hauck 19:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not too fond of them myself, but those are the rules. Thanks & done. --Willem H. 20:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I've always believed that there was some latitude in the matter. Hauck 20:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

William F. Temple's Whispering Gallery
You verified which contains Whispering Gallery (1956) and  which contains The Whispering Gallery (1953). Should the first be a variant of the second? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:33, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * In fact no, there are slight but nonetheless real differences between the two texts that prevent a vting (note left at title level).Hauck 13:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Length of Nancy Kress' After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
Please see this discussion. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 12:33, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Jestak
Hi, based upon Worldcat I made a variant of The Breaking of Northwall.--Dirk P Broer 09:45, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Artist identified...
... for this pub.. As you suspected, it is Bob Layzell. Here is the hint that brought me to your verified publ., under the item 'Planetenroman' (I have the Planetenroman and can verify artist and cover art, but it is not entered yet). You may want to add the artist based on that source. Christian Stonecreek 14:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 15:50, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Omale
I approved User: Anti Monitor's addition of this pub a few minutes ago, but now I am thinking that I should have deferred to you. The price is listed as "€15.09", which seems strange but matches Noosfere's record. However, the entered publication series number, 2522, doesn't match Noosfere's data and is well outside of this series' normal range. Could you please take a look? TIA! Ahasuerus 03:20, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You were right, the number #2522 is very likely erroneous. Only the first titles in the series have explicit series' numbers, after some time they can be inferred from the ISBN (where they appear in bold) or from catalog data. I've deleted it (at best it should be #6032). The price is an artefact coming from the conversion from Francs to Euros (99FF =15.09 €), note that, at the time of publication, the official currency was still the Franc. I've also uploaded the scan as I'm not sure that we're authorized to deeplink to noosfere. Hervé Hauck 14:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks! And thanks for uploading the image -- I think I confused Collectors' Showcase, which we can link to, with Noosfere. Ahasuerus 16:27, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Leviathan Wakes
I made a few additions to the Notes on -- added "First Edition: June 2011" and the LCCN, and a listing of what is included in the Extras. No deletions or changes to verified content. BungalowBarbara 03:58, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Natives of Space
Seem to be two records, [1] and [2] for the same pub, just a slight difference how the catalog # was recorded. Same message to Willem. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:23, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * One deleted. Hauck 06:52, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Pritcher Mass
PV1 vacated for [this], my copy is CDN. --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:58, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Taken, thanks. Hauck 16:56, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Same for [Night of Light]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:36, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

And for [Overlords of War]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:03, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

"The Astounding Adventures of Isaac Intrepid" in two issues of Analog
While merging duplicate Mike Resnick titles from a newly entered collection, I ran across "The Astounding Adventures of Isaac Intrepid" in two issues of Analog: This Aug 1979 appearance and this Dec 1980 appearance. I see you are a verifier on both issues. Are these the same story, and can they be merged? Or are they some sort of serial? Thanks. --MartyD 11:52, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * No, they're not the same story, but both chronicle the feats of "Isaac Intrepid" (who is of course a thinly disguised Asimov). Hauck 14:49, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Brad R. Torgers[o|e]n on "Peacekeeper"
See this spelling question. You are 2-verifier. Thanks. --MartyD 12:14, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Kuttner & Moore's "Déja demain" vs. "Ahead of Time"
You verified Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore's Déja demain as a French translation of their English collection Ahead of Time. This doesn't look right to me, since they only overlap in 5 stories of the 9 that each book has. Stories that are in both publications are: "Camouflage", "Year Day", "Ghost", "Shock", and "De Profundis". But Déja demain is missing the other 4 stories that are in that anthology, and has replaced them with 4 other Kuttner/Moore stories (Vintage Season, When the Bough Breaks, Twonky, and Private Eye). I was noticing this because the Italian "translation" of Ahead of Time (or what claims to be a translation of that anthology) agrees with the English in 6 stories of the 9, and is listed as a separate, non-varianted book. Yet the Italian anthology agrees with the French in 8 of their 9 stories! (I wonder if the Italian translator translated from the French instead of the original English.) If it's ok with you, I'd like to separate out Déja demain as a separate title (not varianted to Ahead of Time), and then variant the Italian Il twonky, il tempo e la follia to Déja demain. Chavey 01:33, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Darrah, the point that you evoked is mentionned here. As far as I'm concerned, I use a simple majority rule : if a french collection is given as being a translation of a precise (english) collection and more than half of the french content come from the aforementionned title, I'd vt the french title to the english one. It's the case here, so I'd prefer you to leave the things as they are now (I can't and won't speak for the italian translation). Note that it will also reduce the clutter. Hervé Hauck 12:10, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, I don't know if this helps, but all the italian sources I could find report Il twonky, il tempo e la follia as a translation of Ahead of Time 1953 edition; The SOURCE for italian SF (Ernesto's Catalog) fully confirms the note in the italian pub, stating that 6 stories were from the original publication, originally credited only to Kuttner. Andrea --Pips55 23:10, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, that note was written by me, expanding on Ernesto's original note using my copy of the book. But it appears that Ernesto was the one who originally decided that it should not be listed as a variant of "Ahead of Time". But I think I'll go with Hauck's opinion and list it as such. Chavey 16:03, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

A Darko Suvin essay
Hervé, in your verified pub Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays is one by Darko Suvin titled 'On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre'. It's probably a variant of 'Cognition and Estrangement: An Approach to the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre' which appeared four years earlier, and which I have just indexed. In your pub does the essay begin "The importance of science fiction in our time is on the increase."? Thanks for looking. PeteYoung 08:19, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does, it seems to be the same text (it's dated 1972 and is excerpted from _College English, XXXIV_). Hauck 15:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

"Fiori di Cartpesta ho Ancora da Quell'Ultimo Carnevale"
Hi Hervè, I believe there is a typo in this title "Fiori di Cartpesta ho Ancora da Quell'Ultimo Carnevale", part of this pub you verified: it should read "Fiori di Cartapesta ho Ancora da Quell'Ultimo Carnevale", at least if the author is not doing some strange trick with the italian language. Ciao --Pips55 20:55, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, corrected. Hauck 13:18, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Mission to the Heart Stars
Please confirm whether the cover artist credited in this publication is or the more commonly used name. Thanks. Mhhutchins 13:37, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The artist is not credited on publication as per notes. Hauck 14:45, 2 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Since "Docktor" is his canonical name, shouldn't you use that in an uncredited publication? Mhhutchins 15:41, 2 July 2013 (UTC)


 * It's very likely that the data and the note (I tend not to rely on such sources) were already there when I verified the pub. Hauck 16:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Here's a more reliable source for the cover credit. Mhhutchins 16:29, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

The same situation for the interior art credits in these publications: 1, 2, and 3. Mhhutchins 13:45, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Artist credited as entered : "Doktor" on last one, "Docktor" on first (regulrized) and "Irv Docktor" on second.. Hauck 14:49, 2 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 15:41, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Mining the Oort
[This] record noted that the edition was printed in Canada, just didn't have the CDN pricing in the field. Have cloned it for a [US] printing. Don't know which one you have for Verification. --~ Bill, Bluesman 16:33, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The US one, it seems ("Manufactured in the USA"). Thanks. Hauck 16:47, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Cover art credit for The Patchwork Girl
Does your copy of this title explicitly credit "Fernando" as the cover artist? The other Ace editions only credit him with the interior art. Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 15:10, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Is "Cover Art by Fernando" on copyright page explicit enough ? Hauck 16:48, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Sure. Why wouldn't it? I'll note your edition as a source to credit the earlier printings. Thanks. Mhhutchins 16:52, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

City Machine
My copy is CDN which frees the PV2 slot. Thought you might prefer not to be a transient ... ;-)) --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:27, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right. As probably most of us, I use the "transient" by default, the ISFDB helping me managing my collection (there are even some sad cases where I couldn't even be transient). Hauck 06:09, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Relativity
Can you check your copy of this book again? Bluesman's copy is signed, and he remembers the publisher claiming that the whole printrun was signed, but my copy isn't. How is yours? Thanks --Willem H. 14:57, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Empire of the Atom
My copy is CDN, leaves the PV1 spot open for [this]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:43, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

And [this] one. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:10, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

And [another] one. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:50, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thx. Hauck 06:05, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Subterfuge
Created a [record] for a french edition of the above title, even found an image! There is a signature on the cover that I can't make out. Do you recognize it? Thanks! --~ Bill, Bluesman 18:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

New Scans
Hello, just uploaded a new scan of this issue of Interzone, as the original had a moire pattern. Albinoflea 06:10, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * and also this one. Albinoflea 08:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)


 * and this anthology: Univers 1986 Albinoflea 08:44, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hauck 14:57, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian price to your verified
I added the Canadian price to your verified .Don Erikson 23:35, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Added LCCN and OCLC links to This publication. Also added note about associate editor.SFJuggler 18:40, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've placed this submission on hold for Hauck's decision. It is not ISFDB standard to give full editor status to an associate who is only acknowledged on the copyright page. In the future, any submissions which change any field other than the Note field of a primary verified record should be discussed with the verifying editor before making a submission to edit. Adding author credit is a substantial change in a record and requires discussion. Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:54, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Michael, I was thinking along the same lines (editors mentionned 'in passing' are not worth -IMO- of full editor status). I'm far from my books until August the 5th, I'll return to the matter at this later time. Hauck 17:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I will accept the submission because he added some notes, but will remove the editor credit. Upon your return, you will have the opportunity to look over the changes and deal with them then. Thanks. Mhhutchins 17:42, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I confirm that I'm not in favor of adding Goldman as an associate editor to the record as he's not listed on title page (for example, associate editors for magazines are not listed). Hauck 15:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

(The) Yellow Inferno
I changed the title of this pub from "Yellow Inferno" to "The Yellow Inferno", as it is on the titlepage, and added notes. Thanks, --Willem H. 10:02, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Fantasy Publishing Co. or Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Re your verified record: please join this discussion at your convenience. Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:12, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Also, those issues of Spaceway which you PV'd as published by "Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc." are involved in the discussion. Mhhutchins 19:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Age Of Maturity, 1970-2000
Add to the "Understanding Contemporary American Literature" publication series. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 11:38, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Blue Mars
Updated note to this edition of Blue Mars to include some information from Locus. Albinoflea 06:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Antarctica
Could you double check the ISBN on this edition of KSR's Antarctica? It is listed with the same ISBN as the original hardcover. Thanks, Albinoflea 12:59, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * My mistake, corrected. Hauck 13:58, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

I added the other prices to your verified
I added the other prices to your verified {http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?262964}.Don Erikson 22:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Unplugged: The Web's Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 2008 Download
I updated the notes for. In particular, I changed "Data from publisher's website as of 2009-12-20." to "Date from ..." since the rest of the information comes from the book itself. However, I have a question on that as I don't see a publication date on the publisher's website. Since your verification date is after that statement date, it might not be your statement, but do you know if that is where the publication date did indeed come from? Amazon is showing 2009-01-00 and Goodreads has 2009-11-00 (with their first review being 2010-02-00). Do you know where the date came from? -- JLaTondre (talk) 12:59, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but don't know where the data comes from. I tend not to rely on diverse websites but avoid to blank such data even if not strictly supported by the book on hand. Hauck 13:15, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, I changed the date and notes per Locus Onlines' 2010 Forthcoming Books. There is no guarantee it came out then, but the earlier dates are mostly likely wrong if it was still forthcoming in January 2010. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 16:10, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian & other prices price to your verified
I added the Canadian & other prices price to your verified .Don Erikson 18:26, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Greg Bear's "Hull Zero Three"
I changed the page count from 305 to 307 on the above title.--Teddybear 18:53, 1 September 2013 (UTC) Sorry, forgot this --Teddybear 18:55, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Cover art credit discovered
The cover artist of this publication is Bill Botten. It is very much his style and confirmed on his website. Mhhutchins 18:37, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Bill Botten is also responsible for this cover. Mhhutchins 18:39, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

And this one. Mhhutchins 18:42, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice finds. Thx. Hauck 20:17, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Turns out the artist credit was in error for the last two pubs. When I noticed that the credit given in Rias Nuninga's PJF bibliography was for Melvyn Grant, I contacted him. He acknowledged the error, and after some research found Bill Botten's website who credited himself with the first three books of Farmer's World of Tiers series published by Sphere. After changing his bibliography Rias contacted Botten by email. Botten now believes he wasn't responsible for the covers of that series, that they were posted by mistake on his website because at the time he was the art director for Sphere Books as well as doing the covers of many titles published by them. So I guess we're now back to square one. Sorry for pointing you to a dead end. Mhhutchins 16:19, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

An Earth Gone Mad / The Rebellious Stars
I added the cover artist for The Rebellious Stars per this discussion. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 13:48, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I added the book reviews
I added the book reviews to your verified .Don Erikson 19:49, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your efforts, I didn't enter because I've found them a bit too short (IMHO) to warrant the status of reviews (the one about the Conklin being only six lines long). Hauck 13:19, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Westfahl essay added...
... from the credits in the german publication to your verified pub.. Stonecreek 06:51, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Three to Conquer / Doomsday Eve
I've added the cover artist for Three to Conquer per this discussion. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 23:18, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Pierre Grimbert
AmazonCrossing is in the middle of publishing 's Le Secret de Ji in English, so I had to poke around to organize our VTs. After researching his bibliography I found that the series was first published by Mnémos in 4 volumes in 1996-1997. It was subsequently revised by the author and published by J'ai lu in 2 volumes in 2003. It looks like your verified Le secret de Ji-2 is a 2004 printing of the latter, but the larger question is whether the extent of the changes in the J'ai lu edition was such that we need a separate series (which is how I have it set up right now) or whether we can enter them as omnibus editions (1+2 and 3+4). Would you happen to be familiar with the nature of the changes? TIA! Ahasuerus 02:48, 21 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Gathering data from other sources it seems that the changes are more of a cosmetic nature which don't warrant a separate series as the titles of the parts stayed the same (I've updated my publication) so, as per our standards (IIRC of course) they're not to be separated even if revised. Hauck 16:25, 21 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking! I have converted the other revised title to an omnibus and merged the two series.


 * As far as the larger issue goes, I agree that we generally do not create new titles based on textual variations and record them in Notes. However, when an author does a major rewrite, it may become necessary to create a separate title record. For example, consider 's "Chung Kuo" series. The original version consisted of 8 volumes (there was supposed to be volume 9, but it was folded into volume 8) while the "recast" version is projected to have 20 volumes, with much of the material expanded and rewritten. Although some rewritten books will have the same titles, e.g. "The Middle Kingdom" is volume 1 in the original series and volume 3 in the recast series, "The Broken Wheel" is volumes 2 and 7 respectively, "The Stone Within" is 4 and 10, etc, we have the books organized in two separate series with separate titles for clarity. I shudder to think what it would look like as a single series! :-) Ahasuerus 18:13, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Silverberg's Beyond the Safe Zone
Hi Hervé, I got a message from Mark Hutchins saying "Can you confirm the publisher and publication date of this record? There's another record in the db with the same ISBN and price, but dated 1994 and from a differently named publisher. Also, why give BLIC as the source for the price and page count, if you're doing a primary verification? Thanks for looking." Mhhutchins 04:35, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The two records can be merged: "HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy is an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers" it states on the copyright page of my book. And I can add that my copy also states "This paperback edition 1994", followed by number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2, as in the copy of Hauck.--Dirk P Broer 13:50, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Publication records can't be merged, only deleted. Get with Hauck and decide which one to keep and which to delete. Since Collins is not the publisher, at least that would have to be changed, as well as the publication date. Thanks. Mhhutchins 22:09, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Shall we keep your copy with 1995-01-23 as publication date (as per the slip in the review copy?).--Dirk P Broer 23:11, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd say yes. Hauck 10:39, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, March 2008 (and others)
I'm holding a submission to change Cramer's essay title (page 82) from "There Is..." to "There's...". Can you check your copy of this issue to confirm the title? Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:38, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It's effectively "There's". Hauck 10:41, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


 * In the same vein, I am holding two more.
 * April 2008 (p. 86) "... Preciple" to "... Precipice"
 * June 2008 (p. 38) "...Moon and Deserts..." to "... Moon, and Deserts...", adding a comma. The submitter comments that this is how the title is listed on the author's website.
 * Thanks. --MartyD 11:17, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * He's right in both cases. Hauck 12:08, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking. I accepted the submissions, left a note for Tpi, and pointed out the ask-the-verifier-first policy to the editor.  --MartyD 01:35, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, December 2008
Please confirm the author of the Alternate View column on page 40 of this issue. Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right, changed to Cramer (Tpi notified). I confess to sometimes not to pay a huge attention to the data on non-fiction essays :-(. Hauck 06:17, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, April 2009
In the April 2009 issue of Analog, does the title of the editorial contain an Arabic numeral 1 or a Roman numeral I? In my ebook version of this issue, the title is "Research I", not "Research 1". Also, please check the title of Mary Turzillo's novelette. In my ebook version (which is prone to error), the title is "Steak Tartare and the Cats of Gari Babakin Station". It differs from the title listed by including an additional word "Station" on the end. Funslinger 09:59, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks to me more like an I than an 1, changed thus. The title of Turzillo's piece is without "station". Hauck 14:31, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll correct my ebook to reflect the new title. Funslinger 23:04, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, June 2009
My ebook version of this issue has a Biolog column on Craig DeLancey. It is the second article in the issue immediately following the editorial. Please check your copy to confirm if it is in the print version. Also, the review column is titled The Reference Library instead of Guest Reference Library which sounds right since Sakers was the regular reviewer by this issue. The website SFRevu.com also lists a TOC that matches what I have. Thanks. Funslinger 10:17, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right on both cases. Corrected. Hauck 14:36, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, May 2009
I had placed a submission on hold that wants to change a credit in one of your verified records. I've since removed the hold and ask that you handle it. Here is the original discussion on the other (inactive) primary verifier's page. Thanks for taking over the submission. Mhhutchins 20:44, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Essay added, sub rejected. Hauck 14:56, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Did the print edition have the Mini-Reference Library essay? If so, shouldn't the Easton review be listed under the Mini-Reference Library essay? Funslinger 03:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The print edition have it here, if your question is about the order of the display, it's probably a technical matter. I don't know if a 'sort' (other than by page number) is used during the dispay to order the items and on what field(s) it operates. IMHO the "Mini-Reference Library" item itself is quite useless because it's an hollow shell as there's nothing else in it than the review by Easton which has its own entry. Hauck 13:25, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, September 2009
In my ebook version of this issue, the author Marie DesJardin is spelled with a capital J in her last name. I have checked elsewhere online and it appears that the J should be capitalized. I have submitted the change. Please verify. Thanks. Funslinger 00:13, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The change seems to have been approved. Hauck 14:58, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, October 2009
My ebook version lists the title of Grossbach's piece as "An Idea Whose Time Had Come". I have checked online and have seen it with "Had" and "Has" in multiple places. Please verify. Funslinger 03:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Right, corrected. Hauck 14:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * So it's "Had" in the print version? Funslinger 16:16, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes it is. Hauck 16:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The title now contains "HaD" so I'll submit a change to make it "Had". Funslinger 16:28, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, November 2009
Schmidt's editorial is titled "Aiming High—Or Low?" with an em dash instead of " - ". I submitted a change. Please verify. Funslinger 06:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I've also discarded the spaces. Hauck 15:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't know why they were in there. I didn't put them in when I submitted the change. Thanks. Funslinger 16:12, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, January/February 2010
My ebook version shows:
 * a byline of "Victor Raggio, M.D.", not "Victor Raggio", for the Science Fact article titled "Twins: Never Identical".
 * the Alternate View column is by Jeffery D. Kooistra, not John G. Cramer (Kooistra and Cramer tend to alternate issues and this is normally Kooistra's issue). Plus, it isn't listed as an Alternate View here.
 * the essay "Take Off Your Hat: You're in the Presence of Culture" is a Science Fact article.
 * is the Robert T. Lundy who wrote the poem in this issue the same as the Robert Lundy who wrote poems for the April and June 2008 issues?
 * Very likely but no evidence (the 2008 index and issues give only "Robert Lundy"), things will stay as they are.

Funslinger 13:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The Reference Library entry has "January-December" instead of "January-February". I submitted a change.
 * Corrections made (I've rejected the capitalization to "my" though). Hauck 15:15, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The column is actually The Alternate View so I submitted a change to add "The" so that the essay will appear with all of the other The Alternate View essays.. Funslinger 16:25, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw and approved it. Hauck 16:34, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

In my ebook, the Index essay is titled "2009 Index". Does the print version have "The 2009 Index" or "2009 Index"? Funslinger 16:54, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The latter. Hauck 17:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Funslinger 01:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, October 2010
My ebook version shows the title of Stanchfield's piece to be "Ghosts Come Home", not "Ghost Come Home". Please verify. Thanks. Funslinger 14:47, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Corrected. Hauck 16:01, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, November 2010
The Reference Library essay by Don Sakers was not in The Reference Library series. I submitted a change. Funslinger 02:24, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, May 2011
My ebook shows: Funslinger 10:00, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * that the Oltion story "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" is a Probability Zero
 * that The Alternate View essay is titled "'Goldilocks' Gliese 581g: A Fairytale?", with a small g, not a capital G. A university website that lists Cramer's The Alternate View essays has it with a small g as well.
 * that the title of the Collins story is "Ellipses", not "Ellipses …". Collins' website shows it as "Ellipses…", without the space. What is in the print version?
 * 1) yes, 2) no (capital G), 3) no (it's the ISFDB standard treatment of ellipsis, regardless of the exact title). Hauck 10:16, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * So your copy has the ellipsis after the word Ellipses? My searching online has shown the title predominantly without the ellipsis. Funslinger 11:49, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes Hauck 12:09, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Funslinger 12:50, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Glaice
Added a cover art credit for your verified pub Glaice, as per its appearance in Chris Moore's Journeyman. Thanks. PeteYoung 09:56, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it sure looks like Moore's work. Hauck 10:17, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, June 2011
My ebook shows Funslinger 10:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * the Biolog essay is titled "Biolog: David Levine", not "Biolog: David D. Levine"
 * Not the case for the print magazine. Hauck 11:02, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, September 2011
Jeffery D. Kooistra's name was spelled wrong, "Jeffrey" instead of "Jeffery". I submitted a change. Funslinger 16:05, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Cherryh's La porte de l'exil
Can you confirm the cover artist credited in this record? The same art was used for the original English edition and was credited to Michael Whelan. Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:04, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I can confirm credit to Maitz on bc of the book. IMHO it's perhaps more in Maitz's style than in Whelan's but I'm no expert. Hauck 09:02, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It must be a printing error. Here and here are signed numbered prints of the work credited to Whelan. Mhhutchins 15:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, credits changed. Hauck 15:29, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, January/February 2012
My ebook lists the cover art as by John Allemand. Funslinger 06:30, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, added. Hauck 09:07, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Also in my ebook, the Science Fact article by Edward M. Lerner is titled “Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and (Perhaps) How of Faster-Than-Light Technology” Funslinger 09:29, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes but I tend to skip such lenghty subtitles. BTW it would be nice include a link to the publication in your messages. Hauck 09:34, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok. Let me figure out how. Here goes... This issue
 * Nice, thanks. Hauck 09:57, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, April 2012
My ebook shows Brass Tacks and Upcoming Events should be essays, not shortfiction Funslinger 13:31, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * the story "The Most Invasive Species" as a novelette, not a novella
 * the story "Ecce Signum" as a novelette, not a novella
 * the essay "A Reference Library Supplement" to be titled "The Reference Library Supplement"
 * Note that I'm not a primary verifier for this title. Hauck 13:36, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks Funslinger 13:38, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

I added the Canadian price to your verified
I added the Canadian price to your verified .Don Erikson 21:01, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Analog, September 2012
My ebook has Funslinger 07:37, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Aiken's story "Done That, Never Been There" listed as a novella. The Analog website has it listed as a novelette in the TOC, but labels it a novella in the brief description of the issue. The 2012 Index in the January/February 2013 issue lists it as a novelette. Actual word count is 21,620. Character count is 116,472. Editor's word count is 19,412. (Word defined as six characters, including spaces.) It appears that it should be labeled as a novella. How is it labeled in the print magazine?
 * The Science Fact article titled as "SIGMA: Summing Up Speculation" with SIGMA in all caps. I submitted a changed.
 * 1) title appears as a novelette, but your calculations seem confirm its novella status; 2) change accepted (don't forget with vts as in this case to change both titles, here and here). Hauck 14:26, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Noted. Thanks. Funslinger 17:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)