User:Mhhutchins

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I'm a long time reader of SF, and have an almost manic enthusiasm for lists, bibliographies, databases, etc.

In my collecting I've accumulated probably 75% of all SF magazines published between 1970 and 1995, at which point I threw my hands up in surrender. There are still a couple that I subscribe to. I have a lifetime subscription to Locus (one of the smartest things I ever did in the early 80s.) If anyone has need of specific info from any Locus issue of the past 25+ years, just ask. Their book listings are a treasure trove. Of course, now that most of the info is online, the printed magazine has become somewhat moot :(   I also have the annual hardcover indexes that the magazine published between 1984 and 1991.

I also created and maintain Michael Bishop's official website, which includes my fastidiously precise and intensely detailed to the point of anal-compulsive bibliography of his work.


Contents

Bibliographic Sources

Publications

These reference books are in my collection. If there's anything that you'd want me to look for, just inquire.

Websites

  • Contento, William. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
    Online version of the two publications listed above, includes anthologies and collections through 1983. Highly reliable.
  • Brown, Charles N. and William Contento. The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
    A continuation of Contento's work, but indexes all publications, including magazines. Again, a highly reliable source. There are annual appendices up through 2007, but they have not been integrated into the main database.
  • AbeBooks.com
    A "community of over 13,500 independent booksellers selling 100 million books from around the globe". Just be careful not to depend on only one or two listings in order to verify a publication.
  • Fantastic Fiction
    A British based database which ties ISBNs into searches at both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, as well as listings on Abebooks.com. It contains some good information but its graphical design leaves a lot to be desired.
  • WorldCat
    A searchable database of "over 1 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide."

Projects

Major

  • Verify, add or update listings from Tuck's Encyclopedia of SF&F [Time for completion estimated circa 2020 :-)] [Completed A-Chap (97 of 474 pages or 20.46%)]
  • Update/add/verify publications listed in Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (1700-1974), approximately 18,000 references. I will attempt to do this along with the Tuck project. Unlike Tuck, Reginald only lists first editions and retitlings. [Completed A-Berg (45 of 585 pages, or 7.69%)]
  • Use the Locus Books Received listings to add new pub records and update existing ones. [Completed #1 - #233 (May 1980) and #264 - #275 (January - December 1983), planned #234 - #263 (June 1980 - December 1982), missing issues #208 - 211 and #214.] (Listings from 1984 forward are on the Locus website.)
  • Index pertinent contents from all issues of Locus (1968 - present) 500+ issues! [Completed 1 - 326 (March, 1988), missing 208-211 and 214]

Minor

Completed

  • Create a temporary page that links the current Publication Series lists on the ISFDB wiki, and add others as they arise.
  • Enter all titles reprinted by Avon/Equinox in the trade paperback SF Rediscovery series (1974-1977). [Completed 31/May/2007]
  • Enter all of the spec-fic titles published by Curtis Books (1969-1970) as listed by Dennis Lien in The Science Fiction Collector #14 (1981). [Completed 4/June/2007]
  • Complete entries including contents of the magazine Science Fiction Eye (1987-1997). [#1-#10, #12 and #15 completed. Need #11, #13, and #14.]
  • Enter all books published by Laser Books (1975-1977). [Completed 7/June/2007]
  • Fix (or create) the EDITOR records for the following magazine years and merge them into their respective series:
  • Verify and update all current listings or add new ones for Lancer Books spec-fic publications (1962-1973) (Source: "A Lancer Science Fiction Checklist" by William J. Denholm III in Megavore #10, 1980.) [Completed 10/October/2007]
  • Add the eleven issues (and all contents) of Night Cry (off-shoot from The Twilight Zone Magazine) [1984-1987] [Completed 21/October/2007]
  • Enter all spec-fic titles published by Gregg Press (1975-1985). [Completed 6/November/2007]
  • Add titles reprinted by Garland in the Garland Library of Science Fiction [Completed 18/May/2008]
  • Create magazine pages for the following periodicals published by Health Knowledge:
    • Famous Science Fiction (9 issues, 1966-1969) [Completed by Swfritter]
    • Startling Mystery Stories (18 issues, 1966-1971) [Done 27/June/2008]
    • Weird Terror Tales (3 issues, 1969-1970) [Done 27/June/2008]
  • Enter all titles in the Classics of Science Fiction reprint series published by Hyperion Press (1974-1976). [Completed 29/June/2008]
  • Add titles reprinted by Newcastle Publishing in their Forgotten Fantasy series [Most completed by an unknown editor 9/September/2008]
  • Create/update publications of specialty publisher Dark Harvest (1983-1993) [Completed 31/October/2008]
  • Create a Wiki page for magazine Last Wave (5 issues, 1983-1986) [Completed 31/October/2008]
  • Add missing data for those issues of Vertex in my collection, April 1974 - August 1975. Also update the wiki page. [Completed 1/November/2008]
  • Create magazine pages for the following reprint periodicals published by Ultimate Publishing (1966-1975) (or maybe create one page for all of them): [Done 1/November/2008]
  • Verify, add or update all editions from The Easton Press' Masterpieces of Science Fiction reprint series. [Done 20/December/2008]
  • Index issues of the 1980s mag Fantasy Book [Done 31/December/2008]
  • Create a page to list publications in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection [Done 31/December/2008]
  • Add spec-fic publications of British publisher Robert Hale from info on OCLC [Completed 1-387] [Done 8/January/2009]
  • Create a publisher series page for Avon SF Rediscovery. [Done 24/January/2009]
  • Add spec-fic publications of British publisher Dennis Dobson from info on OCLC [Completed 1-156] [Done 21/March/2009]
  • Add records and contents for all issues of Science Fiction Review (Richard E. Geis fanzine) in my collection: #8-10 (The Alien Critic), #12, #14-56, and #58-61 (last issue). [Completed 3/May/2009]
  • Check all pubs showing SFBC as the publisher and change if necessary to designate the original publisher or to "Science Fiction Book Club" if an original publication. [Completed 7/May/2009] (This will have to be checked periodically to make sure that no one has used "SFBC" as a publisher.)
  • Create/update publications of The Science Fiction Book Club UK (1953-1974) and Readers Union (1974-1982). [Completed 8/May/2009]
  • Update authors data using Reginald's Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II [Completed 8/May/2009]
  • Create/update publications of specialty publisher Golden Gryphon Press [All titles up through Fall 2009] [Completed 17/June/2009]
  • Create a wiki page for the Planet Stories series published by Paizo. [Completed 21/December/2009]
  • Create wiki page for the Science Fiction Book Club, with the following tasks:
    • Listings for club selections by year and month [Completed 4/October/2009]
    • Links to existing pub records or create new ones when necessary [Completed: 28/December/2009]
    • Gutter codes and book IDs when available
  • Create a Wiki page for Weirdbook, create stub records for all issues. [Wiki page and stub records created on 2/January/2010]
  • Update authors data using Ashley's Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction [Completed 24/January/2010]
  • Enter records for the 62 volumes in the Arno Press "Science Fiction" series of reprints edited by Reginald and Menville (1975). [Completed 24/January/2010]
  • Enter records for the 69 volumes in the Arno Press "Lost Race and Adult Fantasy" series of reprints edited by Reginald and Menville (1978). [Completed 25/January/2010]
  • Check database records for PS Publishing against listings on their website and reconcile or create new pubs [Complete through 2009. Completed 25/January/2010]
  • Create/update publications of specialty publisher Donald M. Grant [Completed 25/January/2010]

Pages to Monitor

  • The ISFDB page for Michael Bishop:
    • Verify all current information
    • Add magazine, anthology and fanzine appearances, both fiction and nonfiction
  • The ISFDB page for Steven Millhauser:
    • Verify all current information
    • Add all missing publications of books, stories and essays

Useful Templates

  • Greeting new editors: {{subst:welcome}} ~~~~
  • Unsigned wiki messages: {{Unsigned|<username>}}
  • Creating a wiki page for a new magazine title template here
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