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The Dark Millennium

The cover artist for this is George Alvara, see signed original art at ha.com. Horzel 13:52, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

A Hole in Space

I've added some Notes to A Hole in Space. --AndyjMo 17:53, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Footfall

I've updated the Notes for Footfall - added the Published statement and the source of the Cover Artist. --AndyjMo 18:13, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Epilogue to The Lottery

In your verified publication The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover, and also this one and this one, there's an epilogue poem which has printed at the end of it "from James Harris, the Daemon Lover". Duly, someone wrote down the title as "The Daemon Lover" and the author as "James Harris", and that's been carried over to a lot of verified publications. But it's an error -- actually, this poem is an excerpt from a traditional ballad title "James Harris, the Daemon Lover" (Child #243, Text F). I have changed the title (to JHtDL) and author (to uncredited) in this record. --Vasha 21:21, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Addendum: I have made this record for "The Demon Lover" the main record of the Child Ballad, changing the date to its first publication, changing the author to uncredited (from Anonymous), and adding a note. --Vasha 21:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Duplicate verifications of Assassin's Quest 15th printing

Hi, I recently verified the 7th printing of Assassin's Quest and noticed that you had two separate verifications for the 15th printing - First verification and Second verification. Should they be merged, or one deleted? I notice the page count, publisher, and cover are different.

1) I think the first verification is the correct one, based on the 7th printing I examined, except for the cover image. You used the generic Amazon link for the cover, [here], and this has now changed to the new Alejandro Colucci cover which was released in mid-2014. It looks like yours had the older Steven Youll cover, so the link needs to be updated. The cover seems to have remained pretty much the same over the years, except for the part just under the author's name where it says "Author of xxxx." If you need another image, I will be glad to look through the Internet Archive for a link to one.

I unvarified the 1st one. After 2 years I don't remember what I was thinking. I did find I have 2 identical copies so I must have verified one after forgetting about the other.

2) Does your version also include a map and an excerpt of Ship of Magic, like the 7th printing? If it does, may I add them to your version?

Yes it has map and the excerpt.Don Erikson 00:36, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! BungalowBarbara 06:08, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

The Flight of the Horse

In The Flight of the Horse the Short Story Leviathan! is listed in the Contents without the exclamation mark. The Title at the front of the actual story does have the exclamation mark. --AndyjMo 16:37, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

The Plague of Sound

Please see this conversation regarding verification of the printing country of this pub. Thanks. Doug H 16:10, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

When Worlds Collide

You verified this publication - 8th printing. Mine states it is printed in Canada. Is yours Canadian or American? Thanks Doug H 22:40, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Mine is a US printing.Don Erikson 20:58, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

I accepted your edit to create the box set Edgar Rice Burroughs but had to change all instances of "Egdar" to "Edgar". Looks fine now. PeteYoung 01:58, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Man, I knew something was wrong but I didn't look hard enough. Being mildly dyslexic, if wasn't for spell check I'd look like a complete idiot. Only needed it twice in the last sentence (and once in this one.)Don Erikson 21:03, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

The Door Into Summer

Not a change to your verified pub per se, but I've been going through many pubs of The Door Into Summer and capitalising the "into" to "Into". Thanks. PeteYoung 02:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

The Sinister Researches of C. P. Ransom

Hi, I've imported content for your verified copy of The Sinister Researches of C. P. Ransom. As it has not the same number of pages as the hardcover edition I leave it up to you to do the pagination.--Dirk P Broer 16:48, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

A Plague of Pythons

For A Plague of Pythons I've included the Printing History and the source of the Cover Artist. --AndyjMo 11:34, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

The Undying Wizard

Hi Don. The content "The Sign of the Moonbow (excerpt)" is showing up as duplicates of Offut's "The Undying Wizard" on your verified entries here and here. Are these merge candidates? Thanks, Doug / Vornoff 17:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't know much about merging but I thinking yes.Don Erikson 18:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Since you've got access to both pubs, when you get time, you should check if they are actually the same. If they are, we can merge them (I'll do it if you want, or if you want to go thru the process I'll lay it out for you, your choice). If they are different excerpts, I can leave a note on them so when they show up as duplicates they won't be accidentally merged by someone else. I just need to know which case is true. Thanks, Doug / Vornoff 18:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
They are are the same.If you do the merge I'd be thankful.Don Erikson 19:07, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Done. Doug / Vornoff 03:21, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Strange Ecstasies

Added the cover artist credit from my copy of Strange Ecstasies. MLB 05:46, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Impossible by Ray Bradbury

The Big Book of Science Fiction states that September 2005: The Martian was first published in Super Science Stories, November 1949. As you have verified that issue, would you mind checking if Impossible is the same story? You can find the start of "September 2005: The Martian" in this Google Books view. If that link doesn't work for some reason, this page contains a summary. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:25, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

The Google page has expired so checked it against the story in The Martian Chronicles. They are the same.Don Erikson 23:27, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for checking. I have varianted them. -- JLaTondre (talk) 03:39, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

"Lost Horizon", by James Hilton

I added a price to your verified 38th printing and 44th printing of this book, based on the source given there -- which is also confirmed by an essay "The Story of A Best Seller" in my 62nd printing. Chavey 16:48, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Best SF of the Year #14

I've also PV'd http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?269317, and am going to make couple of changes to the listing: - Change the pub title to what appears on the book's title page. Currently it's "Best SF of the Year #14", but should be "Best Science Fiction of the Year 14". - Replace the pub note "Stated 1st printing" with what's actually stated on the copyright page.

I've also posted this note to the other PV, Hauck. Thanks, Markwood 22:17, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

FYI, I posted new jacket scan to show the spine. Markwood 00:07, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries

Don: Could you check out your copy of Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries? My copy definitely states that the editor is Dr. Arthur Liebman on the book's title page, and isn't it protocol to list the "Dr."?. MLB 02:19, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Also, I noticed that this is a Washington Square Press book as published by Pocket Books, so shouldn't the publisher be Washington Square Press / Pocket Books? MLB 02:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
This is how I did my copy. See if it meets your approval. MLB 14:20, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I fixed it. Also my copy is just Pocket Books.Don Erikson 21:56, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Two old posts ...

Cleaning off my desk [don't laugh, it happens at least once a year] and there were two books waiting for replies. You were off 'not' having life happen ... an interesting description! Reposted them below [your page is getting really long!] --~ Bill, Bluesman 20:26, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Unibook date codes:

First one is for [The Great Brain Robbery]. I have a copy with the code 3-74 at bottom of the last page of text. Second one is [Siege of Earth]. Little trickier here as obviously there could be two printings, I have one with date code 3-74 on last page of text and the ad in question has the fishing reel and the later '73 date code on it. I won't do anything to either record until we can compare. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:54, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Re The Faucette, Mine is also dated 3-74. Re the Fisher. Mine is undated BUT has an ad in back the says "Fantastic Warehouse Clearance Sale!" so a 3rd printing?
Mine has that ad as well but with 3-74 on the previous page. Somehow I doubt UNIBOOK ever did a third printing of anything. I'll leave the existing record as-is and create a new one noting the date code.

And, it turns out you have a few other Unibook editions, maybe they have codes as well? --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The only other Unibooks I own with date codes are Fox's Kothar of the Magic Sword! with a 4 for a $1 printed fake sticker & Binder's Night of the Saucers each with "3-74" code.

A record for the third printing of this title has a note that the [seventh] printing has a history on the copyright page. You have both of them so I hope you put the note! I have an undated fifth printing. Is it mentioned in the 7th?? Thanks for checking. --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:51, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

My 7th doesn't give any earlier printing dates. I don't know where this comes from. Sorry I can't help.Don Erikson 22:43, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for checking! --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Dragons of Darkness

I added a lot of data from my copy of Dragons of Darkness, if there is anything there that you can use for your verified copy please feel to pilfer it. Mom always said I’d grow up to be a pain. MLB 01:41, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks I used what I could.Don Erikson 22:55, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Skeleton Keys

Added the ISBN to Skeleton Keys. MLB 07:48, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I'd like to add this image to your listing from my copy. Is this okay? MLB 00:30, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

8.4

Added a cover image, adjusted the page count, kept your notes, but added a few of my own, and added some content to your verified copy of 8.4 from my copy of this book. MLB 03:17, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

I've also added the LCCN to your verified copy of Stormwarden. MLB 03:31, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Added the Pub Series # for Black Wizards. MLB 10:10, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

"The Count Dracula Book of Classic Vampire Tales", by Jeanne Youngson

I corrected the prices for the first edition of this book, which you had verified. Assuming the prices you had listed (e.g. $6.95 for the U.S. edition) are what were on your copy, then you had a later printing. (Which probably still included the statement about when the first printing was.) I would invite you to add your later printing, even if we don't know which printing it was. My guess is that the copyright page statement that "This is the first publication in any form of this collection in one volume." will not be present in your copy. Chavey 15:14, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Mine is definitely a reprint, it even has a ISBN. I'll add mine.Don Erikson 20:58, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Children of Arabel

I added the cover artist and a note explaining the source of his identification to your verified pub Children of Arabel. Bob 18:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Now the Stars or Now the Gods?

I have on hold a submission that would change the title of your verified Now the Stars to Now the Gods. The cover does say Now the Gods, but I've seen messed up covers before.... Does that sound right to you? Thanks. --MartyD 11:59, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

D'Shai

My copy of D'Shai has 327 pages (not 326) - the last page is not numbered. If yours is the same then I'll change the record. --AndyjMo 17:58, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

You're right and I fixed it. I also added the the Canadian price as well.Don Erikson 20:47, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
And I've now added some extra Notes (Printing History and Source of Cover Artist). --AndyjMo 17:27, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

The Warrior Lives

I've added the source of the Cover Artist and the Printing History to The Warrior Lives. --AndyjMo 18:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Sorry my mistake wrong edition. --AndyjMo 18:55, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Omega Sub

Added the cover artist credit to Omega Sub. It was found on Joe DeVito’s website bibliography. MLB 00:42, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

The Stalk

Just picked up a CDN edition of [this] but New American Library isn't mentioned anywhere. On the copyright page Roc is noted as an imprint of Dutton Signet. I know there was a switch for ROC in the early 90s, so if your edition does have NAL in it that change-point would be really narrowed down. Thanks for looking! --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

No, mine is the same as yours. I blame autofill. I'll change to Roc/Penguin.Don Erikson 21:24, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Valentine's Fall (excerpt)

I've updated the Title page of Valentine's Fall (excerpt) by Lilith Saintcrow to indicate that it is from Chapter 3 of the 2nd novel in the Dante Valentine series (Dead Man Rising). --AndyjMo 13:43, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Orn

Hello Don, just FYI perhaps is your third printing here the same as this other (dated) third printing there. Hauck 08:07, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

They seem to be the same. I'll delete the one I verified and add my verification to the other. But Ill wait if you other ideas.Don Erikson 21:53, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Tales for a Rainy Night

Hello, Don! It seems that not all the contents of this anthology are eligible for ISFDB, as it is a mystery anthology. The one by John F. Suter is definitely nongenre (it pops up in other publications as a consequence). Have you any memories of the stories, or have you read the book in the first place? Thanks for spending a thought, Christian Stonecreek 08:50, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

I haven't read it (I have nearly 2000 anthologies so can't read them all) I'll go through it and see if any are genre. I may take awhile.Don Erikson 21:57, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Would it be okay to delete in a first step the item by Suter? Stonecreek 16:36, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told

Found both covers to The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told, No. 6, Fall 1967 and added the second artist to the record. Sad, but true, I have no life. MLB 21:37, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told

Found both covers to The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told, No. 6, Fall 1967 and added the second artist to the record. Sad, but true, I have no life. MLB 21:37, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told

Found both covers to The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told, No. 6, Fall 1967 and added the second artist to the record. Sad, but true, I have no life. MLB 21:37, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

For some reason when I entered this note it posted it thrice. Sorry. MLB 21:39, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

The Darkangel

I have added some notes, and the cover artist credit The Darkangel. MLB 05:37, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Oh, and whoever was primary "One" is now gone, leaving you the sole primary, if you want to move up to one, I'll take the number two spot later. MLB 05:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
I added some notes to Eye of the Daemon. MLB 06:36, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Nature's Giant Cosmic Bom[b]s

Don, You verified Marvel Science Stories, February 1951 P209897. When you get a chance please check whether "Boms" is correct.

Fixed typo.Don Erikson 23:38, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

See also Frank J. Wellington, perhaps a 2-part serial. --Pwendt|talk 02:29, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

This is just a half page nonfiction article and not a serial. It does appear in the UK edition of this issue so that is why it appears twice on the title's page.Don Erikson 23:38, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Nightmare Universe

On Nightmare Universe I corrected the artist "Easky" to Jeff Easley, who did a number of covers for TSR. MOHearn 00:37, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Beneath London

Added a cover scan and notes to your Beneath London.SFJuggler 01:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

The N.E.S.F.A. Index: Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1976

Hello Don, your recently entered publication looks a lot like this one, is there a reason why you created another one? Hauck 09:19, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I've also merged and aligned titles for the two 1974 volumes. Hauck 09:25, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Because I'm an idiot? Yeah lets go with that. I'll delete mine.Don Erikson 23:18, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
For this series, I'm never sure of their exact titles and IIRC I've even bought a duplicate thinking that it was another book.Hauck 07:59, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

The Garbage Chronicles

Added note to your verified pub The Garbage Chronicles confirming identity of the cover artist. Bob 22:12, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

David Scheinkofer vs David Schleinkofer

Hi, I've changed David Scheinkofer in your verified copy of Battle Cry into David Schleinkofer, who also did Battle Cry. In fact, he even did a lot more Robotech covers.--Dirk P Broer 13:30, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Question about "The Mysterious Stranger"

In two anthologies you verified, The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories a.k.a Vampires, and The Rivals of Dracula, there's a story called "The Mysterious Stranger" which has the date in the database of 1823. Now, the editor of Dracula's Precursors says that this story was "originally published in German in 1823 and translated into English soon after" and Michael Sims, editor of Dracula's Guest, says it was first published in English in 1860. If this is true, then the story should have the date of 1860 in the database (and should be merged with this record). By the way, according to Douglas A. Anderson, this story is a translation of Karl von Wachsmann's "Der Fremde", whose earliest known publication date is 1844, but that doesn't affect the question of its earliest publication in English.

Anyhow, my point is, could you take a look at your books and see if they give any reason to think this story was published in English earlier than 1860? After I collect replies from other verifiers, I'll either merge these records or not. Thanks! --Vasha 19:01, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Neither book has a date other than the 1860 translation.Don Erikson 21:42, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
Found more info: Here's Mike Ashley in Vampires: Classic Tales (2011). "When this story first appeared in translation in England, in Chambers's Repository for February 1854, it bore no author credit and has remained anonymous until now. [Footnote: I am indebted to Douglas A. Anderson and Thomas Honegger for tracing the identity of the author of this story and for providing background details.] Its original source was unknown and when Montague Summers included it in his anthology Victorian Ghost Stories in 1934, he wrongly dated it 1860. As a consequence, the story has been robbed of its true importance. It first appeared in Germany in 1844 and is therefore the earliest known vampire story to be est in the Carpathian mountains, the setting for Dracula's castle." --Vasha 00:32, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

"The Eros Passage" in New Dimensions 11

Contento lists "The Eros Passage" by Scott Sanders as a novelette, but I'm not sure that's right; reprinted in the recent collection Dancing in Dreamtime, it's only 6000-odd words. Of course this might be a revised version. So could you take a look at New Dimensions 11 (which you verified) and try to figure out how long it is there? --Vasha 02:13, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

My count is, conservatively, 8200. So it may have been revised.Don Erikson 21:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Fahrenheit 451, Ballantine 30th printing

Publication record 218345 (your verification) lists the 30th printing with a date 0f 1972-10. My copy of this 30th printing says 1972-09. Are there perhaps two variants out there, or could the 1972-10 be an error? Thanks, Ldb001 03:24, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

My 30th does say October 1972. My 32nd & 34th printing also say the 30th is October 1972. Could yours be a Canadian printing? If not then it looks like a variant.Don Erikson 21:56, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Dhampire

Please look at the wiki publication page comment regarding your verified Dhampire. If you can confirm the signature, the publication note should be updated. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 02:38, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

You are right. The cover is signed though it's hard to make out. I corrected the entry.Don Erikson 22:00, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

The Fair Folk

Added a cover scan to your verified The Fair Folk to replace the Amazon image (which was of the paperback).SFJuggler 20:02, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Imported content in your verified 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Hi Don,

I am importing the content from 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe into your verified 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe - it is the same book, the first one is the earlier printing. Annie 19:10, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

The Crime Master

Added a couple of notes to your listing of The Crime Master. MLB 03:49, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

A Strange and Ancient Name

I've replaced the Amazon cover art of A Strange and Ancient Name with a scan of my copy. --AndyjMo 16:02, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Chaos Come Again

I added some notes to your verified copy of Chaos Come Again. MLB 04:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

And to your verified copy of Clipjoint. MLB 05:01, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Dinosaur Planet

I added notes to your verified Dinosaur Planet. It used to have just "Stated 4th printing". --Marc Kupper|talk 05:33, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Second Stage Lensmen

This version of Second Stage Lensmen has a Publication Date of 1970-03-00. The Notes say it is the Fifth Printing, March 1969. In my copy of the Sixth Printing it states that the date of the Fifth Printing is March 1970. It looks as though the Notes are incorrect. --AndyjMo 17:15, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

You are right it is 1970-03-00. I've fix the note.Don Erikson 22:05, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

The Two Towers

I've replaced your catalog number #01534 for The Two Towers with the ISBN. The copyright page shows the SBN although the covers do not. I added a note to that effect. Ldb001 16:45, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Changes to John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell pubs

I am changing John G. Hemry's canonical name to Jack Campbell; this is affecting some of your verified publications. --Vasha 17:46, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Two Robin Hobb publications

Hi Don, You have the authors of Ship of Destiny and Assassin's Quest written as Megan Lindholm, which probably isn't correct. Could you check and fix those? Thanks! Vasha 07:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Verified DAW Books covers

I added the following covers:

Thank you. Uzume 16:54, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

It's All In Your Mind

A very similar sketch of the cover of this can be seen on this Lou Marchetti site. Therefore I submit that Lou Marchetti must have been the cover artist. Would you agree? Horzel 21:58, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

I agree.Don Erikson 20:11, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Page Length

Hello Don, perhaps is it time for you to archive your talk page ;-). Hauck 13:01, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Found the Archive help page. I hope can figure it out.Don Erikson 20:29, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
I can do it for you, if you prefer. Hauck 05:52, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
If you would I would be grateful. I went to the Archive help page and it's like blah blah blah to me. Most here seem to be techie types while I'm very much the arty type. Thanks for the help.Don Erikson 20:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
Don, in very easy steps: Open in a new browser tab/window the following link http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Don_Erikson/Archive_04 (next time just replace the 4 with 5 in the path for your next archive). This will allow you to create a new page. Now just cut from your current page and paste in the archive page and then save both. When done, edit your current page to add the link to the new archive at the top of the page (as the other existing archives there). And that is all. If you still would rather have Herve do it, that's fine - thought I may try to explain in an easy way :) Annie 20:55, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
I would recommend moving/renaming in order to preserve the history (and then just editing the left over redirect to become the new unarchived talk page). Uzume 23:19, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Assassin's Quest

I accepted your edit to Assassin's Quest, but assumed you meant "Robin Hobb" (not "Robin Hobbs") and fixed that. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:37, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Same with Ship of Destiny. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Escape Velocity

I've added the source of the Cover Artist and the copyright date to Escape Velocity. --AndyjMo 13:10, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The Warlock Enraged

I've added the Copyright statement and the source of the cover artist to The Warlock Enraged. --AndyjMo 15:02, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

A Wizard in Absentia

I've added the source of the Cover Artist to A Wizard in Absentia. --AndyjMo 21:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Deep Cuts

I have added page numbers and notes to your verified publication Deep Cuts. Would you mind if I added reviews to all those recommendations, changing the untitled ones to reviews entirely, so they'd be linked to the stories in question? Vasha 23:25, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The Trade of Queens

Added the Printing History and Source of Cover Artist to The Trade of Queens. --AndyjMo 09:59, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

"Mrs. Midnight"

In your verified publication The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two, "Mrs. Midnight" is recorded as a short story. However, I have counted the words as it appears in this publication, and it is 10,000 words long. I've changed the record; please let me know if you disagree. --Vasha 18:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Star Trek: The New Voyages

I added the cover artist to your verified pub Star Trek: The New Voyages and notes as to the source of that identification. Bob 01:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Cary Osborne

Added some notes to your verifications of The Glaive and Iroshi. MLB 02:13, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

The Best SF Stories from New Worlds 6

I added the cover artist to you verified pub here and a note indicating the source of the information. Bob 19:28, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Saucer

I updated your verified Saucer to

  • Change the title from Saucer to Saucer: An Adventure per what's on the title page.
  • Expanded the notes

--Marc Kupper|talk 20:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Date of "The Ghost"

According to Michael Flowers, "The Ghost" is a chapter from the 1862 novel The Channings. I hope you can confirm that -- the novel is online at Google Books. Being as I don't know when the chapter was first published as a stand-alone story, I've changed the date from 1862 to 0000-00-00. Please correct me if you have further information. --Vasha 04:59, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Star Giant cover artist

I credited the cover of Star Giant to George Alvara and noted his signature. MOHearn 22:05, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Boris Karloff Presents Tales of the Frightened

Hi, I've imported content for all three of your verified copies of Boris Karloff Presents Tales of the Frightened [1], [2], and [3]. As my source had no pagination I leave that to you.--Dirk P Broer 13:08, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Lynne Taylor Fahnstalk in "Science Fiction Review"

You verified three issues of "Science Fiction Review" that included interior artwork by "Lynne Taylor Fahnstalk". The correct spelling of this artist's name is "Fahnestalk", with an 'e'. Can you check whether this was a data entry error on our site (hence needs a correction) or on the part of Science Fiction Review (hence needs a varianting)? Chavey 23:31, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

The table of contents give Lynne Taylor Fahnstalk no "e", the art is signed L. Taylor F.Don Erikson 20:57, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Dervish Daughter

Added Printing History and source of the Cover Artist to Dervish Daughter. --AndyjMo 15:44, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

The Dark Realm

Would you mind double checking the author credit of Greg Gorden on The Dark Realm? We have the exact same title, ISBN, & publisher here, but with a different author (Douglas Kaufman). On-line sources all give Kaufman as the author for this pub. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 20:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

t seems I mistook the series creator with the author. I'll delete the error.Don Erikson 20:49, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5

According to this discussion Vonnegut's Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5 should better transformed into a CHAPBOOK. Do you agree? Stonecreek 09:53, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

In danger of forgetting about this I changed the publication and the title. Christian Stonecreek 17:52, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Tara of the Twilight

I added the cover artist to your verified pub Tara of the Twiligh and a note explaining the source of the information. Bob 23:54, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Introductions in More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II

Hello Don! The user Darkday suggested to change the titles of the essays by Isaac Asimov in our veryfied book from Author Name (book title) into Author Name (story title). I support his advice and I'd change the titles of the essays if you do not mind. Thanks. Rudolf Rudam 19:25, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

I assume that it's ok for you and I'll start to change the titles. Rudolf Rudam 19:08, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Frostflower and Thorn

I added pub notes to Frostflower and Thorn, which you verified Susan O'Fearna 05:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Catopolis

Added the correct title to the Introduction, and the LCCN to your verified Catopolis. MLB 07:22, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Mystery Date

Added the LCCN and the OCLC to your verification of Mystery Date. MLB 08:03, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

In Lands That Never Were

Hi -- I just heard from Gordon Van Gelder that this is misattributed; he says it was actually published by Thunder's Mouth Press, not Four Walls and Eight Windows. Amazon has Thunder's Mouth Press. I see you primary verified this; can you confirm the publisher? Thanks. Mike Christie (talk) 00:30, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

It is Thunder's Mouth Press. I changed it.Don Erikson 19:48, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

5 Tales from Tomorrow

I have an edit to 5 Tales from Tomorrow on hold. The edit would change the date to 1963-02-00 based on a the editor stating there is a copyright statement of "Second Crest printing, February 1963" on the copyright page, fifth line from bottom. Your pub note states "No printing or edition stated." Would you please double check to verify if this is the same printing or another one? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 22:00, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

It does say "Second Crest printing, edition stated." missed in the small type.Don Erikson 19:46, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. Edit approved. -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:17, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Crane's The Black Riders

Hello Don. I think the piece named "A youth in apparel that glittered ..." (excerpt from The Black Riders) in your verified should be a POEM, shouldn't it ? My version of The Black Riders is, anyway ! Thanks, Linguist 13:56, 28 April 2017 (UTC).

It is a poem I changed it.Don Erikson 19:50, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Brain Child by John Saul

I added notes to Brain Child by John Saul Susan O'Fearna 03:42, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Tales Before Narnia

Don, You once verified this 2008 anthology P241393, whose contents list recently includes (page 63):

Undine • (1909) • novella by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué (trans. of Undine: Eine Erzählung 1811) [as by Friedrich De La Motte Fouque]

Recently one novella in the database is

  • "Undine • (1909) • by Friedrich De La Motte Fouque" (text not identified)

with 6 publications in 4 chapbooks and 2 anthologies. In progress today I unmerge and update as two novellas:

  • Undine • (1909) • by de La Motte Fouqué (translated by W. L. Courtney) T2194459
  • Undine • (2002) • by Friedrich De La Motte Fouque (translated by F. E. Bunnett) T174560

Two of the chapbooks contain the former (1909, 2013) and two contain the latter (2002, 2005), which I might arrange in the database records today.

As yet I don't know that either 1909 or 2002 is the date of the translation, only its first publication that I know to be in the database.

How does the anthology adequately identify its version? (I understand the database does not distinguish d/D or e/é but there are word and hyphen "pseudonyms" for this writer.) --Pwendt|talk 19:13, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

To make things more complicated it states it was translated in 1885 by F. E. Burnett not Bunnett, which of course is a typo.Don Erikson 23:18, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. I have some evidence for 1867. Apparently there was an edition published 1885, with the probably-1884 illustrations by Julius Höppner (LCCN 11-281). Newspaper/magazine coverage is not clear but only yesterday I found some by search for Bennett and tripled the number of hits, didn't think to try Burnett. And now I am out of historical newspapers time today. (Complementary problem for the title of this work: false positive hits for 'ending' and so on.) --Pwendt|talk 21:23, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Countdown for Cindy

I added a note to your verified pub 258577 indicating how the cover artist was identified. TracyPoff 16:25, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Bradbury's Wake (for) the Living.

Could I get you to double check the title of the story on page 116 of Bradbury's A Memory of Murder. Our record for that collection has the story as "Wake the Living" whereas Locus1 has it as "Wake for the Living" which is already a known variant title of "The Coffin". I'm fairly certain it's the same story, in which case it should either be merged with the existing variant, or added as another variant to "The Coffin". Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 02:25, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

It is "Wake for the Living".Don Erikson 18:37, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and merged the titles taking the correct form. Thanks for checking. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 01:43, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

"The Bride of the Isles"

In your verified publication The Vampire Omnibus, you have "The Bride of the Isles" listed as a novelette. However, in another publication verified by others, The Shilling Shockers, it is given as a short story. Can you figure out which one is correct? Also, is the author's name printed "Planche" or "Planché" in The Vampire Omnibus? Thanks --Vasha 02:29, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Addendum: The length issue has been resolved in favor of novelette. However, I would still like to know how the name appears. Vasha 19:18, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
It is given as Planche without the accent.Don Erikson 22:34, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Devil World

Cover art for the 1st edition of this is by Enric, his signature can be seen on the original art here. (Different Enric art than on the Bantam 1985 edition). Horzel 09:00, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

HTML fix in "Bedlam's Edge"

There was a wrong tag (ULL instead of UL) in your verified Bedlam's Edge. Fixed now. Annie 15:48, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Fate Fantastic

Added the LCCN to your verification of Fate Fantastic. MLB 06:58, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Something Magic This Way Comes

Added the LCCN to your verification of Something Magic This Way Comes. MLB 07:16, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

The Wanderer

The signature of Bob Abbett is visible in the lower right corner of this hi-res scan of the cover of this novel. Horzel 08:24, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Artist added and a the note edited.Don Erikson 22:39, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Star Courier

Star Courier: Updated notes to change "Cover art is credited to Feibush on the copyright page" to "Cover art is credited on the copyright page". The problem was the stated credit is "Ray Feibush". I thought about changing the note to be "Cover art is credited to Ray Feibush on the copyright page" but figured as the credit is spelled out directly above the notes that the full name was not needed. --Marc Kupper|talk 08:13, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

The Winged Man

Updated the Printing History for The Winged Man. --AndyjMo 16:57, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Saucer: Savage Planet

I updated the title for your PV1 Savage Planet to Saucer: Savage Planet. While the title and half title pages are ambiguous on if it's Saucer: Savage Planet or Savage Planet in the "Saucer" series other parts of the book tilted things towards Saucer: Savage Planet.

  • The copyright is for "SAUCER: SAVAGE PLANET"
  • The CIP data block on the copyright page uses "Saucer: savage planet"
  • The tops of the odd numbered pages in the story body have "Saucer: Savage Planet"

--Marc Kupper|talk 00:03, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

I've added more pub notes and also added the cover artists. --Marc Kupper|talk 19:11, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass", from Whitman Publishing

You recently verified this book as an omnibus, but with no contents listed except for a piece of art. Presumably, it contains abridged versions of both of those stories, and very likely (knowing Whitman) without attribution to the author doing the abridging. Nevertheless, those two stories should still be entered into the contents. (It's currently showing up on the cleanup reports.) If my interpretation is correct, then the two stories would be entered as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged)" (etc.) and varianted to the actual story, with the "anonymous abridger" listed only in the notes. Chavey 23:05, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

They are not abridged. I also entered the contents.Don Erikson 18:54, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Fantasms and Magics

In my copy of Fantasms and Magics the novella The Miracle Workers is listed in the Contents and at the start of the story without the hyphen. Is this an alternative title for the story? I've added the source of the Cover Artist and updated the Printing History. --AndyjMo 09:03, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

I've made the correction. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 11:09, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

The Kelpie's Pearl(s)

Don, You verified the 1968 Avon pb edition P430597 as The Kelpie's Pearl. Probably the title is plural as the front cover shows, and as Kirkus reviewed the 1st US ed. [4]. --Pwendt|talk 16:26, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

With LC and newspaper sources too, I added the 1st US ed. as "Pearls" and changed the Title records only. --Pwendt|talk 17:46, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

The Dying Earth

In my copy of The Dying Earth the novelette on page 80 is only titled Ulan Dhor and not Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream. --AndyjMo 18:01, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Time to Teleport / Delusion World

I added a note to Time to Teleport / Delusion World

  • 2017-05-16 ISFDB moderator note: The source for the 1982-06-00 date was not provided by earlier verifiers. It may not be stated. Amazon.com has "Ace Books (July 1, 1981) (and May 5, 1955 up in the title area which is clearly wrong), while amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk have "Ace Books; Reissue edition (June 1982)". ISBN 0-441-81237-6 not found on Locus1.

--Marc Kupper|talk 22:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

A Wizard in a Feud

I have replaced the Amazon image for this pub with a scanned image. Doug H 14:16, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Here Be Monsters

I have added a scanned image to your verified copy of this pub and added a note regarding the cover art credit. Doug H 14:24, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Guilty Pleasures

I have your clone of "Guilty Pleasures" on hold. You give a "0000-00-00" date and an ISBN13, but the notes state "1st printing as per number line." Is that correct did you forget to update it from the existing 1st printing record? -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:54, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

I canceled the submission and will redo it.Don Erikson 19:51, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

The Last Days of America

I approved your edit to The Last Days of America. However, you changed the notes to "Data also from OCLC / WorldCat.". When using secondary sources on a primary verified pub, you should really specify what information comes from the secondary source. If no information does (i.e. you meant Worldcat also has the same information), than the secondary source shouldn't be referenced (the pb itself has precedence). It would be appreciated you updated the note appropriately. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Richard M. Gordon

In your verified publication The Fiend in You, there's a story titled "A Punishment to Fit the Crimes", by Richard M. Gordon. In the 2016 anthology The Big Book of Jack the Ripper, Otto Penzler has that story credited to Richard A. Gordon a.k.a. Stuart Gordon. Do you think there's a chance that Penzler is correct, and the The Fiend in You has the author's name misprinted? To be sure, I don't think that's very likely, but it's worth considering because the database otherwise has little by Richard M. — one other story and no biographical information. Anything you can find out about the matter would be appreciated! --Vasha 00:56, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

My opinion is here. --Willem 07:40, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
I agree with Willem.Don Erikson 19:48, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

On Basilisk Station

Replaced cover art of On Basilisk Station with a scan of my copy. Updated Notes with Printing History and source of Cover artist. --AndyjMo 14:59, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Jack London's nongenre stories

In some of your verified editions, you have stories by Jack London that are actually non-genre. I hope it's OK if I mark them as such.

1. In Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries, "The Leopard Man's Story." It's a story about a circus lion-tamer killed by his lion.

2. In Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown, "The One Thousand Dozen." It's a story in which a man goes through hellish struggles trying to make his fortune bringing fresh eggs to the Alaskan gold fields.

3. In Some Things Weird and Wicked, "To Build a Fire." Famous story about a greenhorn's Alaskan journey to a frozen end.

I am going through a book of 46 Jack London stories and finding that a number of the ones we have in the DB actually are nongenre. London didn't write all that many speculative stories, but his suspenseful adventure stories are included in anthologies of "tales of terror". --Vasha 22:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

I have no problems with the change. It's hard sometimes to tell when a single word can change a nongenre to SF.Don Erikson 23:23, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Changes to Maupassant pubs

I am once again working on sorting out translations of "The Horla", so if you are notified of changes to any publications that involve Guy de Maupassant, that is what it is in regard to. I believe I haven't made any alterations that go beyond the information you provided the last time I queried you about these publications, but if you notice I've made a mistake, please do let me know. The only major thing I did was to separate out the translations revised by Dora Knowlton Ranous from the general uncredited translations. Otherwise, I just changed notes and dates. --Vasha 08:38, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

"A World Ends" by Hildesheimer

I would like to remove the nongenre piece "A World Ends" by Wolfgang Hildesheimer from your verified publication Man Unwept. --Vasha 01:02, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Ok if you think so.Don Erikson 22:28, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Tolkien/Carter

Found an artist's signature on the cover of [this] on the leg of the 'animal' on lower right. Also added quote marks in the title to match the title page and Carter's note at front of the book. --~ Bill, Bluesman 19:21, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

And you have a few other printings with the same cover! --~ Bill, Bluesman 19:27, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
I took care of it.Don Erikson 22:29, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

update to The Other Side of the Mirror

I am about to change the title of your verified pub The Other Side of the Mirror to what's on the title page: The Other Side of the Mirror and Other Darkover Stories. Vasha 04:29, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Haunting Women

Removed nongenre story "Robbie" from Haunting Women. --Vasha 19:49, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Yet more nongenre stories

Yet more nongenre stories to mark: from The First Pan Book of Horror Stories: "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets" by Jack Finney and "Raspberry Jam" by Angus Wilson; from Echoes of the Macabre, "The Chamois" by Daphne Du Maurier; from Masterpieces of Horror, "Wine in the Desert" by Max Brand. --Vasha 23:18, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

In The Hounds of Hell, "Vendetta" by Guy de Maupassant. --Vasha 14:03, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Outbound Flight

Hello Don, I've approved your submission for this pub but the notes make it like a third printing instead of a first. What do you think? Hauck 05:46, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Oops will fix now.Don Erikson 05:49, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

A batch of nongenre stories - if you disagree please comment

Currently there are numerous non-genre horror stories that are in the database because it's natural to just enter a book of horror or "tales of terror" without figuring out which stories are supernatural. I don't intend to systematically hunt for them, but when I spot one, I like to mark it nongenre. (In the case of classic stories, marking is better than removing it from the database because it'll just get re-added with some new anthology.) At the moment, I've spotted the following stories that I think need such a change, and I'm consulting people who have them in their verified pubs.

Firstly, there's Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (verified copies: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)), which contains "A Terribly Strange Bed," "The Three Strangers," "The Most Dangerous Game," "Leiningen Versus the Ants," "A Rose for Emily," "Taboo," and undoubtedly other non-supernatural ones that I'm not noticing at the moment. Here are verified publications for those and some other stories:

Are there any of those stories you think ARE genre? Vasha 15:28, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

ADDENDUM: Discussion moved to the Community Portal. --Vasha 00:59, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Crusade

Updated Notes for Crusade; source of Cover Artist, Copyright statement. --AndyjMo 16:52, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Added contents to some of your verified publications

I am working on the Cleanup Report that complains about collections and anthologies that have no contents. Right now I'm importing contents for such works when we have another printing of the same book (by the same publisher) that includes the contents. Books verified by you for which I've done this are:

I haven't included page numbers unless the page count for the two printings was exactly the same, so some of these books will be missing that detail. If you have the time, I encourage you to verify these against your own copies. Chavey 16:51, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Daphne Du Maurier

Added note and non-genre mark to Daphne du Maurier's "Kiss Me Again, Stranger" and "The Chamois" in Echoes from the Macabre, and "The Alibi" in The Gothic Reader. --Vasha 01:16, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

War of the Twins

Replaced cover art of War of the Twins with a scan of my copy. Added source of the Cover Artist and included a reference to the ISBN on the front and back covers. I've changed the LCCN reference as the current one was not valid. --AndyjMo 17:20, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Test of the Twins

Added source of the Cover Artist to Test of the Twins. Changed the LCCN as the current reference is the LoC Classification and not the LoC Control Number. --AndyjMo 18:32, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Random House Book of Fantasy Stories, illus. Carrell

You verified this 1997 US tp edition P257838 with "interior artwork by Douglas Carrell" (not the cover artist), and "Carrell" is unique in the database.

We have the 1st ed. P13190 with "Cover: Douglas Carrel", and we have "Carrel" active from 2001 Douglas Carrel.

One WorldCat record credits "Carrell" for the 1st ed. interior illustrations, OCLC 39076203, which I am inclined to add and re-spell the cover credit if you confirm "Carrell" for the 1997 US interior. --Pwendt|talk 17:39, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Douglas Carrell is credited on the title page for his interior art.Don Erikson 20:02, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
I suppose that a spelling error is possible. At Amazon (with mistaken credit to Andrew Davidson) is one "Douglas Carrel"-illustrated cover and interior whose "Look Inside!" that shows front cover and one b/w drawing, page 3. Maybe this illustrator is clearly yours or clearly distinct. --Pwendt|talk 17:51, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
I added that Douglas Carrel edition to the database, The Iron Woman (2005)
LC and WorldCat believe that he is one, if you know what I mean, and use canonical names "Carrell" and "Carrel" for the same ID number LCCN WorldCat. --Pwendt|talk 19:55, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Rally Cry

Regrading your verified Rally Cry: The publication title does not have an exclamation point, but it is under Rally Cry!. That title record also has a note of "According to the Locus Index, at least the third and possibly other printings changed the title from 'Rally Cry' to 'Rally Cry!'". Yours is the 3rd printing per your notes. Would you mind double checking of the exclamation point is there or not? If it is, than the pub title needs to be updated. If not, I can take care of variant, etc. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 14:45, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Neither the 1st or 3rd has an exclamation point!Don Erikson 20:05, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
Fixed the variant. Thanks for checking. -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:38, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Dead Red Heart: Australian Vampire Tales

A quick question re: your verified Dead Red Heart: Australian Vampire Tales: is the last word in the subtitle "Tales" (as per OCLC) or "Stories" (as per the cover)? Is the subtitle the same on the cover and on the title page?

Once I know the answer, I will merge it with this title or create a VT. TIA! Ahasuerus 16:09, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Surprisingly enough the copyright page says "Tales" so that's what I went with as per ISFDB policy. I will add a note about this discrepancy.Don Erikson 19:26, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Is the title on the copyright page the same as the title on title page in this case? We generally use the latter. Ahasuerus 20:53, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Sorry. My fault. I meant title page not copyright page.Don Erikson 20:55, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying! I have updated/merged the other records, so we should be in good shape now :-) Ahasuerus 21:16, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Doubles, Dummies and Dolls

I have gone through my copy of Doubles, Dummies and Dolls and made a few changes to what you had verified: Added a subtitle from the title page; changed title of Hoffman's tale from "The Sandman" to "The Sand-Man"; added some dates and lengths to stories. --Vasha 23:07, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Getting into Death and Other Stories

I've added a cover scan to Getting into Death and Other Stories. MOHearn 11:45, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Particle Theory

Please see User talk:Kraang#Particle Theory as I made a change to the title of one of the stories in your PV of Particle Theory plus updated the notes. --Marc Kupper|talk 17:46, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Brak The Barbarian

Hi Don, I've been cross-checking both a German translation (abridged) as well as an ebook re-edition (full) and am puzzled. Both editions suggest that the 1968 edition was actually a Collection containing 5 novellas / stories: The Unspeakable Shrine; Flame-Face; The Courts Of The Conjurer; Ghosts Of Stone; The Barge Of Souls.
The ebook has an author's preface from the 1981 Tower Books reprint in which he writes: I put together this first collection of Brak tales in the late 1960s. Since ist initial publication in 1968...
What do you think, is the book really a novel? Cheers, John. JLochhas 19:52, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

It's been 40 years since I've read it (OMG) but I remember it as a novel. Brak is on a epic journey and has many obstacles to conquer on his mission. I'd say it was an episodic novel.Don Erikson 22:50, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror

Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror

  • I changed the date from 1980-00-00 to 0000-00-00 as I discovered there's a earlier (or at least lower-price) printing. I believe the record had been dated 1980-00-00 based on the 1980 copyright.
  • I changed the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to "The Telltale Heart" to match how it's shown in the book.
  • I expanded the notes from "No printing or edition stated."

--Marc Kupper|talk 20:54, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Drums of Darkness

I added George Ziel's cover credit from the Lynn Munroe Checklist to Drums of Darkness MOHearn 19:37, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Karel Čapek in A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels

I'm in the process of correcting Karel Čapek's last name from Capek to Čapek. In nearly all cases we had his name incorrectly listed without the hachek over the C. I've gone ahead and changed the title record for The Absolute at Large which is included in your verified copy of A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels. Could you check your copy to see if how his name appears in the book. If it is Čapek, then nothing further needs to be done. Otherwise, we need to swap the title in your book for this one. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 14:52, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Same question for the play R. U. R. which is included in your verified copy of The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics and Of Men and Machines. Could you check your copies to see if how his name appears in the books. If it is Čapek, then nothing further needs to be done. Otherwise, we need to swap the title in your book for this one. This also assumes that the translations in your copies are by Paul Selver alone. There is a different translation by Selver and Nigel Playfair as by Karel Čapek. If your copies have some other combination of translator, name and title, we may need to add a new title record. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 02:58, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
Also, "The Fortune-Teller" in Tales of the Occult assuming Paul Selver as the translator. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 02:26, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
And, "The Death of Archimedes" in Fantasia Mathematica. Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 11:23, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Unearth, Winter 1977

You might want to change the interior art credit on page 4 of your verified Unearth, Winter 1977 from "Harper" to "Greg Harper". He is explicitly credited on the bottom of page 43 of that issue.SFJuggler 00:21, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book

Added cover scan and a note to your verified The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book.SFJuggler 03:42, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Star Surgeon

Replaced the Cover Art of Star Surgeon as my copy shows the price. --AndyjMo 12:29, 22 June 2017 (EDT)

Civil War II

I credited the cover of Civil War II to George Gross from his signature almost cut off in the corner. MOHearn 17:09, 22 June 2017 (EDT)

Star Healer

Updated Printing History and added correct LCCN to Star Healer. --AndyjMo 05:49, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

Star Healer

Updated Printing History and added correct LCCN to Star Healer. --AndyjMo 05:51, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

Sorry, I didn't mean to enter this twice. --AndyjMo 05:52, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

The Genocidal Healer

Added source of Cover Artist and LCCN to The Genocidal Healer. --AndyjMo 06:23, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

The Lost World

For this pub you have the author listed as Arthur Conan Doyle. Should the "Sir" be part of the name? Doug H 21:32, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

The Shadow of the Torturer

Replaced the (slightly crumpled) cover of The Shadow of the Torturer and updated the Printing History. --AndyjMo 06:56, 29 June 2017 (EDT)

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Changed the Amazon cover art for Brotherhood of the Wolf with a scan of my copy. --AndyjMo 07:18, 29 June 2017 (EDT)

Jog Rummage

Replaced Amazon Cover Art for Jog Rummage, updated Printing History and added other prices. --AndyjMo 10:51, 29 June 2017 (EDT)

Night of the Living Dead preface

Don, I take it there's a preface by George Romero in the Warner Books edition of Night of the Living Dead--some AbeBooks listings mention it and the 2016 Spanish edition has a translation. I assume it's hardly a page long, but that makes it no shorter than Stan Lee's introductions to the Bantam Avengers and Captain America books. If it's there and you add it to your Primary Verified entry, I can make the Spanish version a variant.

By the way, are the Warner and Pocket editions actually credited to Romero along with Russo on the title pages? The covers are clear on the novel's being by Russo solo, based on the movie script by Romero and Russo. Thanks--Martin. MOHearn 11:54, 29 June 2017 (EDT)

Creatures of Light and Darkness

Updated the Printing History for Creatures of Light and Darkness. --AndyjMo 14:35, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

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