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| − | When you click on a title, the screen displays information | + | When you click on a title, the screen displays a screen entitled "Bibliography: <title>", where <title> is the title you clicked on. This screen displays the following information. |
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| + | * ''Title information''. The title is given, followed by the author, and then the date of first publication, and the title type. If the title is part of a series, the series name and the number in the series of this title are also displayed. Any synopsis or notes information is displayed if present. If this work is a variant title of a pseudonymously published version of the canonical title of this work, then this section will say "Variant title of" and give the canonical version, with a link to the title display for that version. | ||
| + | * ''Variant titles''. If the title/author combination displayed is the canonical version of the title, then any variant titles will be displayed. This will list the variant title, the date of first publication under that variant title, and the author name under which that variant title appeared. Note that the ISFDB allows variants to have variants "underneath" them; this situation is undesirable but will display correctly. | ||
| + | *''Awards''. If the work has won any awards, these are listed next, in date order. | ||
| + | *''Serials''. If the work was serialized, the serializations are listed. For a serial to be listed the title must match exactly up to the " (Part 1 of 3)" part of the title. Each part is listed, and is a link to a title record for that serial part. | ||
| + | *''Publications''. All publications of the work are listed. Each title is a link to the publication display for that publication. The date, publisher, ISBN, price, page count, format and cover artist are given, if they have been recorded for that publication. The cover artist is linked to a display of that artists work. Note that if this title is a variant, publications are only displayed for this variant; if the title is the canonical one, then all publications are displayed, with a note indicating which publications included the work under a variant title. | ||
| + | *''Reviews''. If any reviews of the work exist, they are listed next. For them to display, the author and title recorded in the review record must match exactly. | ||
See Philip K. Dick's [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?4662 Solar Lottery] for an example. This was published as "[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?222391 World of Chance]" in 1956, and you can see that each title display shows the existence of the other title, but only the parent title -- "Solar Lottery" -- gives all the information about the variant titles. | See Philip K. Dick's [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?4662 Solar Lottery] for an example. This was published as "[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?222391 World of Chance]" in 1956, and you can see that each title display shows the existence of the other title, but only the parent title -- "Solar Lottery" -- gives all the information about the variant titles. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 16 December 2006
When you click on a title, the screen displays a screen entitled "Bibliography: <title>", where <title> is the title you clicked on. This screen displays the following information.
- Title information. The title is given, followed by the author, and then the date of first publication, and the title type. If the title is part of a series, the series name and the number in the series of this title are also displayed. Any synopsis or notes information is displayed if present. If this work is a variant title of a pseudonymously published version of the canonical title of this work, then this section will say "Variant title of" and give the canonical version, with a link to the title display for that version.
- Variant titles. If the title/author combination displayed is the canonical version of the title, then any variant titles will be displayed. This will list the variant title, the date of first publication under that variant title, and the author name under which that variant title appeared. Note that the ISFDB allows variants to have variants "underneath" them; this situation is undesirable but will display correctly.
- Awards. If the work has won any awards, these are listed next, in date order.
- Serials. If the work was serialized, the serializations are listed. For a serial to be listed the title must match exactly up to the " (Part 1 of 3)" part of the title. Each part is listed, and is a link to a title record for that serial part.
- Publications. All publications of the work are listed. Each title is a link to the publication display for that publication. The date, publisher, ISBN, price, page count, format and cover artist are given, if they have been recorded for that publication. The cover artist is linked to a display of that artists work. Note that if this title is a variant, publications are only displayed for this variant; if the title is the canonical one, then all publications are displayed, with a note indicating which publications included the work under a variant title.
- Reviews. If any reviews of the work exist, they are listed next. For them to display, the author and title recorded in the review record must match exactly.
See Philip K. Dick's Solar Lottery for an example. This was published as "World of Chance" in 1956, and you can see that each title display shows the existence of the other title, but only the parent title -- "Solar Lottery" -- gives all the information about the variant titles.