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Black Static #41

Ralph Robert Moore's website says his story "Ghosts Play in Boys' Pajamas" was published in Black Static #41, and their website agrees, but you don't list it in your verified record. Could you check that? Thanks. --Vasha 18:45, 9 January 2018 (EST)

Some cover artists additions ...

... were supplied by a new editor for publications PVed by you. The cover artist in question is David Mann. CHristian Stonecreek 00:04, 17 January 2018 (EST)

Cool, anything to make me look brighter than I really am. MLB 01:20, 17 January 2018 (EST)

KJ Kabza

Since you verified the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for November-December 2013, could you please confirm that KJ Kabza's name is in fact printed without periods between the intials there? --Vasha 17:09, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Thrilling Adventures, July 1933

In your Thrilling Adventures, July 1933, is the story "Valley of the Giants" (as is shown as the title) or "Valley of Giants" (as is listed in the publication notes)? A reprint is listing it as "Valley of Giants" so want to check before varianting. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:03, 23 January 2018 (EST)

I guess I must of rewrote the title in my mind and then let my fingers do my thinking for me. Bah! Humbug! I'll correct immediately. MLB 21:27, 23 January 2018 (EST)

Author initials

In a R&S discussion, Ahasuerus has explained what he thinks the current policy is about author intials without periods. Do you have any comments? --Vasha 10:57, 28 January 2018 (EST)

Allison Rides the Rapids

Is this book speculative fiction? There is nothing in the provided synopsis that makes it sound like it is. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:03, 29 January 2018 (EST)

Wow! I had forgotten that I even had this book. The stuff you find at garage sales. If I remember correctly, kids find old clothes in an attic, whose I can't remember, and when they wear the clothes they are whisked back in time to that time. I never read the book, so I can't tell you if it is an imaginary adventure or not. I believe that this is what is called a slipstream novel, and this trope was very popular in the romance genre. I consider these things speculative.
Here is a quote from the product page on Amazon "Three girls each find adventure when they open an old clothes trunk in a neighbor's attic. When each child puts on an article of clothing (a different one each time the trunk is opened), she is suddenly transported to the period or place of the costume." A kid's book to be sure, but speculative in nature. Besides romances, L. Sprague de Camp gave us The Glory That Was back in 1952 (which I have read) and Mark Twain gave us A Connecticut Yankee . . . (which I haven't read). Perhaps a revamping of the synopsis is needed. MLB 04:38, 30 January 2018 (EST)
I updated the synopsis. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 17:34, 30 January 2018 (EST)

Weird Fiction Review

I'm about to enter three issues of The Weird Fiction Review. You're the only other active verifier of the issues we have in the database. I'd like to convert this from a series of anthologies to a magazine. The fact that the issues have dates and are referred to as issues as opposed to volumes make me think that it is really a magazine. Additionally it is listed both at FictionMags and Galactic Central, two magazine web sites. Would you object if I converted it to a magazine? Thanks. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 21:52, 29 January 2018 (EST)

Your point is a good one, I'm ashamed to say that it never occured to me. This bookzine clearly falls into a grey area of publishing, so go ahead, reorganize these bookzines into something more coherent. MLB 04:57, 30 January 2018 (EST)
I've converted your issue. I also tweaked the title per the standards for magazines and adjusted the date to 2012. You had a note that the publisher's website didn't list a date. They do now and thus I went with that date. I was unsure whether to go with the more specific October 2012, though I think that may be part of the Mad Magazine parody and thus left the month off which is how we would date a Fall 2012 issue in any case. Thanks again. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 21:39, 30 January 2018 (EST)

A Walk In The Moonlight: True Tales of Hauntings and Strange Coincidences

I have your addition of A Walk In The Moonlight: True Tales of Hauntings and Strange Coincidences on hold. Based on the title & synopsis, this doesn't seem genre (regardless of whether ghosts are real or not, this is marketed as true stories so is not fiction) and the author doesn't seem above the threshold for non-genre works. Your thoughts? -- JLaTondre (talk) 17:41, 30 January 2018 (EST)

I'm working my way through her works for this site, and she has about twenty-five novels and chapbooks to be entered here. And still writing. I thought that this chapbook collection should be entered as non-genre, but it's not worth fighting about. Feel free to do what you want. If you want, you can wait until this project is done and then decide. There are so many independent authors that should be listed here that have fallen between the cracks. MLB 17:56, 30 January 2018 (EST)
Check out here if you want. MLB 17:59, 30 January 2018 (EST)
I've rejected it. I'm not seeing anything that she's above the threshold for non-genre works. -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:11, 30 January 2018 (EST)
Okay, now I know. MLB 18:13, 30 January 2018 (EST)

Beverly Kills

Hi. I have your proposed Beverly Kills addition on hold. Is that spec-fic? The little I can find about it makes it look like a slasher story. Thanks. --MartyD 10:52, 3 February 2018 (EST)

You know as much about this novel as I do. I own nothing, nor have I read anything, by this author. I stumble across these indie authors, and seeing that they are not listed on this site, will do so. It's a dirty job, but...yadda, yadda, yadda. Since we have listed on this site authors like Chris Pike, R. L. Stine, Diana Hoh, and adult authors like Michael Slade, all of whose works often, or mostly, deal with non-supernatural, visceral horror I thought completeness should work. Who knows? There might be something in there, I just haven't read it. We list books of terror on this site all of the time, but ultimately, I guess this is a case-by-case procedure. What I would include, you might not, so, since you're my boss in these things, I will leave it up to you. Pretty passive/aggressive eh? MLB 16:09, 3 February 2018 (EST)
Well, the standard for horror's inclusion is supposed to be supernatural elements. That's of course subjective, and the murkiness (or inconsistent application of the standard) is compounded by cases of writers who vary between supernatural and non-supernatural from work to work or are "above a certain threshold". In this particular case, we have little from this author, and what I can judge of the book from the blurbs and the part available via Look Inside doesn't suggest anything close to truly supernatural, or even to seemingly supernatural. So my inclination is that we shouldn't include it. I know you're leaving it up to me, but this is a community effort, not a dictatorship, so let me know if you disagree with my thinking. If so, I'm open to reconsidering; otherwise, I'll reject it. Thanks. --MartyD 10:58, 4 February 2018 (EST)
I rejected it. We can always reconsider if we learn more about it in the future. Sorry about the extra work. --MartyD 12:51, 7 February 2018 (EST)
I'm not complaining, however this discussion has come up numerous times before, I know, I've been involved is several. See [1] as an example. The conclusion was that the atmosphere and attitude was as equally important as the speculative elements. Sometimes. Just look at all of those juvenile horror novels. Most were slashers and terror novels, ditto for the weird menace/shudder pulps. I'll go with the whole "it will be judged on a case-by-case basis" rule. Somebody who will eventually read this novel will have the last word. Thanx for explaining your viewpoint, time to move on, so many indie authors to investigate. MLB 21:00, 8 February 2018 (EST)

Brood Company

I'm holding your proposed variant of "Brood Company". You are varianting a short story to a person that has been solely an artist. Is this what you intended? Especially since the names don't match. -- JLaTondre (talk) 08:36, 4 February 2018 (EST)

No. MLB 14:45, 4 February 2018 (EST)
Cancelled the submission. MLB 15:01, 4 February 2018 (EST)

Safety Maid: Nancy Rose and After the Queens of the Sicarii

Why do you want to make the older title a variant of the later one? This is bound to give an error "publication date before title date".--Dirk P Broer 17:28, 8 February 2018 (EST)

You can of course alter the publication date of the main title too...--Dirk P Broer 18:16, 8 February 2018 (EST)

Wayside School

Hi. You verified undated paperback printings of the second and third books, publications 454676 and 454690.

1. In what sense are these books novels? Sachar presents the first one as a collection:

Introduction (viewed at Amazon as "Look inside" the 1998 hardcover): "This book contains thirty stories about the children and teachers at Wayside School. ... ... So there are thirty stories from the thirtieth story of Wayside School."

2. You cite LC catalog records that do not match the books. That of the second book does not match even the publisher. That of the third book matches the publisher at best; none of imprint, ISBN, and page-count.

--Pwendt|talk 15:20, 10 February 2018 (EST)

I'll correct what I can, but they were borrowed (hence the transient moniker), and that person no longer has them. MLB 21:33, 10 February 2018 (EST)
According to Amazon's readers for Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger they refer to this book as a novel, and not having read it, I won't argue with them. Wayside School Is Falling Down might be a collection, but until somebody has a physical copy to look at, I don't think it should be changed, you can do so if you want. No problem. The stories in these books can be interwoven short stories, or individual stories, again, I haven't read these books, just skimmed them when I listed them. Have eliminated one LCCN, but left the other. Sites like LCCN and Worldcat often get page numbers, and imprints (which can be transitory) wrong. Try listing Scholastic Books sometime. Those will slap their imprint on the back and front cover, but keep all the vitals from the original publishing house intact. The ISBN for Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger that I listed on this site, and the one on LCCN will both take you to the same book. Amazon, sadly enough, is not a bible. In the last ten years or so, I've posting reviews on them since 2009, I've seen ISBNS change, covers change, printing dates change, books disappear, and the raw data disappear or change, all overnite. If you want to delete the remaining LCCN, go ahead. MLB 22:56, 10 February 2018 (EST)
I changed the first book from NOVEL to COLLECTION before adding two more early publications. I did read its Introduction and Chapter One (and that's all from the series) as "Look inside" at Amazon yesterday. At Wikipedia these are called children's novels and I decided to ask for opinion there before making another such change here.
Concerning the library records, I was inclined to improve your 2nd and 3rd book publication records by linking appropriate WorldCat records. But that may be too much work, I think after yesterday experience with the three 20th century publications of book one.
Probably I will add the 1st eds. of your two books. That is my cup of tea, or bottle of beer, and I shouldn't spend time on more than that for recent works.
Thanks for the prompt reply. --Pwendt|talk 19:15, 11 February 2018 (EST)

litRPG

Hi. I don't have time this morning to research it myself, but it occurs to me that you might be able to use "litRPG" or "litRPG Collective" (whatever's appropriate) as a publication series. In looking at the Look Inside, I'm wondering if the publisher should be "LitRPG Freaks", with Amazon Digital Services just the platform, a la self-publishing. Just quick ideas. --MartyD 06:54, 13 February 2018 (EST)

Mystic Warrior

I've had to cancel this submission. You were changing an earlier hc version to a later tp version. You need to clone it instead. -- JLaTondre (talk) 09:21, 18 February 2018 (EST)

Done. MLB 20:47, 18 February 2018 (EST)

Words from the Editors (Cemetery Dance)

Hello, I've simplified your submissions to "Editorial (Cemetery Dance)" as separating editorials by authors is not a thing that we seem to do (see here). There is already too much (IMHO of course) series and nested series and nested-nested series that some of our pages are nearly unreadable (like this extreme example).Hauck 05:32, 25 February 2018 (EST)

I certainly see your point. It would be a slippery slope best not traveled. MLB 17:40, 1 March 2018 (EST)
Thanks for that. Hauck 02:08, 2 March 2018 (EST)

Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction

Approved the update but have a few questions:

  • There are two "Lilith Lorraine" essays (pages 106 and 256). If they are the same, we will need to rename one and variant them. If they are not, can we add some identifier on one of them?
  • I did a lot of merging of the poems. Any chance you import them instead of adding them? You are obviously looking them up because you got the dates correctly and if you import, we do not need the extra steps (from the import screen, you can import a comma-separate list of IDs (the lower part of the screen). Less typing for you, less likely to make a typo, less work for the handling moderator or someone else later :)

Thanks! Annie 00:13, 26 March 2018 (EDT)

I'll fix the Lilith Lorraine entries, I also see that I didn't disambiguate any of the biographies, I'll have to do that to in the future. As to part two, honestly, it never occurred to me. To keep everything straight in my mind I just roll from A to Z in an effort to not make any mistakes. Of course, we all see how well that works. So, maybe I'll try it, but it does take an extra step. And third, no, the printing date is marked on every single entry in the book, cool eh? Wish every book was this clear on where and when each story was published. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to do better. MLB 03:08, 26 March 2018 (EDT)
Not a problem, they can be merged later :) I find it easier to import than to type but up to you so decided to mention it. Annie 03:15, 26 March 2018 (EDT)
Hello, I've rejected all the disambiguations and corrected the ones that were already present. We do dismabiguate when there is more there one strictly similar "Title/Author" couple. In this case, I've verified them all, there are no such ambiguities. I've also changed the Lilith Lorraine entries. Hauck 03:35, 26 March 2018 (EDT)
Thanks, now I know. MLB 04:16, 26 March 2018 (EDT)
I've merged the existing titles for your last submission, have a good night! (Here it's 10AM). Hauck 04:24, 26 March 2018 (EDT)
I've approved your latest submission, I've had to tweak some of your non-standard page numbers ("334A"), disambiguated one essay (I've also changed the X) section title format that our cleanup reports do not like) and merged what could be. Hauck 03:58, 27 March 2018 (EDT)
Okay, thanks. MLB 05:03, 27 March 2018 (EDT)
Took your cue and disambiguated the rest of the chapter titles. Added some notes to several of the entries, and with any luck I am now dune with this book and can move on. MLB 05:43, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

Legion of the Godhand

I accepted this one by mistake (was planning on a hold) - you have the title date as 2017-12-00 now and the earliest publication as 2016-01-04. Can you clarify all these dates? Thanks! Annie 22:03, 2 April 2018 (EDT)

It drives me crazy. Amazon.com uses the date of an earlier edition on the new publication, but Goodreads lists all editions and their dates, as far as I know. Picture a large handicapped man dancing about his front room tearing out his hair and banging his head against the walls. This the latter edition of Legion of the Godhand, and this is the original. I'm not even sure if the cover artist that is listed on Amazon is the right artist, but what can you do? You can only use the information that is given to you. I thought that I had updated the publishing information. My head hurts. MLB 22:21, 2 April 2018 (EDT)
I only discovered the earlier editions after I had listed the later one. MLB 22:23, 2 April 2018 (EDT)
Yeah but it was 2016 and you changed it to 2017. Looks like you hit the title instead of the publication - I've done that before. All looks ok now after I accepted the last batch of updates.  :) Amazon is... amusing sometimes. And sometimes I want to swear that it is plain crazy. It still is making things a lot easier than it would have been without it though... Annie 22:50, 2 April 2018 (EDT)

The publishers

Hello,

When a work is independently published or only lists CreateSpace as a publisher, leave the publisher field empty or put the author name as a publisher. You can add the CreateSpace note in the notes if you want :) I edited the two Drowsy books that came in with "CreateSpace" and "Independently Published". Annie 14:19, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Well, thanx. Now I know. Looks like your job is still safe from this corner of this Wiki site. MLB 18:57, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Protected by the Damned

Fixed capitalization in the new series you just created. Unless there is a good reason not to, keeping these capitalized as expected makes it easier for anyone that adds the next books :) Annie 20:09, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Thanx again. I was cutting and pasting and didn't notice. Just the second in the series. Note: I don't think Michael Todd exists. A duel pseudonym, I think, for Laurie Starkey and Michael Anderle. According to Amazon.com Starkey is known under several names, and I will have to clean that up on this site when I list the next two books in the Protected by the Damned series. MLB 20:26, 10 April 2018 (EDT)
No worries, you are welcome :) And have fun with all the pseudonyms and what's not - why cannot people just use their own names (I know, I know... where is the fun in that)? Annie 20:29, 10 April 2018 (EDT)
Copyright page of the fourth book in this series states that Michael Anderle is Michael Todd Anderle. Mystery solved. MLB 20:53, 10 April 2018 (EDT)
Great. And it is a bad day for your capitalization :) I just fixes "the" and "and" in one of the titles (no need to be capitalized) and "Is" in another (that one needs to be capitalized) :) Annie 21:10, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Orphans in the Black

Hello,

I cannot see a difference between your submission and this publication. Am I missing something? Thanks!Annie 03:06, 12 April 2018 (EDT)

Me neither. I just didn't notice the previous entry (**blush-blush**). I was just adding the page numbers. I'll cancel my submission and add the page numbers to the previous entry. MLB 03:11, 12 April 2018 (EDT)

Half Magic

Hi. You verified a copy of the Odyssey Classic ed., namely P488431. I believe the publication series is all trade paperback format, and the WorldCat record you cite reports size 20 cm, so I changed the format from pb to tp. --submitted, now in the queue

You note,

Copyright page lists the LOCN number 84-19816, but it doesn't lead to a page for this book.

Does the copyright page report Cataloging-In-Publication data for LCCN 84-19816, which is probably similar to most of the data displayed at https://lccn.loc.gov/84019816 (online format of same catalog record)? If so, this LCCN is intentional, and since it's also another publication of the same work, I would note

Copyright page gives CIP data for LCCN 84-19816, the 1982 Voyager/HBJ paperback ed. (ISBN 0156379902).
Copyright page gives CIP data for LCCN 84-19816, the 1982 Voyager/HBJ ed.

(The more informative if it were not in the database, but I noticed that this one is in[2].)

The initialism is LCCN for LC Catalog Number. The records are labeled "LC Online Catalog" but I suppose it's only one catalog and/or "LCOC" is confusing with "OCLC". --Pwendt|talk 17:57, 13 April 2018 (EDT)

P.S. I wonder what HBJ copyright in 1982, the cover illustration and design? --Pwendt|talk 17:59, 13 April 2018 (EDT)

McCain's

Hi, in your verified copy of He Stepped Through you grant the He Stepped Through (cover art) to a certain Zack McCain, and you also mention that name in the notes. Me I think that it is Zach McCain -and Amazon does too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9350060604?ie=UTF8&tag=isfdb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9350060604 Can you please check? --Dirk P Broer 10:43, 21 April 2018 (EDT)

My antiquated computer is operated by steam, and it got sick this week, and I had to take time off to chop wood to burn to create the steam to run it. However, be that as it may, I do believe that you're right. I must of typed this entry up with my feet. Will correct. MLB 20:55, 22 April 2018 (EDT)

Analog title question

Hi, Mark! Do you think you could give us your input here on title conventions used in Analog, for which you contribute a lot? Thanks, Doug / Vornoff 15:13, 23 April 2018 (EDT)

Done. You got my two bits worth. MLB 22:18, 23 April 2018 (EDT)

review titles in Dead Reckonings #6

Hi -- By chance I happened to look at the publication record for Dead Reckonings #6 and noticed a lot of inconsistencies in how the unlinked reviews are given essay titles. Examples are: 1. Review of "Ennui and Other States of Madness" by David Niall Wilson 2. Review "The Man Who Collected Psychos: Critical Essays on Robert Bloch" by Benjamin Szumskyj 3. Review of _D. D. Murphry, Secret Policeman_ (Clark & Massie) [contrary to DB practices for how to enter italics in titles; are the underscores in the magazine?] . Is there anything there you want to correct? --Vasha 09:42, 28 April 2018 (EDT)

Yes, I will correct these in the near future. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. MLB 18:44, 28 April 2018 (EDT)

The Paupers' Graveyard

Hello.

Approved the addition but did a few changes:

  • Added the missing ' after Paupers. Amazon drops it in their title for some reason (I am submitting a correction to them now...) but it is there on the cover and in the Look inside and in WorldCat so I would say that it is there :)
  • Cleaned up the image address (it contained all the amazon sizing instructions)
  • Fixed the note to say 2018-04-29 and not 2018-02-29 - it is April (believe it or not) and 2/29 did not exist this year :)

Result is here. Annie 02:36, 30 April 2018 (EDT)

I also connected the review :) Would you mind checking where the apostrophe in this one is? Typo in the magazine or in our record? Annie 02:41, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
This entry is driving me crazy. This is a magazine that went walkabout after the reorganization of this household after the Queen Mum's death two years ago (RIP mom), so I'm reconstructing the best I can, but who knows?, it could turn up tomorrow. Two, somebody did some considerable editing on this submission other than me, without telling me, including adding reviews as essays, and adding _ underlining marks _, which I've never used. I've re-edited quite a bit here, and I'm sure I missed something else. I'm just about to write this submission off. Oh well, let me know if there any more mistakes. MLB 04:08, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
I suspect that the reviews -> essays had been someone cleaning up (and choosing to convert as opposed to adding the books and connecting the reviews as most people would.... Not good that you were never notified though and cannot even think of why someone would add underlines (unless we have some copy/paste mistake somewhere). Anyway - thanks for taking care of this one :( Annie 13:14, 30 April 2018 (EDT)

Schmerz

Fixed the ISBN (you somehow missed a number "5" in the middle), the language (from English to German) and the translator (when looking at German records, look for Übersetzer; Herausgeber means Editor (that's what Raulf) is here). I also changed the Translated note to use the template and copied it to the title level and added the DNB and OCLC numbers (while I was checking there anyway) :) The result is here and its title here. Annie 20:21, 30 April 2018 (EDT)

PS: The pub series is "Heyne Hardcore" and not "Heyne Hard Core" so fixed this here and in the other 2 that I suspect you added earlier. And did the variant. I think that this book is now looking as it is supposed to :) Annie 20:25, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
Thanks. Moderators like you make editors like me look less of an idiot than I really am. But, now I know. MLB 20:37, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
We cannot know all the languages - I just happen to know where to look for German and as I can see that you are working on translations lately, figured I might as well mention what to look for in a record. .:) Annie 20:46, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
One note on translators: would you mind using the {{Tr|Name of translator}} template instead of free-texting when adding the translator (it is a preparation for supporting translators one day) and we need this information in the title note (if you want it in the pub note as well, that's fine) - so that if a second German edition is added, we know if we need to merge (same translator) or leave it as a new variant (new translation) without needing to open each publication. :) Annie 22:33, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
Now you tell me. I need a drink. Or two. :) MLB 22:52, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
I have added the price and changed the format & page count according to the information stated at the more correct DNB (amazon counts all the pages, DNB states the last numbered one). Thanks, Stonecreek 03:25, 1 May 2018 (EDT)
I though I got the price but apparently missed this one. Thanks for getting that one sorted out Christian. Annie 14:01, 1 May 2018 (EDT)

The TM thingie

You find it somewhere online such as here and copy it from there :) Here it is if you want to save it for future references: ™ And I fixed it in the title. Annie 23:38, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

Thanx, now I know, I think. MLB 23:56, 3 May 2018 (EDT)

"Hexenhaus"

I added "Hexenhaus" in your verified publication Dark Discoveries #29 to the series "The Normal and Nadine Adventures" based on it being described as part of a series in the author's latest collection. --Vasha 16:12, 4 May 2018 (EDT)

Oh, cool. Always good to know about these minor series. MLB 18:50, 4 May 2018 (EDT)

SF Conventional Calendar

I just entered the contents of the May-June issue of Asimov's, and YES, I FORGOT, I will add the above, and a cover image when, and if, my initial entry is accepted. So don't tell me I messed up, I know, I know already. MLB 20:48, 4 May 2018 (EDT)

May/June 2018 Asimov's

I approved your entry of the issue. I think one of the authors of this story may be a typo and is perhaps this guy as listed on the magazine's website. Could you double check? Thanks --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 07:27, 5 May 2018 (EDT)

I was only waiting for my submission to be accepting so I could finish the job. So: Image added, spelling mistake corrected, column titles added, missing content added, and magazine waiting to be merged. Only thing left is for me to add a book to the database so I can link a book with the review. Will, have to wait though, it's eight o'clock ayem, and I need my beauty coma. Will do that later. MLB 07:57, 5 May 2018 (EDT)
Oops, looks like the book was already there, the name was Christopher Brown (I) and so I didn't see it. Review linked, and now, good-night one and all, looks like my job here is done. MLB 08:01, 5 May 2018 (EDT)

Excerpt titles in Tales from the Crossroad

Hi. I accepted your Tales from the Crossroad submission and saw your note about the excerpts. What you did to recording them as listed is fine; recording what's in the publication is appropriate. That said, I think for most (all?) of them, the trailing " (excerpt)" could and should be omitted. The purpose of the parenthetical in "TITLE (excerpt)" is to disambiguate the excerpt from the full work when the excerpt is published using the same title as that full work. When the excerpt is published with a different -- and in this case, spot-on explanatory -- title such as "Exerpt: TITLE..." or "Preview of TITLE..." or "Chapter X from TITLE...", there's no need for further disambiguation. --MartyD 12:07, 6 May 2018 (EDT)

Canadian $ question

You verified this [3] as having a C$8.99 while my copy says C$6.99.Could you check please if it is a variant though it seems unlikely.Don Erikson 16:08, 8 May 2018 (EDT)

Blood Wings

Cover artist Jim Thiesen found for this pub on this website. --Zapp 05:49, 13 May 2018 (EDT)

Paul Seiple's The Great Dying books

Sorry I didn't get back to you re: these submissions yesterday; there was a lot going on.

After approving the 5 chapbook submissions, I checked Amazon. I saw the author saying that it was a "series of stories", so I converted the SERIAL titles to SHORTFICTION. However, now that we have their combined version on file (as well as the 2017 sequel), I agree with your original classification. I have converted the SHORTFICTION titles back to SERIALs and set them up as variants of the novel title. Hopefully everything looks OK and sorry about the confusion! Ahasuerus 12:13, 13 May 2018 (EDT)

P.S. Also, I removed the disambiguators from the SERIAL titles as per Help:Use of the SERIAL type:

  • If the title of a SERIAL part is unique, e.g. "Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Eight: As the Bear Turns" or "Ciężki bój (cz. 1)", then use the full form of the title. If, on the other hand, the title is shared by all SERIAL installments, append a parenthetical statement such as "(Part 1 of 3)", preceded by a space, to the title.

Ahasuerus 13:20, 13 May 2018 (EDT)

Let's Get Invisible!

Hi, could it be You forgot to verify this pub? --Zapp 08:45, 19 May 2018 (EDT)

I guess so, how could you tell it was mine? MLB 15:24, 19 May 2018 (EDT)
Because You uploaded the cover scan. ;) --Zapp 16:20, 4 June 2018 (EDT)

Jon Hrfstrom vs Jon Arfstrom

Hi, I think that Jon Hrfstrom, artist of Cartoon: Untitled in Mystic Magazine, January 1954 is either a typo for Jon Arfstrom or you may have misread his autograph. Could you please check?--Dirk P Broer 18:01, 19 May 2018 (EDT)

Misread it seems. Corrected. MLB 20:41, 19 May 2018 (EDT)

Review of Starry Wisdom Library in Dark Discoveries #30

Hi. Would you please see this discussion about the review of Starry Wisdom Library in your verified Dark Discoveries #30? Thanks. --MartyD 21:58, 20 May 2018 (EDT)

The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Hello Mark,

I just approved the addition of a missing story: 320 • The Malaysian Mer • (1982) • short story by Jane Yolen in your verified - all I could find indicates that the story is indeed there. Can you check anyway (just in case) and if it is not, I can reverse it. Thanks! Annie 19:27, 22 May 2018 (EDT)

This was a textbook for a class that I took, and I created this listing from scratch, so I'm not surprised that I missed something. Having suffered a knee injury, this book is in storage, so it might take time to get to it. I trust you though, if you say it's there then I believe you until I can dig up the original text. MLB 22:06, 22 May 2018 (EDT)
It's in all online content lists I could find and it fits based on its date. No table of content anywhere that I can get my hands on - I need to check my library eventually. It is also on my list of books to track down one day. Easy to remove it if it somehow managed to make it on all lists but not to the book. I hope your knee get better quickly. :) Annie 23:43, 22 May 2018 (EDT)
Look for it cheap. I had to buy it, and because it's meant to be a textbook it's way way, way overpriced. Check it out from a library first. MLB 15:32, 23 May 2018 (EDT)
That’s the plan. I tend to buy books when I want them but that one is a bit too expensice for what it is. Textbooks pricing is just maddening. Annie 16:27, 23 May 2018 (EDT)
Just looked it up on Amazon, and I damn near pooped my pants, a new copy could cost you $191.40. Maybe if it were a little cheaper they'd sell more copies. MLB 17:00, 23 May 2018 (EDT)

Earthblood and Other Stories

Earthblood and Other Stories; A Note states that the Library of Congress Catalog Data is 200703971. Shouldn’t this reference be: 2007038971? --AndyjMo 09:22, 30 May 2018 (EDT)

Yep, you are 100% right. Will change. MLB 21:40, 31 May 2018 (EDT)

Secret in The Sky

My copy has 'Kenneth Robeson' as the author. I'd like to update the pub if you agree. TAWeiss 23:26, 1 June 2018 (EDT)

Go right ahead. Don't know how I got it wrong. MLB 02:24, 2 June 2018 (EDT)
I accepted that change to the pub and also removed the Dent-credited title and replaced it with the Robeson-credited variant. --MartyD 11:13, 2 June 2018 (EDT)

Gerald Kersh

You may know Harlan Ellison has a site dedicated to Gerald Kersh, and it has a wealth of bibliographic detail (eg. here and here) which I would like to use to enhance our records. This would probably alter some of the detail in publications you have verified, eg. more accurate dates for The Secret Masters/The Great Wash and some of his collections. Also, given the great amount of genre short fiction we have for him, would you consider Kersh to be 'above the threshold' as I do? I would like to add the non-genre short stories that are included in his many collections, but I want to get other verifiers opinions first. Given his standing as a highly respected genre author I think our biblio page for him is lacking and ought to more resemble that of Kurt Vonnegut, who also has a large number of non-genre short stories listed. What do you think? PeteYoung 13:10, 3 June 2018 (EDT)

Not a great reader of Kersh anymore as his stuff is hard to get a hold of. Still, if I remember correctly, much of his stuff fell into the dark suspense genre, which is a borderline horror genre at times. Still, I'm not as familiar with Kersh's stuff as I should be, but, I have no problem with your suggestion. MLB 19:46, 3 June 2018 (EDT)

Translations in Skeleton Keys

In Skeleton Keys, could you confirm whether "The Queen of Spades" is translated by Rosemary Edmonds or someone else? Also, who translated "Stone from the Stars"? Thanks. --Vasha 15:46, 12 June 2018 (EDT)

youtube link in Farenheit 451

Hi. The youtube link in the submission I have on hold doesn't really seem appropriate as a link with more information about that title. But I've been known to be dense: Am I missing something? Thanks. --MartyD 22:17, 12 June 2018 (EDT)

"The Dom" as he likes to be called, runs a site that compares the novel and the filmed version of the same novel. On this episode, he talks extensively about the novel, then discusses how the sixties movie compares to the novel, such as what from the novel was kept in the movie, what was changed, and what was totally excised. There is a great deal of the novel discussed here. True, the filmatic essay was created as entertainment, but it is still a real discussion of a book into a film. I liked it, but, ultimately, the final arbitrator will be you. I just attempted to list it, and now I've moved on. There's some surprising things to be found on Youtube. Check out Morgan Scorpions narrations of Dark Fantasy stories sometime. Anyway, thanks for asking. MLB 22:31, 12 June 2018 (EDT)
P.S.: The woman on this episode is just a guest host. MLB 22:34, 12 June 2018 (EDT)
Ok, good enough for me. --MartyD 07:44, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

The Traveler (Tom Abrahams)

So is it "The Traveler (Tom Abrahams)" as you set it on the first 4 books or "The Traveller (Tom Abrahams)" as you added it on the last 2 (I corrected to a single l to connect them again but thought I should come and ask :) Annie 00:30, 14 June 2018 (EDT)

Spelling is not my strong suite, but yes, one "el". MLB 12:58, 14 June 2018 (EDT)
Everyone makes typos - some days I feel like that is all I am doing :) The funny part here is that my mind screams that it should be double "l" (the British spelling) and not a single one (the American one) - I was taught British English first. :)
Then we are good - I left a single "l" there. Thanks for the confirmation. :) Annie 13:02, 14 June 2018 (EDT)

Firefly Non-Fiction

I approved this Edit Title submission a few minutes ago, but then it occurred to me that one of the publications was primary-verified by User:Nihonjoe. Should we ask him what he thinks about putting these essays in a series? Ahasuerus 15:07, 28 June 2018 (EDT)

I see that the rest of your "Firefly Non-Fiction" submissions have been approved in the meantime. I'll go ahead and leave a note on Nihonjoe's Talk page in case he wants to review the book/series. Ahasuerus 15:41, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
OK, apparently I do not need to leave the similar notes - they had been sitting here and not being submitted for a few hours (oops). Annie 15:49, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
No worries! Whether we have these essays organized as a series or leave them as standalones is a relatively minor issue; I am sure Nihonjoe will chime in soon enough. Ahasuerus 16:01, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
I'm fine with organizing them into a series, though shouldn't all of them in that book be in the series? Also, I created a meta series, Firefly Universe, so they could be organized together with the fiction. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:55, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
And further into Firefly Essays. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 17:00, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
MLB had been doing them in batches so I suspect that it is still work in progress... :) Ping him and ask him if you want? Annie 17:14, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
This is on his talk page, so I'm sure he'll notice. :) ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 17:16, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
Do'h. Of course it is - why would I glance at the top of the screen... :) I seem to be having a weird day where titles of pages are concerned. Annie 17:24, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
Mom always said I'd grow up to be trouble. Sorry about all of this fuss. MLB 18:32, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
No problem whatsoever! Everything got sorted out quickly and efficiently and we now have a brand spanking new series! Ahasuerus 21:05, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
I looked up an author, found that she had edited an anthology of Firefly essays, so I looked around and found more non-fiction books on the television series and thought that I would put them into the Firefly Non-Fiction listing, which was already there. I was doing this in segments as I know everybody works here for free. I think. I try to keep my submissions in small batches as I don't want to overwhelm and/or annoy any moderator. I still have a few Serenity items to add to this list. In the end, I think that anybody looking for Firefly/Serenity materials, outside of game books, should find this page helpful. I'm just hoping I'm not stepping on anyone's feet. MLB 18:32, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
By-the-way, when I finish putting the rest of the essays into the Firefly Essays, should I then import these essay listings into the other editions of this book? MLB 18:38, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
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