User:Mhhutchins

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

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

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


Contents

Bibliographic Sources

Publications

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

Websites

  • Contento, William. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
    Online version of the two publications listed above, includes anthologies and collections through 1983. Highly reliable.
  • Brown, Charles N. and William Contento. The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
    A continuation of Contento's work, but indexes all publications, including magazines. Again, a highly reliable source. There are annual appendices up through 2004, but they have not been integrated into the main database.
  • AbeBooks.com
    A "community of over 13,500 independent booksellers selling 100 million books from around the globe". Just be careful not to depend on only one or two listings in order to verify a publication.
  • Fantastic Fiction
    A British based database which ties ISBNs into searches at both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, as well as listings on Abebooks.com. It contains some good information but its graphical design leaves a lot to be desired.
  • WorldCat
    A searchable database of "over 1 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide."

Things to Do (short term)

Projects (long term)

Planned:

  • Enter records for the 69 volumes in the Arno Press "Lost Race and Adult Fantasy" series of reprints edited by Reginald and Menville (1978), listed here.
  • Enter records for the 62 volumes in the Arno Press "Science Fiction" series of reprints edited by Reginald and Menville (1975). Looking for a good source of titles in the series. This search on OCLC narrows down some possibilities.
  • Enter records for the 63 volumes in the Arno Press "Supernatural and Occult" series of reprints edited by Reginald and Menville (1976). Some titles are listed by OCLC here and here.
  • Create stub records for all issues of Playboy magazine which contain speculative fiction.
  • Add missing editor records to all issues of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, then update, add interior art and verify. [Missing editor records created]
  • Update/add/verify publications listed in Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (1700-1974), approximately 18,000 references. I will attempt to do this along with the Tuck project. Unlike Tuck, Reginald only lists first editions and retitlings. [Completed up through page 37 of 585]
  • Update authors data using Ashley's Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction [Completed A-K]
  • Reconcile Carl Bennett's Ballantine Books Checklist (1953-1976) with ISFDB records
  • Check database records for PS Publishing against listings on their website and reconcile or create new pubs [Completed 1999-2008]
  • Create/update publications of specialty publisher Donald M. Grant [Completed 1964-2003]
  • Index pertinent contents from all issues of Locus (1968 - present) 500+ issues! [Completed 1 - 326 (March, 1988), missing 208-211 and 214]
  • Create wiki page for the Science Fiction Book Club, with the following tasks:
    • Listings for club selections by year and month [Completed 4/October/2009]
    • Links to existing pub records or create new ones when necessary [Completed: 1953-1994, 2003-2009]
    • Gutter codes when available
  • Add all pieces published by Sci Fiction (webzine 2000-2005). [Completed 2000]
  • Verify, add or update listings from Tuck [Time for completion estimated circa 2020 :-)] [Completed A-B (84 pages or 17.72% Hooray!)]
  • Use the Locus Books Received listings to add new pub records and update existing ones. Started with December 1983 and went backwards. (Listings from 1984 forward are on the Locus website.) [Completed Dec 1983 - Jul 1982] Changed mind and started from the beginning. [Completed #1 - #223 (Ju1/Aug, 1979), need #224 - #253]
  • Add records and contents for all issues of Fantasy Review currently in my collection (#63, 65-103). [Completed #63, 65-82]
  • Complete entries including contents of the magazine Science Fiction Eye (1987-1997). [#1-#10, #12 and #15 completed. Need #11, #13, and #14.]

Completed:

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

Pages to Monitor

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

Useful Templates

  • Greeting new editors: {{subst:welcome}} ~~~~
  • Adding cover images: {{Cover Image Data2|<TAG>}}
  • Creating a wiki page for a new magazine title template here
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