User talk:BLongley/Archives/Archive10
Testing/development
A quick update: I am still waiting for the retirement process to go through the motions. (Translation: I have almost exhausted my stockpile of pins and needles.) The two week countdown may start tomorrow or it may start 2.5 weeks from now, but there is an 85% chance that it will start one way or the other. On the plus side, if it doesn't start until Tuesday, I will have an 11 day vacation after June 27, so I will be able to spend a fair amount of time on development/testing. Sorry about the delays; the last 6 weeks have been very frustrating... Ahasuerus 03:28, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, it seems the peasants are revolting again and asking for more improvements, so it'll be good to get coding again. I might even start the "ISFDB coding for Dummies" booklet. (I won't finish it as your ideas will be absolutely essential to that.) BLongley 12:13, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- OK, I have finally found the previously mentioned bugs in the Pub and Title classes. One of them is just irritating/confusing, but the other one can cause Python errors, so they need to be fixed. I'll have to test them carefully because they are in the core of the application, but hopefully it won't take too long.
- As far as the proposed "ISFDB coding for Dummies" booklet goes, it sounds like a good idea, but we will need to explain that much of the currently deployed code is not written they way it ought to be written. Al used some OO concepts when he architected ISFDB 2.0, but they were not consistently implemented and we will need another pass to clean everything up. Ahasuerus 06:07, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
- Well, it took longer than expected, but it looks like the last pieces have finally fallen into place and I should be free in about two weeks. I still can't quite believe it's final, but it looks as final as final can be. I may need to take a few days off to catch up on my sleep and get some things in order, but after that I should be able to concentrate on ISFDB :-) Ahasuerus 01:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
A Guerra dos Mercadores submission
Is there any problem with this submission? BarDenis 18:43, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I meant to leave you a message but obviously didn't. It's just that the cover authors don't match the given publication author. I was wondering if you knew for sure how it's credited on title page: Kornbluth might be an error throughout. BLongley 13:01, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
- All library links that I checked say only about Frederik Pohl. BarDenis 19:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Notes for The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Bill, I'm going through the Millennium editions of the Collected Stories (many of which are your verified pubs) and have noticed that most (however, not The Father-Thing) include the single entry 'Notes'. However the text of each 'Notes' entry is of course different for each volume. There are already titles, eg. Notes (Beyond Lies the Wub), Notes (The Father-Thing) etc., that would better serve the series and that appeared in the earlier Gollancz hardcovers on which the Millennium editions were based, so I'd propose making a switch to those titles for each volume. A couple of them would need to made into Variants, ie. The Days of Perky Pat and The Little Black Box. What do you think? PeteYoung 02:28, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- I'm fine with you giving it a go. I've been pretty inconsistent about "Notes" and "About the Author" etc over the years. BLongley 10:42, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- Done. PeteYoung 03:35, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Vector 'Particle' reviews
Over the coming weeks I expect I'll continue to work my way through a pile of back-issues of Vector (circa 2001 – present), and I'd like to keep consistency with how Particle reviews should be entered. In the past there seems to have been some variety of method. My own inclination is to enter them as "uncredited" (eg. #223) (even though they were written by the Reviews Editor), as in some issues (eg. #257) each review was barely a sentence and understandably they were not indexed. I know they've been a bit of a thorn in your side, but did you ever settle on a suitable format for crediting them? Thanks. PeteYoung 09:56, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- No, for the reasons you just described. Plus the situation where the particle is an excerpt from a previous, credited, review. Give it a go and I'll comment if I see anything going seriously awry. BLongley 10:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Galaxy - March 1977
I just reviewed my copy of this issue of Galaxy Magazine, and found three discrepancies with the interiorart. As you are the originating verifier for this issue, I am asking permission to rectify the following points: First, there should be only two instances of art for The Tides of Time, and not three. Second, the same situation applies for The Wallad Blonde. Third, the interiorart for Gateway on page 77 is missing from the contents list even though it appears a "gap" was left for it. Syzygy 23:25, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- No problem, go for it. I think it must have been Swfritter who entered the art, I rarely did in those days. BLongley 10:34, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Spinrad's The New Tomorrows
I have found a signature on the cover of your verified pub: it's not easy to spot, it's near the right end of the curve of the moon. There is OBRIEN to be seen. But I have no idea to which OBRIEN (probably O'Brien) this may refer. Do you have any? Stonecreek 14:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- Well, I've put the credit O'Brien in the cover artist's field, assuming that he/she is the same O'Brien as for other Belmont publications. Stonecreek 19:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Orbit Three/3?
Both OCLC and BLIC have the title with the number as opposed to the word for [this]. In previous editions you noted the difference between cover and title page, but not this one. ?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Lynx Books
We have three publishers listed by the names of Lynx, Lynx Books, and Lynx Omeiga Books. These "companies" are all listed by WorldCat as based in New York, and each published only during 1988 and 1989. In addition, WorldCat list some of our "Lynx" entries as by "Lynx Books", and one of our "Lynx Books" as by "Lynx Omeiga Books". Some authors and series are shared among these three "companies". This seems sufficient argument to conclude that they are the same company, and I would like to combine these three under one name. As you might guess, I'm writing to you first because you have about half of the verified books: Stranded (Time Police) and Trapped! (Time Police) by "Lynx Omeiga Books"; Vanished (Time Police) by "Lynx Books"; and Surfing Samurai Robots by "Lynx". My understanding of ISFDB policy is that we should combine names like this except when the name change reflects an actual change in the name that the company was using -- which clearly is not the case here. Thoughts? Chavey 01:53, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
CINEFANTASTIQUE
you rejected my two edits whole-cloth adding cover art credit to Cinefantastique : Stephen King on Hollywood and Carrie saying I should add this credit to the Cinefantastique/CFQ magazine, but that magazine isn't on isfdb and I've been told not to add it... Ofearna 21:23, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
- Well, we need to draw the lines somewhere. :-/ I personally wouldn't object to having Cinefantastique stubs when they contained in-scope articles or reviews. But I do feel that we shouldn't encourage Image links in notes. BLongley 21:27, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Azazel
Added the artist [cover is a portion of the US one] and month [Locus1] and a note to [this]. If you like I can scan the missing page 221 and e-mail it to you? --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:14, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
- Yes please! BLongley 11:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
- Sent! Please let me know if it comes through OK? Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 19:33, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
- Re-sent as per your request but did the second way get through?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:08, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
- Yes it did - thanks! Sorry about the slow response, I'm being evicted and don't have much time for email or ISFDB. BLongley 15:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Threads of Time (Fontana)
Added cover art to this pub. Horzel 14:56, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Art credit conflict
The cover art for the Panther edition of The War with the Robots is identical to that for the Dutch edition of The Demolished Man, which is explicitly credited to Anthony Roberts. Mhhutchins 18:42, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- Not my note - I don't guess artists from style. Feel free to fix. BLongley 19:45, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- I really don't feel comfortable fixing another editor's verified record, unless I'm 100% sure of the "fix". Just goes to show how fragile the data on this site actually is. You should have been notified of the change, even if it were another moderator who made it. If I'd handled such a submission, it would have remained on hold until you could join in the discussion. I rarely attribute a cover based on style, but when I do , it's entered into the Note field and never entered into the Cover Art field. And who could this "Tomlinson" be? Considering the percentage of submissions lately dealing with art, do you feel like this has become the ISFADB? Mhhutchins 20:06, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- Hauck told me "Tomlinson is the main Harrison bibliographer" somewhere above on this page. He may have notified me, but I'm well behind on reviewing the less important messages. BLongley 20:26, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- I've left a note on Willem's page to join the discussion. Mhhutchins 22:02, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- I can't add very much here. The cover of the Dutch Bester book is explicitly credited to Anthony Roberts. Style means nothing in this case, both Roberts and Angus McKie were heavily influenced by Chris Foss. Both artists were represented by "The Young Artists agency", some confusion (Dutch rights) could come from there. The piece is not signed, Jane Frank's book doesn't mention the Harrison book, and I can't find the illustration in my artbook collection. Online search points to McKie, but that could come from the Tomlinson book. I wouldn't mind having the Bester cover credited to McKie, with a note of course. --Willem H. 14:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- In this case, IMHO style is quite telling. For example compare the "texture" of the buildings with this cover.Hauck 15:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- I can't add very much here. The cover of the Dutch Bester book is explicitly credited to Anthony Roberts. Style means nothing in this case, both Roberts and Angus McKie were heavily influenced by Chris Foss. Both artists were represented by "The Young Artists agency", some confusion (Dutch rights) could come from there. The piece is not signed, Jane Frank's book doesn't mention the Harrison book, and I can't find the illustration in my artbook collection. Online search points to McKie, but that could come from the Tomlinson book. I wouldn't mind having the Bester cover credited to McKie, with a note of course. --Willem H. 14:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
A. E. van Vogt's Quest for the Future
Your verified Quest for the Future is listed as a COLLECTION, but the only contents given are a novel. The title record and other pubs are listed as NOVELs. Should this pub be a NOVEL? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:33, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. When it was converted from Collection to Fix-up Novel this one got left behind. Thanks for pointing it out, fixed now. BLongley 10:26, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
With a Strange Device
Hi, you've PV'd this publication with cover artist Patrick Mortemore, but I find the same art on the Peter Elson site here. Could you check your copy, maybe Mortemore is the cover designer or some such thing? Horzel 13:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Continuum 1 and 2 and 3 and 4
Hi, I've added cover artist Patrick Woodroffe to this and this and this and this publication. Horzel 14:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Just added cover artist Patrick Woodroffe to this publication. Horzel 11:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
One-Eye
Just added cover artist Patrick Woodroffe to this publication. Horzel 11:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Two-Eyes
Just added cover artist Patrick Woodroffe to this publication. Horzel 12:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Frank Herbert's Direct Descent
I'm thinking of converting this to a novella, and making the publications into chapterbooks. Please see this discussion when you have some free time. Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:24, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Andromeda Breakthrough
Just added cover artist Patrick Woodroffe to this publication. Horzel 14:18, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Kadrey's Metrophage
Does the VGSF edition of this give the subtitle "(A Romance of the Future)" as it does in the Ace first edition and the Gollancz hardcover edition? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 20:46, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Recent integrations
I saw that you'd accepted the submissions by a certain editor to change the titles of several issues of Crypt of Cthulhu, which in effect, removed the issue number as displayed in the magazine grid. (Look at issues from November 1986 - November 1988.) If you move the comma past the issue number it changes the way it's displayed. You probably already knew this, but didn't notice the slight change that the editor had made in the title field. I would have brought this to the attention of the editor, but as he's very unreceptive to any suggestion that he may have made a mistake, I let it slide. I can easily "fix" the records, but am not up to the challenge of having to deal with the person. If you can handle it, I'd be most appreciative. If you haven't already, look at the last exchange of messages concerning the issues of this title on both his page and the original verifier's page. Thanks. Mhhutchins 15:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I've never totally understood magazine entries - Issue grids are comparatively new and I don't know how they're generated, or the desired appearance. I'll have to pass on communicating thoroughly with him though, I really need to start packing - I've been told to move house ASAP and can't spend much time here. :-( BLongley 15:39, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
- I understand. Hope it works out well and that it not be as disruptive as I can imagine it would be. Mhhutchins 15:53, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
- I've reverted the commas back to the correct place in order for the issue numbers to be displayed on the grid. Maybe he'll not notice it, if we're lucky. Mhhutchins 15:59, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Manchester, Lancashire
Can you join in this discussion when time permits? Thanks. Mhhutchins 01:01, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
- My tuppence-worth provided. BLongley 09:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
On Niven
Hi, Bill! In this verified pub you jointly credit essay "On Niven" (page 3) to six authors. In this edition the essay split into 6 single-authored parts. Could you please check. Cheers, P-Brane 01:49, 1 August 2012 (UTC).
Apostrophes and the author directory
A couple of questions about apostrophes and the Author Directory:
- Would it make sense to account for apostrophes in names like 'Nathan Burgoine? As an added bonus, it would make the code more straightforward.
- Did you mean to add 'D.D.', 'B.Sc.', 'B.A.' and 'M.A.' as recognized suffixes or did they sneak in through the back door?
Thanks! Ahasuerus 05:16, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
- 1 - Yes it would make sense, but I haven't spotted any surnames starting with an apostrophe.
- 2 - Yes, those four should be added to the cleanup script. BLongley 09:55, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, they ARE in the cleanup script, so I'm not sure what question 2 is referring to? BLongley 00:26, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
- Well, they were not mentioned in the bug report on SourceForge, so I wondered if perhaps you may have coded it separately (and meant to create a separate Feature request), but then the wrong version was committed to the repository. No worries, now that I know that it was intentional, I can document the change on SourceForge and in the list of recent changes once I install the scripts. Ahasuerus 02:24, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Space War Blues
Can you tell me if the introduction and preface in the Sphere edition of this novel has titles? In the Dell edition, Ellison's introduction is titled: "Introduction: Sailing the Dark with the Bentfin Boomer Bappa Zappa Kid", and Lupoff's preface is titled "Preface: And I Awoke—Was This Some Kind of Joke?". I want to change the records as they are currently titled, but will have to unmerge them if the titles are different in your edition. Thanks for looking. Mhhutchins 02:16, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that's now packed away ready for my move. BLongley 09:01, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Stalking the Unicorn (Arrow, 1987)
Hi, I've added a scan of my own to Stalking the Unicorn (Arrow, 1987), to replace your Moiré-plagued scan, and set the publication month to September 1987, via Locus1. In doing so I changed your Note from 'Apparent first printing' to 'Apparent first UK printing', as Locus claims that the US TOR edition was published in December 1986/January 1987. --Dirk P Broer 11:13, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- OK, but I added "Date from Locus" to the notes as it isn't in the publication itself. BLongley 12:54, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I let that one slip away. --Dirk P Broer 13:03, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Artist credit discovered
The art for this book appears on the artist's website here. Mhhutchins 17:27, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
As is it's sequel displayed here. Mhhutchins 17:29, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Clarke omnibus
Once you're reunited with your library, can you confirm that the publisher given in this 2004 record is Grafton? That publisher seems to have vanished in the mid-90s during HarperCollins feeding frenzy. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 17:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Twisting the Rope
Another one to check when you get a chance: is the subtitle "Casadh an t'Súgáin" present on the title page of the UK edition? Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:01, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Lady Churchhill's Rosebud Wristlet #14
I have these magazines packed away like a squirrel packs away nuts. I recently uncovered this magazine and my copy's cover is in glorious black-and-white while the cover image that you have downloaded here http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?277554 has red lettering. Are there two different versions of this publication? MLB 01:57, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
- I don't know - I don't possess any, I got the data from their website. BLongley 12:43, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
- Then, when I get the time to scan it, do you mind if I update the cover image, and several bits of content information? MLB 15:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
- Sure, go ahead. Physical copies always trump website data. BLongley 15:19, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
DAW Collectors publication series
I and a couple of other editors are trying to formalize the DAW Collectors Books publication series. The consensus is that we should include only those publications that explicitly list their DAW number, either on the cover, the spine, or the copyright page. This applies to, apparently, all first editions and to some reprint editions, but not to most of the reprints. You have verified several DAW reprint editions where the notes list the DAW number. However, I can't tell from the wording in the notes whether this number is listed because (i) it was actually stated on the book; or (ii) the number was inherited from other editions with the DAW number listed. If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you could check these reprints and when they have the number actually listed, update the notes to reflect that. For example, adding "(on cover)" to a phrase like "DAW Collectors No. 123". The publications you've verified that fall into this scenario are:
- Zakour and Ganem'sThe Doomsday Brunette, 2nd printing
- C. J. Cherryh's Chanur's Legacy, 3rd printing
- Andre Norton's Yurth Burden, 3rd printing
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Forbidden Tower, 4th printing
Road of the Eagles and other submissions
Bill, you've been reviewing a lot of my submissions lately, which I do appreciate. But there are 4 unaddressed submissions I'd like to clear, so I thought I'd supply some explanations. First, the "Road of the Eagles" unmerge. There are three drafts of this story, two involving Conan and one Howard rewrote without him. This third story isn't of concern here. Concerning the other two, please see Howard Works http://howardworks.com/storyr.htm#road2. Since I entered the change, a second copy of "Lord of Samarcand" has been added to the data base (by me), and it needs to be unmerged as well. Then the versions in "Lord of Samarcand" and "Sword Woman" need to be merged.
The two "Crypt of Cthulhu" changes are presumably being held up pending a response on the title changes from the primary verifier. He is apparently not going to respond, so I give up on the title changes. But I would like to see the other changes made to improve the pub entries. If you have a problem with the suggested changes, then let me know. Probably the only controversial parts would be the editor changes, but I think my suggestions comply with ISFDB standards.
Finally, I flat forget what I had in mind for "Something about Eve" unmerge. I'm going to cancel the submission. You probably noticed I cancelled the submission for "Challenge from Beyond". I know I didn't enter any content for this pub, but I got involved with "The Illustrated Challenge from Beyond" and confused myself. Once the discussion of the latter pub is resolved, I'll re-enter the other pub. Bob 17:21, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Awards and XML/DB escaping
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours testing New Award and Edit Award. The underlying code is pretty bad and needs additional cleanup, but, due to conflicts with subsequently committed changes, it will take more brainpower than I can spare right now. I plan to set awards aside and work on fixing minor bugs and submitting Fixer's September/October catch. I will revisit awards once my retirement has been finalized, i.e. 7 days and 18 hours from now. Not that anyone is counting, of course! :-) Ahasuerus 03:45, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, awards can wait a bit longer. I think the priority should be the unmerge bug for content records - I've had to apologise several times for introducing that. :-( BLongley 15:00, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Cover art credit
The cover art for this record is identical to that used in the first printing which is explicitly credited to Jim Burns. Mhhutchins 20:47, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson
You are PV for Brain Wave by Poul Anderson. Could you check if this edition have backcover art like Martian Time-Slip from same series. Thank you. BarDenis 15:51, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Will check after my move, all my books are packed away now. BLongley 17:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Playboy ed. of Thomas & Wilhelm's Year of the Cloud
This edition may not have a stated date of publication, but it's not likely that it was published in 1970. The Doubleday first edition was published at the end of 1970, so the Playboy reprint was most likely in 1971. Its catalog number would also fall into the range of other 1971 releases. Mhhutchins 19:01, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Powers' Expiration Date
There are two very similar records for this title: your verified record and this one verified by another editor, both of which are explicitly stated as having a full number line, with the same price and the same ISBN. Could these be the same edition and printing? Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:22, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
- Quite possible: it seems to be a difference between Imprint and Publisher recording. I prefer to record the imprint, although Harper have been one of the biggest pains I've found here. BLongley 19:21, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
- Well, it's been awhile and they're both in the db. I'll ask the verifier of the other record to see if his has the Voyage imprint. Mhhutchins 20:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
- No mention (that I can see) of Voyager on my copy, only HarperCollins. Hauck 20:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
- Well, it's been awhile and they're both in the db. I'll ask the verifier of the other record to see if his has the Voyage imprint. Mhhutchins 20:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Hi, Bill! I think I have found the cover artist for your verified pub. See here. Another question: would you think it'd be okay to change the title of this 2005 pub. from ... Dr Moreau to ... Doctor Moreau (judging from the identical title on the cover and the same publisher)? Stonecreek 16:29, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I. Asimov: A Memoir
Bill, a minor thing worth checking on your verified pub I. Asimov: my 4th printing has roman numerals to page xii, with Asimov's introduction starting on the unnumbered page xi, whereas your 6th printing has no roman numeral page numbers listed. Cheers. PeteYoung 08:25, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Infernal Devices
Hello, Bill! I added notes and an ISFBD-based cover image to your verified pub. Cheers! Stonecreek 19:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold!
Hi. This pub that you verified has a publication date (1989-00-00) and the pub notes say that it is a 4th printing. Could you tell me the source for these 2 pieces of information? In my copy of the book (also published by Orbit, of course), I have a semi-mysterious statement on the copyright page "Reprinted 1988 (twice), 1989". Is this maybe the source for your information? If yes, can this really be interpreted as a complete printing history? Yours mystified, Patrick -- Herzbube Talk 19:38, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
- OK, in the meantime I have started to remember that Orbit indeed does print the entire printing history on the copyright page, and that one can arrive at the current printing of a book by summing up the number of reprints. From the copyright page statement I cited above, this would make my pub the 5th printing (original printing + 3 reprints + 1 for the current printing). This still leaves me with the question: How did you know the publication date of your pub? One would need the (n+1)th printing to get the publication year of the (n)th printing. In this case, my 5th printing would confirm that your 4th printing is indeed from 1989. Patrick -- Herzbube Talk 20:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Actually the last date in the 'Reprint' line is the date for the book in hand, so yours would be a 4th printing also. --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:48, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Tangential question 1: Does your book also have 351 pages, page 351 being an "About the author" note? Tangential question 2: What about a map titled "Landover"? Patrick -- Herzbube Talk 20:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Young Adult)
Just to let you know that I have added a dozen+ of Buffy shorts in your verified pubs into Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Young Adult). BTW, your ntlworld.com e-mail address appears to be bouncing all e-mail messages sent by the CVS repository. Please let me know if you'd like to have your e-mail address updated in CVS.
Also, I am beginning to test the Unmerge change that you committed a while back. Could you please provide a more detailed description of the software behavior before and after the change? TIA! Ahasuerus 04:29, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think (or rather hope) I figured it out and the changes have been installed. It's been a while since you last posted -- hopefully your move went well and everything is OK! Ahasuerus 07:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- I wouldn't say it went well, nor is everything OK. But I'm back via pay-as-you-go 3G dongle until I can get my broadband supplier to actually supply me broadband! I'm going to be very low usage still, as I'm now paying per megabyte - but things are heading in the right direction. Glad the site didn't fall apart without me! BLongley 17:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson (second chance for me)
After two month could you answer on this question? And in Harry Harrison: An Annotated Bibliography there is month (November) for this edition. Denis 20:16, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Mission of Gravity
Cover artist Eddie Jones for this publication is very likely incorrect. Justin Marriott in "Pennington, A Portrait of a Master Fantasy Artist" (www.thepaperbackfanatic.com, 2012), which containts a long checklist of BP covers, "compiled by Justin Marriott and Steve Lines with assistance by Bruce Pennington", credits this cover to Bruce Pennington. Horzel 15:09, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Who Needs Enemies?
Removed the leading ellipsis from the title for [this]. Even though it's on the cover and spine it's not on the title page. Did the Variant as well. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Sladek's Roderick
I suspect that this edition has the full title given in the hardcover first edition. Can you check when you get a chance? Thanks. Mhhutchins 17:35, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
City
Found atist for your verified here. Hauck 18:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
The English Assassin
Expanded notes and added subtitle to your verified copy.--Dirk P Broer 15:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)