Bibliographic Projects in Progress/Archive/Archive01

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Short term projects

Software changes

  • Added publisher, author, and title keyword support into Dissembler to supress undesirable titles. Currently running an experiment on forthcoming fantasy books for October 2006. Alvonruff 08:15, 30 May 2006 (CDT)

October 2006

The internal consistency pass has been completed for the following Authors. See their respective Wiki pages for details:

  • C. J. Cherryh
  • Maria V. Snyder
  • Susan Krinard
  • P. L. Travers
  • Dominic Green - non-SF titles by the other Dominic Green removed
  • Maggie Shayne
  • Lynn Flewelling
  • Bud Webster
  • Jon Lyndon
  • David Gemmell
  • Elizabeth Hand
  • Mike Resnick
  • Jack Dann
  • Patricia C. Wrede
  • David Drake
  • Michael Lawrence
  • Dale Smith
  • Steve Lyons
  • Sally Malcolm
  • Sabine C. Bauer
  • L. G. Burbank
  • Alan Garner
  • L. Frank Baum
  • Christopher Priest
  • Christopher J. Priest
  • Alan Dean Foster
  • Sean Williams
  • Kresley Cole
  • Nora Roberts -- very prolific, much remains to be done
  • Rachel Caine
  • Greg Cox
  • Jenna Solitaire -- undisclosed pseudonym

September 2006

The internal consistency pass has been completed for the following Authors. See their respective Wiki pages for details:

  • Kevin J. Anderson
  • Brian Herbert
  • Christopher Pike
  • Diane Hoh
  • Charles L. Grant
  • Neal Asher
  • Sharon Shinn
  • Christopher Stasheff
  • Gregory Maguire
  • Richard Purtill
  • Gardner F. Fox
  • John Broome
  • Walter Jon Williams
  • L. Ron Hubbard
  • F. Paul Wilson
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Amber Benson
  • Michael Reaves
  • Marc Scott Zicree
  • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
  • Gardner Dozois
  • Jason Hightman
  • Thomas E. Sniegoski
  • Stephen R. Bissette
  • Jerry Pournelle
  • Eric Flint
  • Raymond E. Feist
  • Jody Lynn Nye
  • Bruce Jones
  • Jae Lee
  • Glen Cook
  • John C. Wright
  • E. C. Tubb
  • Geoff Ryman
  • Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • Pamela Crippen Adams
  • Sharon Green
  • Roland J. Green
  • J. Gregory Keyes

August 2006

July 2006

June 2006

May 2006

  • R._A._Salvatore - internal consistency pass done. Ahasuerus 23:50, 31 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Dave_Duncan - internal consistency pass done. Reconciled with the Work level data at the Author's Web page. Ahasuerus 14:45, 31 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Erin_Hunter - internal consistency pass done. Ahasuerus 15:10, 30 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Jane_Lindskold - internal consistency done. Ahasuerus 13:21, 30 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Hal_Clement - internal consistency done. Ahasuerus 12:26, 30 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Aaron_Allston - internal consistency done. Ahasuerus 17:26, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Chester_Aaron - internal consistency done; reconciled with Reginald3 and Locus 1984-2004. Ahasuerus 15:51, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Edward_Abbey - internal consistency done; reconciled with Clute/Nicholls; publication data retrieved from OCLC/Fiction; linked to articles and images at Wikipedia. Ahasuerus 15:28, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Lynn_Abbey - internal consistency done; reconciled with Reginald3 and Clute/Grant. Ahasuerus 13:42, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Alexander_Bogdanov - fixed the Work date for the Red Star and added Author level data. Ahasuerus 13:42, 29 May 2006 (CDT)
  • T._A._Barron - internal consistency done. Not in any of the Clutes or Reginalds. Reconciled with the author's Web site and Fantastic Fiction. Ahasuerus 20:12, 27 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Donald_Aamodt - reconciled with Locus. Ahasuerus 13:08, 26 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Patricia_Aakhus - reconciled with Reginald3, Locus and LOCIS. Need to clarify her legal name/pseudonym situation. Ahasuerus 22:57, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Arthur_Conan_Doyle - reconciled with Reginald1, Reginald3, Tuck, Clute/Grant, Clute/Nicholls, and Wikipedia. Alvonruff 20:05, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • H._G._Wells Consistency pass on Long Works completed. Ahasuerus 18:51, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • John_C._Maxwell Pseudonym and hardcover edition data added. Ahasuerus 12:33, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Sinclair_Lewis 1st edition info added. Ahasuerus 12:33, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Joan_D._Vinge Internal consistency pass completed. Ahasuerus 12:33, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Judy-Lynn_del_Rey Internal consistency pass completed. Stellar 4, 5 and 6 checked against OCLC. A bogus "Ronald Wright" Publication record deleted. Ahasuerus 08:37, 24 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Lots of Scooby Doo books in the mix; weeding them out. grendel|khan 09:49, 22 May 2006 (CDT)
  • E._E._Knight - duplicate Author record merged in, internal consistency pass done. Ahasuerus 21:32, 21 May 2006 (CDT)
  • C._S._Lewis - reconciled with Reginald1, Reginald3, Tuck, Encyclopedia of Fantasy (Clute/Grant), and Wikipedia. Alvonruff 21:00, 20 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Clive_Barker -- first pass completed. Still need to fix some chapterbooks that parade around with names that differ from their shortfiction roots. Alvonruff 18:59, 19 May 2006 (CDT)
  • warning - Dissembler dumped in a load of forthcoming books for October 2006. I've cleaned up high-visibility authors, but haven't gone through the entire month yet. These are books tagged as science fiction; still need to dump in fantasy and horror for that month. Alvonruff 18:34, 19 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Melanie_Rawn, Tanya_Huff, Andrew_Harman -- internal consistency pass done. Ahasuerus 19:00, 19 May 2006 (CDT)
  • S._Andrew_Swann -- internal consistency pass done. However, none of his books published under his real name have been merged in. Waiting for the next software release. Ahasuerus 19:00, 19 May 2006 (CDT)
  • M._Coleman_Easton -- internal consistency pass done. Pseudonym data from Locus will have to wait until the next patch goes in. Ahasuerus 17:07, 18 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Diane_Duane -- first (internal consistency) pass completed. Ahasuerus 15:02, 18 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Lew_Wallace -- first pass done, need to determine how exhaustive we want to be in his case. Ahasuerus 15:02, 18 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Jack_Vance -- first (internal consistency) pass in progress. Ahasuerus 20:25, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Robert_A._Heinlein is in the process of getting a thorough facelift by User:Grendelkhan.
  • A._E._Van_Vogt -- first (internal consistency) pass in progress. Ahasuerus 19:19, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Gregory_Benford first (internal consistency) pass completed. Ahasuerus 17:20, 15 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Greg_Bear first (internal consistency) pass completed. Ahasuerus 16:42, 15 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Roger_Zelazny first (internal consistency) pass completed. Ahasuerus 14:39, 15 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Richard_Cowper cleaned up and checked against Tuck, both Reginalds, Clute/Nicholls, LOCIS, Locus, Contento and OCLC. Ahasuerus 00:49, 14 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Kris_Neville cleaned up. Ahasuerus 00:49, 14 May 2006 (CDT)
  • K._V._Johansen cleaned up, needs paperback editions and French language translations added from the Web site. Ahasuerus 19:52, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Philip_Wylie cleaned up, needs to have his non-genre Works entered. Ahasuerus 09:49, 12 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Reginald_Bretnor cleaned up and checked against the Library of Congress catalog. Ahasuerus 17:25, 11 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Keith_Laumer, first pass in progress. Ahasuerus 17:25, 11 May 2006 (CDT)
  • John_Saul first pass done. Ahasuerus 10:53, 5 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Shana_Corey first pass done. Ahasuerus 14:58, 4 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Fred_Saberhagen started. High level cleanup mostly done, checking Saberhagen's Web site, http://www.berserker.com. Ahasuerus 16:40, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Edward_E._Smith started. First pass completed. Ahasuerus 13:21, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
  • S._M._Stirling. Series data added, a few titles merged, but more shared world data needs to be added to link various collaborative and standalone novels. Ahasuerus 13:21, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Flash Gordon -- series data created, but ISFDB's coverage for Flash Gordon is very spotty. This area will need to be data mined and greatly expanded at some point. Lots of pseudonymous entries too. Ahasuerus 13:21, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Terminator and its nested series (T2, T3) cleanup - first pass. Ahasuerus 13:21, 2 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Douglas_Adams. First pass. Ahasuerus 16:56, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Diana_Wynne_Jones. Cleanup in progress. Ahasuerus 15:23, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Jack_Williamson, beginning the cleanup, may pose interesting challenges. Ahasuerus 14:39, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
    • Internal consistency pass completed. Ahasuerus 16:20, 30 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Robert_A._Heinlein cleaned up. German editions of his books need to be merged with the English language originals. Some titles are still missing or have later dates. Ahasuerus 14:39, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
  • William_Sleator cleaned up a bit. Need to merge the biblio section from WP and check the usual culprits. Ahasuerus 14:39, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
  • Joel_Rosenberg, general cleanup. Need more data on a couple of boxed sets and omnibuses, also his non-fiction about gun safety. Ahasuerus 14:39, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
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