Help:Screen:SummaryBibliography
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When displaying an author's bibliography, one of the options at the top of the Web page is "Summary", which leads to a summary view of the author's works. The first section of the page shows speculative fiction works by the displayed author. If the author is also responsible for non-genre titles, they are displayed in the second section. Within each section the sequence of display is:
- Fiction series (i.e. series which include at least one book length work)
- Novels
- Collections
- Omnibuses
- Magazine series edited by the author
- Magazines edited by the author
- Anthology series edited by the author
- Anthologies edited by the author
- Chapbooks
- Nonfiction series
- Nonfiction
- Cover art
- Interior art
- Short fiction series
- Short fiction
- Poem series
- Poems
- Essay series
- Essays
- Reviews
- Interviews conducted by the displayed author
- Interviews conducted with the displayed author (this section does not display variant titles)
Within each section, the titles are displayed in chronological order.
The "Summary" bibliography is the default bibliographic display when you click on an author's name.