User talk:Don Erikson/Archive 05

Philip Jose Farmer's Tarzan Alive

I was going to verify the existing publication but wasn't sure it was the same. Can you check if your verified version is printed in Canada? My copy has "Popular Library - Toronto" under the crest on the title page and "Printed in Canada" on the copyright page. This would presumably change the price to C$0.95. I've also posted this conversation on Willem H's talk page. Thank you. Doug 13:38, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Mine says printed in the US so your is a different edition.Don Erikson 20:57, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Niel Hancock's Dragon Winter cover artist

I found a secondary source crediting the artwork to Gervasio Gallardo, Toronto Public Library:Dragon Winter. Might be worth mention in notes. DStandsh 16:15, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Alan Dean Foster's Clash of the Titans

Replaced the Amazon image of Alan Dean Foster's Clash of the Titans with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary4 reference. Doug 18:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Alan Dean Foster's Outland

Replaced the Amazon image of Alan Dean Foster's Outland with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary4 reference. Doug 19:15, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

The Rakehells of Heaven

Hi, the cover art for your verified Pan edition is the same as for your verified Another End, so the cover artist is indeed Dean Ellis. Could you perform the update? Thanks. Horzel 12:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Done.Don Erikson 23:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

The People of the Mist

A quick question about your verified first printing of The People of the Mist. Does your copy have Lin Carter's essay "About The People of the Mist and H. Rider Haggard: Lost Races, Forgotten Cities" on page vii like the other Ballantine Adult Fantasy do? Ahasuerus 16:43, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes it does.Don Erikson 04:27, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Updated, thanks! Ahasuerus 04:53, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

... And Some Were Human: Powers or Brilhart

Can you join this discussion about the cover artist of this pub? Thanks, --Willem H. 14:47, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Orson Scott Card's Children of the Mind

Replaced the Amazon image of Orson Scott Card's Children of the Mind with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 21:33, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Fritz Leiber's Swords Against Wizardry

You had verified this pub of Fritz Leiber's Swords Against Wizardry. My copy had a list of publication dates, including one for this sixth printing. I have updated the date and notes for the publication. If your copy does not include the dates, please let me know and I'll split the publication. Thanks Doug 14:17, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Mine is the same as yours.Don Erikson 19:10, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Ordermaster

Replaced the Amazon image of L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Ordermaster with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 16:36, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Larry Niven's Neutron Star

Replaced the Amazon image of Larry Niven's Neutron Star with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary3 reference. Doug 15:22, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Larry Niven's A Hole in Space

Replaced the Amazon image of Larry Niven's A Hole in Space with one I scanned. Updated the note to delete "Cover image shown here nearly identical to the correct one". You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 15:47, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Christopher Stasheff's The Warlock Wandering

Replaced the Amazon image of Christopher Stasheff's The Warlock Wandering with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary2 reference. Doug 17:42, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Christopher Stasheff's King Kobold Revived

Replaced the Amazon image of Christopher Stasheff's King Kobold Revived with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary2 reference. Doug 17:48, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Christopher Stasheff's A Wizard in Absentia

Replaced the Amazon image of Christopher Stasheff's A Wizard in Absentia with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 17:53, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Added notes to Who Killed Utopia?.SFJuggler 23:09, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Christopher Stasheff's The Warlock Enraged

Replaced the Amazon image of Christopher Stasheff's The Warlock Enraged with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary2 reference. Doug 03:13, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

The Cape

i changed the printing date indicated by the gutter code "M17" from May 1975 to April 1971 in this record. Thanks. Mhhutchins 20:07, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Star Trek 7

The cover artist for this pub is J. H. Breslow, the initials JHB in the cartouche at the lower right of the front cover are his signature. Thanks. Horzel 21:53, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I added the credit/Don Erikson 22:12, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Patricia C. Wrede's Daughter of Witches

Replaced the Amazon image of Patricia C. Wrede's Daughter of Witches with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 19:13, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Patricia Wrede's The Harp of Imach Thyssel

Replaced the Amazon image of Patricia Wrede's The Harp of Imach Thyssel with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 19:18, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

"Eerie, Weird and Wicked", by Helen Hoke

After accepting your Clone Pub submission for this book, I added what Amazon believes to be the cover for this book. Could you check that this really is the cover? Thanks, Chavey 21:20, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

That's he right cover.Don Erikson 22:35, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Good. Thanks for checking. Chavey 22:39, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Roger Zelazny's Deus Irae

Replaced the Amazon image of Roger Zelazny's Deus Irae with one I scanned. You are listed as Primary reference. Doug 19:46, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

De Camp's The Fantastic Swordsmen

Please see this discussion regarding the missing artwork in our mutually verified copy of De Camp's The Fantastic Swordsmen. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 21:37, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Camp of the Saints

Can you confirm the ISBN and publication date of this record? The first US edition was a hardcover published in 1975. OCLC gives the Ace paperback edition as 1977 and Amazon dates it as May 1977. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 04:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

The ISBN is correct but the date was wrong, it is May 1977 and I fixed it.Don Erikson 19:05, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

I asked about the ISBN because Ace wasn't using ISBNs in 1975. That makes the 1977 date even more likely. Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:51, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Cover art for The Futurological Congress

Hello, Don! Could you please check the credit for the cover art in your verified? I wonder about the totally different art seen on this summary page for the cover art. Burns' Lightship on p. 88 shows the art of the French 'Pas de berceau pour les Ushas' as original art under the title The Futurological Congress (1976 Futura Books), not the one on your 1977 Orbit publication! Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 19:44, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

To tell the truth, I have no idea how this happened. I'll fix it.Don Erikson 00:33, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Likely someone had the information that Burns did the art for Futura Books and concluded that this edition/printing must be the one in question - without actually being able to see the art. Stonecreek 08:58, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

The Nightwitch Devil

Can you confirm the ISBN given in this record? If it matches that given in the publication, please record that in the Note field, and add a "#" before the number in the ISBN/Catalog No. field to get rid of the bad ISBN warning. Thanks. Mhhutchins 03:58, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Assuming the ISBN you entered was correct, I've gone ahead and added the "#" to the number. If the ISBN entered is incorrect, please update the record. Mhhutchins 05:09, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

The numbers I verified are on the spine, the are an incorrect ISBN so adding the # was right.Don Erikson 18:35, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Pilgrimage: The Book of the People

Hi Don. Could you please double check that 263889 is an Avon 5th printing? I have a copy of 26139 which is also an Avon 5th printing. My copy says:

First Printing, November, 1963

Fifth Printing, January, 1970

Printed in the U.S.A.

Your 5th printing record has a 1972-09-00 date and I'm wondering if yours states "Fifth Printing, September, 1972" or if it's a later printing. If yours is a 5th printing then we likely should add notes to both records that there were two stated fifth printings that were dated January, 1970 and September, 1972. Other publication details such as the catalog # and price are the same. --Marc Kupper|talk 03:34, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Happy Halloween Marc.

My copy says;

First Printing, November, 1963

Fifth Printing, September, 1972

Then some trademark boilerplate gobbledy-gook then

Printed in the U.S.A.

and is otherwise the same as yours. Without a number line on the copyright page but the same numbers on the spine. So we should note the differences.

P.S. Visit my Tumblr page for my annual Halloween Greeting. http://witchhammerking.tumblr.com/

Don Erikson 20:16, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

I have updated the publication records to note that there were two fifth printings and to link to the other one of the pair.

My favorite of the recent Halloween images has been this one from 2013. --Marc Kupper|talk 09:11, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

The Final Programme

This pub that you verified: I found the cover artist in the acknowledgments of one of my pubs, Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and His Times. I submitted an edit to your pub, also noting the source of the information. In my pub I have TWO interior art pieces, the acknowledgments in my pub state that these are taken "[...] from the covers of The Final Programme, Avon, 1968."

A frontispiece illustration. I recognize this as a reproduction of the Amazon cover that is currently visible on your pub record.
An end-piece illustration. I can't see this illustration from the Amazon cover. It shows the heads of three people, one of them in the foreground (a man), and two in the background (a man and a woman).

My question: Do you have something that resembles my description of the end-piece illustration on the cover art of your book, maybe on the back cover? I would like to know this so I can create appropriate interior art records in my pub. Thanks, Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 21:30, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, the back cover is as you describe it.Don Erikson 23:57, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

V.

I'm confused by this record for V. You verified it 2014-06-18 and uploaded Image:VSJNZJVBNQ1964.jpg on 21 June 2014. I'm guessing the cover you scanned is for the publication record as there's only one other Bantam publication record and it has a slightly updated cover and a higher price.

The problem is that the cover you scanned shows a 95 cent price. The publication record says 75 cents.

I have a copy of V. that matches the image you scanned that says

A Bantam Book / published by arrangement with

J. B. Lippincott Company

Printing History

Lippincott edition published March 1963

2nd printing .... March 1963

3rd printing .... April 1963

4th printing .... June 1963

Bantam edition published March 1964

That seems to match what you verified other than the price. --Marc Kupper|talk 08:26, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

My mistake .I fixed it. Thanx.Don Erikson 19:00, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Rocket to the Morgue

I added some notes to this verified pub. Price and publication date are not in/on the pub, both are from Tuck. Also the cover artist is credited on the titlepage, so I replaced the note "Cover credit from auction of the original art". Finally I added the author's afterword. Hope you can agree. Thanks, --Willem 20:38, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Lord of the Rings box sets

It would have saved you (and the person who has to merge the new titles) if you'd cloned any one of the publications under this title. Mhhutchins 23:44, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Harold Rolseth's Hey You Down There!

Please see Hey You Down There! (from your verified Twisters) and Hey, You Down There! (from your verified Eerie, Weird and Wicked). Would you please check that these are the same story and the presence/absence of the comma? And either variant, merge, or add notes as applicable? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 03:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

The stories are the same and neither has a comma and in the Hoke book there isn't even one in the acknowledgements. I've change the hoke entry to remove the comma. But now how do we know which is the correct version as the others haven't been verified?Don Erikson 20:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

The Editor's Notebook (Fantastic Adventures)

I have disambiguated this piece that you primary verified, and I added it to its proper series. MLB 06:17, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Die Menschenfalle

Hello, Don! It may be possible to find at least a year of publication for this book, provided you could supply some of the information stated on the copyright page and the spine. The copyright page may have the printing in a coded form, so it would be interesting to have the information stated on it. Also, the spine may have the price coded in points as found on a dice.

Most often Goldmann states the cover artist on the copyright page, usually following the Notion "Umschlag:". Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 20:30, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Here's what's on the spine; at the top 0110 and the bottom 4 dots like a die. On page 1 it also says Band 0110. On the copyright page it says in part. "Made in Germany · II · 11122". It also gives the cover artist F. Jürgen Rogner, which match the initials on the cover.Don Erikson 20:46, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much. You seem to have entered it as a NOVEL, but it is in fact a COLLECTION, a previous printing of which was entered by Rudam. I have merged the two printings and was able to determine the year of publication as 1974: the II indicates the second printing and via the link to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek you are able to reach their entry, which also states the price as DM 4.00, sustained by the dice 4. Please do enter the found information and please add the publication series and some notes, maybe as in this entry. Then you should check if the beginning pages are the same and import the contents from the first printing. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 21:09, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

I added the month of publication and the pub. series to Sheckley's Der unbegrenzte Mann. Isn't a cover artist stated (usually Bastei Lübbe gives some information on the copyright page; sometimes it's only an agency, though)?

And for another Sheckley: Could you please add the contents (and then variant them to their originals) to this? I have also added the pub. series to it for you. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 08:25, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Canadian Lord of the Rings

Since they were intended for the Canadian market, I changed the dollars to Canadian dollars. Also, you could have saved some time by importing the contents of another publication record like this one into this record. Mhhutchins 02:16, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

The Guardian of Isis

Replaced the Amazon image for this pub that you verified with an ISFDB cover scan. I also revised the pub notes. Cheers, Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 12:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Picnic on Paradise

Replaced the Amazon image for this pub (Picnic on Paradise) that you verified with an ISFDB cover scan. Unfortunately the cover on my book is somewhat damaged, so if you can replace my scan with a better one that would be nice. Cheers, Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 12:25, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Dolores Claiborne

This pub that we both verified: I took the liberty and changed the following things:

Changed "Pages" field from 372 to xvii+372. Added a note that page numbering switches from Roman to Arabic numerals without restarting at 1.
Added new content items for a) interior art; b) map; c) foreword
Added and reformatted pub notes

Let me know if you have any objections. Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 21:35, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Strange Ports of Call

I added some notes to Strange Ports of Call. Thanks, --Willem 10:18, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Cover image for a publication of The Monster Men

Just judging from the title displayed on the cover, the image for this publication seems to be somehow come into the false slot. Could you please check it once more? Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 14:41, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

It was right next to the right one in my scan file. I've fixed it.Don Erikson 22:47, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar

I've added content items for the interior illustrations to the Borden printing of The Ship of Ishtar. I've also added a Worldcat link in the notes. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 19:54, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Super Science Stories

I'm going to correct the author for Super Science Stories from Richard M. Elam, Jr. to Richard M. Elam as that's what is on the title page. --Marc Kupper|talk 07:59, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Tidal Wave

FYI, I have changed the spelling of the author's last name from "Tler" to "Tyler" and added his legal name from the Library of Congress. Ahasuerus 19:48, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Krispos Rising

I have put the submission that would modify this edition of Krispos Rising on hold. You are proposing to change the price, the date and the cover of this verified pub, so I suspect that you meant to perform a Clone Pub operation instead of an Edit Pub. Could you please confirm? Ahasuerus 19:50, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I meant to clone. I'll redo itDon Erikson 22:40, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Approved, thanks! Ahasuerus 22:44, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Nightmare Asylum

Added cover scan and notes to [ttp://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2115 Nightmare Asylum].SFJuggler 21:49, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Prey

Added cover scan and notes to Prey.SFJuggler 23:05, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Passing Fancy

Added notes to Passing Fancy.SFJuggler 00:18, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Body and Soul

Added notes to Body and Soul.SFJuggler 02:09, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe

Added cover scan and notes to Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe.SFJuggler 03:35, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Space Mail, Volume II

Added better cover scan and some notes to Space Mail, Volume II.SFJuggler 18:38, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Science, Numbers and I

Added notes & content to Science, Numbers and I.SFJuggler 00:07, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Added notes to The Neutrino.SFJuggler 01:57, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

The Neutrino

Corrected title (to conform to ISFDB standards) and added illustrator to The Neutrino.SFJuggler 03:11, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Review in SF Eye, Spring 1996

Can you confirm that the review by Don Webb on page 81 of this issue is a real one? There are no returns for a search of this title or this author anywhere on the internet (other than our database). Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 16:37, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Here's the info on the book. Wack-a-Doom-Doom-Wow by Donald Cobalt - Henry Withers & Co. 1993, $25.00 616pp., ISBN 0-932-5117-1.

None of this checks out anywhere I searched. Even the ISBN check number is wrong. My guess this a hoax. should it be entered as as fiction?Don Erikson 23:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Flashback

Added cover scan and notes to Flashback.SFJuggler 21:52, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Twenty-Four Hours with the Moscow Police

Are you certain this is spec-fic? Everything I could find on the internet referred to it as a crime thriller. (This would make it tend to be more of the first and not the last of the publication series "Adventure & Fantasy".) Mhhutchins 03:19, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Guess I was fooled by the "Adventure & Fantasy". It doesn't seem to be SF.Don Erikson 19:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

The People Beyond the Wall

Added cover scan to The People Beyond the Wall.SFJuggler 04:51, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

But TWO verifications?? :-))) --~ Bill, Bluesman 05:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Oops. Fixed.Don Erikson 05:45, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Flash Gordon

Added notes to Flash Gordon.SFJuggler 04:58, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Jay Sheckley's Einmal Erde und zurück

Hello, Don! You may have missed my above note on the missing contents for this. Are you able to add the contents for this collection? After all, at the moment it seems to be the only collection ever published by this author. So everybody interested in her work, may have a special interest to know about them (and it is per se one of the purposes of our little database to catalogue the contents). Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 20:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello Don! Are you sure it's the correct pub series number? Could you please check it. I believe it's 22106. Thanks Rudam 20:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding publess variant titles

I don't recommend the process you're using to add variant title records to the Sheckley stories. The better approach is to add a publication record which contains these stories and then variant them to the English-language titles. By accepting these submissions, we're adding titles which have no pubs attached to them, increasing the chances that someone will come along and delete this "orphan" titles. I'll accept the submissions, but even if you add a publication record containing them, you'll have to merge the title records, thus creating unnecessary double work. Mhhutchins 23:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Since I guess that these are the translations of the Jay Sheckley stories: thanks for adding them. However, I changed the ones that hadn't 1987-09-00 as their title date to this one. We do that for translations, because the variant text is considered as that different. Please look at the two printings of Die Menschenfalle for an example. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 04:37, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and merged the orphan titles with the ones you added when creating this publication record. Mhhutchins 04:43, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help.Don Erikson 19:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

In the Grip of Terror

Added notes to In the Grip of Terror.SFJuggler 05:05, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

McCammon's Judgment of the Witch / Speaks the Nightbird

You have primary verified two records which are identical except for the titles: Speaks the Nightbird and Judgment of the Witch. The original hardcover edition of this novel (also titled Speaks the Nightbird) was split by Pocket Books into a two-volume paperback edition. I believe the first record above (entered as Speaks the Nightbird) should be deleted, because it's linked to the title record (same title) of the complete novel. Mhhutchins 15:43, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm confused, Speaks the Nightbird is a separate book and is linked to Judgment of the Witch by ISFBD and it automatically verified it and put the cover image in the wrong entry. I didn't verify it separately. Or am I misunderstanding what you are saying? I think this a database caused problem. But I know next to zip DB-wise.Don Erikson 19:56, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

I am not speaking of the cover image. Please click on each of the two records which I've linked above. You'll see that they are two different records, both verified by you, for the exact same publication. (One was verified on December 5, the other was verified a few days before.) As I said above, the only difference is the title. Look at the title page of your copy and you'll see that the title is Judgment of the Witch. It is not Speaks the Nightbird. When the novel titled Speaks the Nightbird was published in paperback, the publisher split it into two titles. The first part was titled Judgment of the Witch. The second part was titled Evil Unveiled. You have created two publication records for the same book. One has been entered incorrectly under the title record for full novel Speaks the Nightbird. Look at the page counts of the editions under that title record and you'll see that yours is almost half the size of the full novel. That publication record should be deleted. You only have half a novel, not the full novel. Mhhutchins 06:23, 7 December 2014 (UTC

I see wear I went wrong. I got the titles turned around. I'll delete as you suggested.Don Erikson 19:01, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

You removed the title instead of deleting the publication record as I explained. I'll make the corrections. Mhhutchins 00:45, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Blood on the Moon

Added notes to Blood on the Moon.SFJuggler 06:44, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Dreamwatcher

Hey, Don. Put a hold on your addition to the above title as there is already an [edition] with the same ISBN, just think someone made a typo in entering the price $15.95 instead of $5.95?? The former would be pretty expensive for 1985 .... Your call! I'd just change the existing record. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:13, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Your right. That someone was probably me. The strange thing is that when I searched for the author (3 times) I came up empty. I'll verify the existing entry.Don Erikson 00:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Maybe just a typo in the entered name? I often mangle things like the 'zs' or 'sz' as above .... it's absolutely stunning what the mind 'sees' and the fingers type ....... oh, vey ..... ;-))) --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:21, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

And I know I've said this before but you really don't need to be so down on your contributions here. Way more positive than negative and it's just bibliography [god, how the pedants/tenured will cringe over that statement!!], there's absolutely nothing that can't be nudged/fixed/overwritten/etc. You can't kill the db, heck you haven't even really tried [yet ... ;-)))]. No-one's submissions are perfect, and I mean no-one's. Just have fun, that should be what we are about. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

The Dark Side

Hi, Don. Have found some initials on the artwork for [this] the three figures just below the title, right-hand figure just below his right hand. I can make out a stylized 'M' with 87 in very tiny print but can't figure out the leading initial[s]. Any ideas? --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

I took a wild stab and checked other Signet covers from around this time and found this [1] . At the bottom you can see the signature of David Morrisssey whose D & M appear to be the same as he Hughes cover. Don Erikson 06:30, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Good find! I would agree that the initials are the same. I'll add the credit here and link to the edition you found. Thanks! --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:13, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Cover art credit for Pangborn's The Trial of Callista Blake

For The Trial of Callista Blake the back cover along the edge has "cover illustration by Mort Engel". MagicKey 22:22, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I've added the credit.Don Erikson 21:01, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Dinosaur Beach

Added a note to Dinosaur Beach - --Thync 20:56, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Added OCLC link for The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

Added OCLC link for The Quest of the Sacred Slipper ---Thync 20:11, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

"The Ultimate Threshold", by Mirra Ginsburg

In verifying the first edition of this publication, I noted a difference between my book and what, apparently, is in your second edition. The title of one of the stories was listed as "Formula for Immortality", but in my book it is "Formula of Immortality". Can you please check your copy and see if this is a typo, and whether it's an actual variant title? (For now, I set it as a variant title.) Thanks, Chavey 09:19, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

It is "of" so it's not a variant.Don Erikson 01:19, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Added OCLC link for Star Axe

Hi there, I added an OCLC link for Star Axe--Thync 19:40, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

That wasn't necessary. If you click on the link labeled "WorldCat" under the Other Sites menu (on the left side of the page), you'll see that you're taken to the same OCLC record. I suggest only adding OCLC links to the Note field of records which don't have an ISBN (the number the ISFDB software uses to link ISFDB records with OCLC records.) Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:50, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

In addition, there are rare occasions where the built-in "WorldCat" link doesn't take you to the most useful OCLC record. If you take the time to follow the built-in link, then follow the link there to "View all editions and formats", you can *occasionally* find a different record for the same edition of the book which includes information that the built-in link record did not have. In that case, which is fairly rare, it would also be useful to add an OCLC link. But as Mike says, most of the time for books which have an ISBN number, there's no need to add that link. Chavey 02:55, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Robin Hidden or Hiddon

Can you confirm the cover artist credit for this publication? Thanks. Mhhutchins 07:27, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Same question for this publication. Mhhutchins 07:34, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Island of Dr. Moreau

You created records for four Berkley Highland editions giving the title as Island of Dr. Moreau (omitting the "The"). Is this how the books are credited on their title pages? Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:28, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

That's my fault, I didn't notice. Do I just add a "The" or is it more complicated?Don Erikson 22:02, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Just update the publication record to match the title page of the book. I believe they're already under the correct title record.

There's a similar situation with The Master of the World. You just entered two publications as Master of the World, but that seems to match the cover. If the title pages match, we'll have to unmerge them from the current title record. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 22:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Silent Running

Editor TAWeiss found a source for the artist for [this]. I've added same with link to the source site. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:31, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Back cover image

This file was uploaded without a fair use license, which is required for cover image files on our server. Ordinarily we only upload scans of the front cover unless the art wraps around to the back. I'm not sure we can use the fair use claim for this image, since it's not necessary to identify the work which the publication record represents. Is there a strong reason why you feel it should part of the database? Mhhutchins 06:53, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

I didn't realize it would be a problem. I scanned it because I thought it would be of interest.

THTMMCHNWP1960

Here's another file which was uploaded to the server without a license. We could possibly justify this as it appears to be the inside of a cover. If you can point me toward the publication record, I can manually create the proper license tag. Remember to always use the link from the publication record to add a cover image to the database, which automatically creates the license tag. If you're adding a second image to a single publication record, amend the "Destination filename" field, for example, by adding an "a" to the end of it. This prevents the overwriting of the cover image file which may already be on the server with the same file name. Thanks. Mhhutchins 07:01, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

From now on I will tag the 2nd image so as to relate to the book, either set back or wrap around covers.

BOOKODNC1979

Found another file without a license tag. Mhhutchins 07:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

In this case I scanned the back covesr to differentiate the two variants.Don Erikson 05:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

RNDTHWRLDB1956

As asked above, if you can provide me with the publication records which link to these image files, I can create the proper license tag. In the cases of the non-image back covers, we wouldn't use the cover image template, but the one for Miscellaneous Publication Content. But I need to know the publication records of the three image files before doing anything. Thanks. Mhhutchins 16:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I guess I shouldn't post in the haze of insomnia.Don Erikson 20:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

I have changed my verification on this pub from Primary1 to Transient. You may wish to change your Primary2 to Primary1. -- JLaTondre (talk) 16:11, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

The Silmarillion

You have verified publications of this title so this discussion should be of interest. Thanks. Mhhutchins 20:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Berkley ed. of The Omega Man / I Am Legend

Can you confirm that the film title is NOT stated on the title page of this printing? According to the verifier of the third printing, both are stated. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 21:05, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

It does say on the title page THE OMEGA MAN in large type and I AM LEGEND underneath between 2 lines. On the spine it's at the top I AM LEGEND & on the back cover it's I AM LEGEND on top and what is little more than an ad for THE OMEGA MAN on the bottom. To call this book's title THE OMEGA MAN unnecessarily confusing, in my opinion, and doesn't seem to me to have been the publisher's intent. But I'll change to fit the other printings.

Also, according to the artist's website, Mort Kunstler painted the artwork for the movie which was used in the Berkley tie-in editions. You can add his credit to the record, giving this as the source. Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:05, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

I'll add this info.Don Erikson 20:24, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Another upload without an license tag

I've added a tag (Miscellaneous Publication Content) to this image file.

If you plan on adding an image file that is not the cover image but part of the book, you should use the following template to the wiki page to add a license tag. (This can't be done automatically by the system. You have to add it manually after the image file has been uploaded.)

{{Miscellaneous Publication Content |Pub=<TAG> |Title=<publication title> }}

Replace <TAG> with the tag of the publication and <publication title> with the book's title. I also like to add a description of where the image appears in the book.

If you find this too difficult (and I know well that it can be difficult in the beginning), just let me know when you plan to upload such images and I will gladly add the license tag. It will save me time in having to search for files without licenses. Thanks. Mhhutchins 06:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

I thought I got it right. So for now on I'll be sure to study up on the process and only proceed if I'm 100% sure. I'm up to the Ws so there won't be many more to worry about anyway.Don Erikson 20:07, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Cover artist for Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

I added Ed Soyka to this book, based on this one. Stonecreek 07:29, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

The Saragossa Manuscript

Hi, Don. I noticed in your pv'd The Saragossa Manuscript that it's marked as a collection but has no contents. I could enter the contents (the introduction and the individual stories) for you unless you have some reason for them not to be entered or you'd rather do them yourself. Thanks, Doug / Vornoff 00:46, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

It turns out this is a "frame-tale" story, a story in a story and not a collection. I changed it to a novel.Don Erikson 20:03, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Hunter's Oath Canadian Printing

Don, I've been looking through mid-90s DAW books printed in Canada. I see comments on some pubs stating DAW Canadian printings during this period start with "2". I've checked several books from my own collection and haven't found anything to contradict this. I did find a record in ISFDB, Hunter's Oath, which indicates a first printing in Canada but doesn't mention that the print number line starts with 2. My own copy has "2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".

Does the print number line on your verification copy actually start with "1", or does the note "1st printing as per number line" imply "2 3 ...."? DStandsh 05:29, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

I missed it. It does start with a 2. I fixed it.Don Erikson 20:06, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Don. DStandsh 22:28, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Space Mail Vol II

Found a signature on the artwork for [this]. Running vertically along the right side of the smaller tower, left side background. Added to the record with note. --~ Bill, Bluesman 20:05, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Flight to Forever

I have been entering content to Virgil Finlay art books and trying to match illustrations there with the original appearance of the artwork. You verified Super Science Stories, November 1950 which contains the story "Flight to Forever" illustrated by Finlay. I don't know how many illustrations there are for that story, but one of them appears in the art books, a two-page drawing showing galaxies in bubbles flowing into a glowing blaze with a man looking on. Is this the first illustration for that story? Would you please list the illustrations and their page numbers in your verified entry (if there is more than the one)? Bob 19:27, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I did. For some reason the illustrations no longer appear on the "Publication Listing" page. To see them you now have to go to the edit page. As to the illustration, there is only the one double page illo on pages 12-13.Don Erikson 20:54, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you or your trouble. I really appreciate it. Bob 20:56, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Federation by Piper

Can you confirm the title of Pournelle's preface in this record? It's verified as "Piper's Foundation" in the first two printings. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 21:29, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

It is "Piper's Foundation", I've fixed it.Don Erikson 22:15, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

The Master of Evil

Don, looking at a copy of The Master of Evil, I noticed that the copyright page identifies the publication monnth as January. It also credits the cover illustration to Carl Lundgren. The copyright page also gives an invalid ISBN, 0-523-41783-1, transposing the the 3 and 8 of the ISBN on the cover. Is your verification copy the same, or should I create a new pub record corresponding to my copy? DStandsh 21:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I goofed, left a sticky-note to do these changes, found it stuck t back book. Fixed now.Don Erikson 22:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Don. DStandsh 05:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

SF Quarterly, November 1954

I accepted the submission to add an interior art record to this record, but can you confirm that the work is credited to "Ed. Emsh"? (Note the initial period.) Is this credit based on a printed credit, a signature or the TOC statement (as stated in the record's note field)? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 21:52, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it appears as Ed. Emsh with a period. I should of left a moderators note.Don Erikson 22:10, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Is it a stated credit on the title page of the work, e.g. "Illustration by Ed. Emsh" or on the Table of Contents page, or is it based on a signature? Mhhutchins 22:57, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

It says "Illustrated by Ed. Emsh" on the title page and "EMSH" on the illustration. "Ed." could have been a typo, who knows.Don Erikson 23:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Instead of following the ISFDB standards to the ultimate degree and creating another pseudonym, I'm going to make a note about the extraneous period and just let it stand as "Ed Emsh". Mhhutchins 01:13, 28 January 2015 (UTC)