User talk:DrMemory

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Welcome!

Hi

Don't expect to do much editing. Haven't organized my collection since 1996 so there's plenty I can't find, most in boxes or scattered about the house. I'm really hoping to get to it soon but I've been hoping that for quite a while; health & circumstances conspire to keep me away from it.

I've looked over some of the editing help & much remains confusing. I'm not even sure I'm doing this reply properly.

I only signed up to try to add a probable pseudonym but I haven't figured out how that can be accomplished. I'm pretty certain that "Carroll J. Clem" is a pseudonym of "C. C. MacApp / Carroll M. Capps". I dusted off (literally) my MacApp collection the other day and I have Clem filed that way. That's not the sort of thing I usually do arbitrarily. I have a decent amount of SF reference material but a lot isn't readily accessible. It's not a listed synonym in any of the pertinent books on my shelves including Barry McGhan's "Science Fiction and Fantasy Pseudonyms" (Misfit Press, 1979). I know I own at least one other pseudonym reference but it could be anywhere - I haven't a clue. Somewhere I likely have a source listing that pseudonym but until I run across it (if ever,) I only have my own sketchy memory to rely on.

If I can figure out how to access "Author Data: Notes" I'll add a line indicating Clem as a possible pseudonym. Since I filed it that way in my collection probably about 40 yrs ago, I'm understandably fuzzy about the details. Until I can source it, that'll have to do. I'd hoped to talk someone into doing it for me but I gather that's not the way things work around here.

I do have about a 5000-piece SF collection (best guess) with the majority of it pre-2k. I haven't been active in fandom since I attended the Worldcon in 1983. I read & re-read quite a lot and I suppose I still collect but I've long since lost track of what I have (or need.) ISFDB will be an incredibly useful resource if I ever get organized (don't hold your breath.) Until then, any contributions from me will sadly be minimal.

Thanks for the welcome though. I appreciate it.

A warm welcome from me, too. Any help is welcome! Your proposal to establish "Carroll J. Clem" as a pseudonym for C. C. MacApp can be useful and shouldn't be forgotten; however, we do add data like this only with a (written) source; it's also possible in some cases to ask authors. It might very well be that it's stated somewhere, but we do need that statement. Do you have any recollection how you got to the assumption that the two authors are related that way?
To add notes to an author entry you just have to edit the summary page (here is the one you'd like to add to): on the left side is a link to 'Edit Author Data', and if you do this there's an extra field for notes.
And please don't forget to sign your posts here at our Wiki with your name by using four tildes (~); this will insert your name and the date. Thanks, Stonecreek 05:59, 18 April 2021 (EDT)
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