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I was seeking information online about various titles I've acquired, and came across a link to isfdb.org. In particular, as I was working on Venus, I checked to see how it was listed in your database, and discovered that both this title and Mars were both listed as the first book in the Grand Tour series. Although Mr. Bova is a wonderful author, I was fairly certain that he wouldn't be able to write two separate novels as "firsts". I did some hunting and in relatively short order found the series info and timeline on his website, which confirmed his wikipedia page listing Venus as number 16 in the series. | I was seeking information online about various titles I've acquired, and came across a link to isfdb.org. In particular, as I was working on Venus, I checked to see how it was listed in your database, and discovered that both this title and Mars were both listed as the first book in the Grand Tour series. Although Mr. Bova is a wonderful author, I was fairly certain that he wouldn't be able to write two separate novels as "firsts". I did some hunting and in relatively short order found the series info and timeline on his website, which confirmed his wikipedia page listing Venus as number 16 in the series. | ||
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| + | Liked your explanation! But there are only 5 other books listed (so far). Sure this shouldn't be number 6? ~Bill, --[[User:Bluesman|Bluesman]] 01:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 14 March 2010
As my first *ahem* "official act, I made a relatively minor edit to the Title page for Venus, by Ben Bova. My membership here came about as I was editing my database of e-books.
I was seeking information online about various titles I've acquired, and came across a link to isfdb.org. In particular, as I was working on Venus, I checked to see how it was listed in your database, and discovered that both this title and Mars were both listed as the first book in the Grand Tour series. Although Mr. Bova is a wonderful author, I was fairly certain that he wouldn't be able to write two separate novels as "firsts". I did some hunting and in relatively short order found the series info and timeline on his website, which confirmed his wikipedia page listing Venus as number 16 in the series.
Venus
Liked your explanation! But there are only 5 other books listed (so far). Sure this shouldn't be number 6? ~Bill, --Bluesman 01:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC)