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== Dangerous Visions ==
 
 
I picked up a copy of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?8713 this] and note that it states gutter codes are printed on page 544. My copy definately has "Book Club Edition" at bottom of front flap and the number 1179 on the rear flap but alas page 544 has no code at all. Is there anywhere else within the book a gutter code might have been printed ? --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 15:04, 21 April 2021 (EDT)
 
 
== The Terminal Man book club edition ==
 
 
Anyone able to help with a release date for [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?838258 The Terminal Man]. [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 14:12, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
 
 
== Katherine McLean Missing Man ==
 
 
Hello. Could anyone tell me about [http://www.chameleon-arts.com/colin-hay/jackets-02.html this] book. This Orbit edition doesn't appear in the listing so I have no clue what the ISBN is and the internet is no help. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 17:17, 25 June 2021 (EDT)
 
:It probably does not exist. There are other cases, such as Peter Jones' cover for "Phoenix Without Ashes". Cover art is requested, but the publication somehow does not make it to the printer. [[User:Horzel|Horzel]] 05:54, 17 June 2022 (EDT)
 
 
== Terry Bisson / "Planet of Mystery" on Locus Index to Science Fiction CD ROM? ==
 
 
Does anyone have access to the Locus Index to Science Fiction 1984 - 2008 CD ROM who can check a couple of 2008 publications verified against Locus1?  See [[ISFDB:Moderator_noticeboard#Terry_Bisson_.2F_Planet_of_Mystery|Terry Bisson / Planet of Mystery]] on the Moderator Noticeboard.  Thanks. --[[User:MartyD|MartyD]] 13:52, 7 February 2022 (EST)
 
 
== "Nice Girl with Five Husbands" by Fritz Leiber ==
 
 
Hello. I am reading a scan of the [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?58431 April 1951 Galaxy], and I see that the title of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?71342 Leiber’s story] on both the table of contents and the title page is "Nice Girl with 5 Husbands". However, the multi-verified listing of the Galaxy issue has the story (and the associated illustrations) as "Nice Girl with Five Husbands". I don't know how to submit a fix for this situation: The title should have the digit 5 rather than the word Five.
 
 
Might someone be able to submit the fix or tell me how to do so. I have posted images of the scans at [https://img.ittdb.com/000000/68/64Z-68-000000.jpg ittdb.com]. You may also view it at [https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v02n01_-_1951_04-AK_v1.0_jpg/page/n3/mode/2up archive.org]. But maybe I have misunderstood the situation. Thanks.
 
 
--Michael [[User:Main|Main]] 16:18, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
 
:You are correct, it should be "5". I will update the record and notify the verifiers. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:57, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
 
 
::Michael Main, thanks for finding this.[[User:Dave888|Dave888]] 18:12, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
 
 
:::Good catch. Double checked my copy of "The Pail of Air" collection and the number is spelled out in that edition.--[[User:Swfritter|swfritter]] 19:06, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
 
 
Thanks for your quick responses, everyone! --Michael [[User:Main|Main]] 19:16, 25 April 2022 (EDT)
 
 
== Signature ID ==
 
 
Can anyone identify this signature? [[Image:Radio_detectives_at_sea.png]]
 
 
Thanks!--[[User:Rosab618|Rosab618]] 01:58, 12 August 2022 (EDT)
 
:It's "Richard A. something". What is the title it's from? ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:55, 12 August 2022 (EDT)
 
::[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?910252 The Radio Detectives Under the Sea]. For the last name, I've tried "Hockers", "Hockerst", "Hocherst", etc. But no luck.--[[User:Rosab618|Rosab618]] 13:02, 12 August 2022 (EDT)
 
::: It's Richard A. Holberg; he did art for another Appleton book in the same time period, http://www.horatioalgersociety.net/newsboys/newsboys2000-2009/nb2002-03mar-apr.pdf. Also, I added the Archive.org link to Verrill's book and raised the page count by 1 because last page is unnumbered (edit awaiting approval). --[[User:Username|Username]] 13:29, 12 August 2022 (EDT)
 
::::Good eye, Username. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:01, 12 August 2022 (EDT)
 
:::::A good find, indeed! --[[User:Rosab618|Rosab618]] 17:24, 13 August 2022 (EDT)
 
 
== Signature identification ==
 
 
[[File:Boys stories sig archive.org.jpg|frameless]]
 
 
Back cover signature from [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?582227 A Book of Boys' Stories]. It doesn't appear to be the signature of Pat Nevin, the interior artist. --[[User:Auric|Auric]] ([[User talk:Auric|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2022 (EDT)
 
:The art style of the interior images is different, too. I agree it's likely someone else. However, this image (and the one visible on [https://archive.org/details/bookofboysstorie0000bate the Internet Archive]; you'll have to borrow the book in order to see the back cover) aren't very clear. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:44, 4 October 2022 (EDT)
 
  
 
== Tarzan meeets King Kong ==
 
== Tarzan meeets King Kong ==

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Tarzan meeets King Kong

I sent this novel by Owen R. Leonard, the author published it on Kindle and took it down, he later published a novel called Tzaryd Meets Simian, I couldn't find any source, but from the synopsis, it seems to be a new version of the other novel, can I publish this in the notes?Hyju (talk) 09:17, 4 October 2022 (EDT)

Yes, notes like that are great. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 12:58, 13 December 2022 (EST)

Breakthrough: The Fall of the Wall

I found this pub but I've got the idea that's not an eligible fiction title. Edit history doesn't show any user but me, who did minor edits. I couldn't find any valid informations or sources in www. Does anybody know more about this title? --Zapp (talk) 06:36, 13 December 2022 (EST)

It does not look eligible to me. I wonder if Neil Gaiman's having something in it is what led to someone adding it. --MartyD (talk) 09:54, 13 December 2022 (EST)
With both editors specialists for comics I do think that it's very likely that there are comics on the downfall of the Berlin Wall assembled in this title. However, there is the quite remote possibility that there's some kind of speculative fiction enclosed (or an illustrated story). I'd think it's best to leave it as it is, until someone gets hold of a copy (or of the original or another translation), and can have a final look. Christian Stonecreek (talk) 12:03, 13 December 2022 (EST)