DisplayBug:20088 Wrong names selected for vt display?

DisplayBug:20088 Wrong names selected for vt display? OPEN I have an anthology where an author's name is consistently misspelled and so I set up a VT. It appears the ISFDB display has the names flipped around. The author is spelled as “Griffiths” in my publication but it should be “Griffith.” The relevant line currently reads:

• 10 • Honeymoon in Space • (1900) • shortstory by George Griffith (aka A Honeymoon in Space (Excerpt)) [as by George Griffiths ]

I believe the line should be

• 10 • Honeymoon in Space • (1900) • shortstory by George Griffiths (aka A Honeymoon in Space (Excerpt)) [as by George Griffith ]

If you click on Honeymoon in Space it does show the correct author names. Note, that the same error occurs further down for The Paradox Men. --Marc Kupper 01:09, 15 Jan 2007 (CST)

Well, I'll take input from people on how this should be phrased to reduce confusion, but my reading is that the current display is correct. The story was indeed written BY George Griffith, and it was published AS BY George Griffiths. If you look at the Griffith bibliography, it also says:

 - A Honeymoon in Space (Excerpt) (1900)
      * Variant Title: Honeymoon in Space (1900) [as by George Griffiths ] 

So the phrasing directly models that found in the Griffth bibliography. Alvonruff 20:40, 16 Jan 2007 (CST)

Looks right to me unless Marc had something else in mind? Ahasuerus 01:36, 17 Jan 2007 (CST)

At the time I was in the middle verifying a publication meaning I was going down list of titles and author names to make sure everything matched perfectly. When I got to the ISFDB line that says "Honeymoon in Space by George Griffiths" the brain spits out "err, no..., the pub says Griffiths." Your explanation makes perfect sense though in looking at the contents list it still give me pause. Would this work?

• "Honeymoon in Space by George Griffiths" (originally A Honeymoon in Space (Excerpt) by George Griffith)

(I got curious about the “(Excerpt)” and dug into this. It turns out to be an excerpt of a fixup… The entire story was serialized in six issues of Pearson's Magazine as “Stories of Other Worlds” around in 1988 and/or 1900 and then a fixup was created called A Honeymoon In Space around 1901. The excerpt found in anthologies is the first 2/3rds of chapter XIII. The original serials seem to be at http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff2/ and the fixup is at http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff2/honeymn.htm.) [[User:Marc Kupper|(talk)]] 01:29, 19 Jan 2007 (CST)