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== Pirates of Venus ==
 
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Anyone know ehere the cover art credit for [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?340702 this] publication came from. It isn't stated anywhere and the PV for that edition was a transient copy. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 14:21, 19 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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:There's an attribution (and thanks) on [https://www.erbzine.com/mag7/0748.html this] page under non-USA covers. ../[[User:Holmesd|Doug H]] 17:15, 19 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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::Thanks. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 03:56, 20 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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== Fritz Leiber - The Wanderer ==
 
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I have something of a mystery which I'm hoping someomne may be able to shed some light on.
 
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Someone pointed me to [http://www.angelfire.com/az/nativebob/images_books/the_wanderer_700h.jpg this] TOR edition of The Wanderer - cover artist Ron Walotsky.
 
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Adveritised for sale [http://www.angelfire.com/az/nativebob/booklist_bedstand.html here] wherein the ISBN is listed as 1585860492. A search for that ISBN brings up [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?303102 this] ebook version.
 
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The TOR edition shown isn't listed on ISFDB either and the the only TOR edition listed is a SFBC version [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?49492 here] with a different Ron Walotsky cover. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 01:57, 24 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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:Could it be the [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?49494 1986 Tor edition] (the second Tor printing)? We only have data from Locus1 and no cover image. --[[User:Willem H.|Willem]] 16:38, 24 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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::That was my guess at a later point. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 15:15, 25 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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== The Turning Place ==
 
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The spaceship on the cover of [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?173771 this] book is the same spaceship that graces the cover of [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1762 this] book and is, thus, by Angus Mckie. Although the rest of the image isn't by him. I've notified the PV (Don Erikson) --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 13:34, 29 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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== Logan's Run ==
 
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A posting on the LOGAN'S RUN FAN CLUB Facebook page makes reference to "the movie tie in is missing the last “0” chapter" This excision isn't mentioned on any publication record for the book although I can confirm that [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?522194 this] edition does have it. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 09:17, 30 July 2020 (EDT)
 
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: My copy of the [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?156591 movie tie-in edition] does not have the 0th chapter. [[User:Taweiss|TAWeiss]] 08:30, 19 August 2020 (EDT)
 
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== Author: Philip Robinson ==
 
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I was gonna add my edition of <i>Masque of a Savage Mandarin</i> [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0586039341/ref=nosim?linkCode=gs2&tag=authordatabase] when I noticed that the author Philip Bedford Robinson http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?97209 possibly have been combined with another Philip Robinson. Its pretty hard to find much information about them, the best I've found is from SFE [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robinson_philip_bedford], which states that the two is not to be mixed up. <i>Masque of a Savage Mandarin</i> seems to be a comedy, while the listed short fiction seems to be pure horror and also published 10 years after Bedfords, according to SFE, supposed death. --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 17:27, 22 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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: Fixed. Thanks for reporting it :) We record authors by name (and not by ID) so when two of them share a name, we need to separate manually by changing the name in each title when the main one is not used. [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] 19:15, 22 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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:: Very cool. I'll go ahead and add the paperback edition then. --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 04:29, 23 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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== Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler ==
 
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21606
 
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I was about to add my edition of <i>Darkness at Noon</i> when I was greeted with "DO NOT ADD PUBLICATIONS" in the synopsis. Huh, I thought, why is that? Then I realised the book itself is classified as non-genre here at isfdb (and not having read it myself I don't feel I am in a position to argue with that), even though you for example list it for having been nominated for the Prometheus Hall Of Fame. Anyway, I took a quick look in the documentation over non-genre and got the feeling that was the reason publications were not allowed. Is that the case for all non-genre works? No. After looking at 5-10 other, random, non-genre works and all of them having listed publications, I don't think that is the reason. So, what is the reason? I am sure there have been a heated discussion over this book leading to the "DO NOT ADD PUBLICATIONS" treatment and would like to read it. Is possible to provide a link to the underlying discussion when works get special treatment like this? --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 04:13, 25 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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: It's just that we don't index stand-alone nongenre works by authors that aren't 'above the threshold' (to be considered as genre authors), and that Koestler seems to be out of scope for this reason, see [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:Policy#Contents.2FProject_Scope_Policy our project scope], especially the passage on works that are excluded. Hope that helps. [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] 06:15, 25 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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:: Sounds fair. I'm ok with someone else taking all these decisions about genre for me. Now, is there anything on the author page that tells me the author is not considered a genre author? --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 15:24, 25 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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::: Not really but a low number of works overall is a good indication in most cases. If you are not familiar with the author, glance at Wikipedia - the genre authors will have the genres mentioned in the first paragraph more often than not. The "threshold" is very subjective so think of "Will I consider this author a genre one?" and if the answer is no, just skip any non-genre books. The rule is meant for authors like Asimov (and making sure we do not index everything by Twain) for example and the less we use it, the better we are IMO. [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] 15:49, 25 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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:::: So, if I try to add a publication to one of Mark Twain's non-genre work, you will decline it? --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 03:02, 26 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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::::: Yes. Or if it gets approved (it happens), it may be deleted at any time in the future. We are a speculative fiction DB :) [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] 03:13, 26 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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:::::: It just seems so random. Couldn't you flag an author as non-genre once a moderator has made the decision and display that decision and motivation (with place for discussion?) to your users? And once an author is made non-genre, it would be an easy step to disable uploads of publications to non-genre works altogether. I'm sitting with this book in my hand [https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1237282555&searchurl=an%3Dcapek%2Bkarel%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D20%26tn%3Dapocryphal%2Bstories&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1] and can't find an entry for it on Capek's page, which seems weird. I am just going to assume it has been rejected at some point, cause I hate to spend 30 min digging up information on it just to have it rejected. Additional idea: a section with rejected works (with motivation) for these on-the-border genre-authors I think would be really interesting. --[[User:Spacecow|Spacecow]] 05:32, 26 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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::::::: It is the other way around really - we add non-genre books from above threshold authors as opposed to just ignoring them for non-genre authors. So if you are a genre author with 3 books that does not mean that your first non-genre book will be eligible - unless whoever adds and moderates interprets the rule that way. So it is usually a safe bet not to add any non-genre books. The problem with adding a marker is that everyone has their own interpretation of the threshold. If you are not sure, post on the Moderator board before posting the book and you will get some opinions... [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] 17:53, 27 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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:::::::: We have repeatedly tried to come up with an exact definition of the [[ISFDB:Policy#Excluded|"certain threshold"]] mentioned by [[ISFDB:Policy]] and we have repeatedly failed :-( A number of different criteria have been proposed, but each one led to exceptions and exceptions to exceptions. For example, if we use e.g. "ratio of genre to non-genre works" as the decisive criterion, should we assign equal weight to novels, short stories and poems?
 
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:::::::: That being said, we do have a feature request to "Add a 'non-genre' field to Author records" ({{FR|860}}, which, once implemented, should help with standardization. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] 18:18, 27 September 2020 (EDT)
 
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== W. Scott Peacock & Wilbur S. Peacock ==
 
  
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We have {{A|W. Scott Peacock}} who is an editor and {{A|Wilbur S. Peacock}} who is an author. Both records have the same legal name (Peacock, Wilbur Scott) and year of death, but different years of birth. However, in SFE3's [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/planet_stories entry] on Planet Stories, they list the author's birth year as 1915 (vs. the 1911 we have) which would match the editor's record. These would seem to be the same person. The only wrinkle is the PS's Feature Flash [https://archive.org/details/Planet_Stories_v01n12_1942-Fa_sas/page/n51/mode/2up article] in the ''Planet Stories'', Fall 1942 issue states "Wilbur S. Peacock came into the office the other day, to discuss a new novelette he has slated for the Planet. Since it was the first time we had met him personally...". W. Scott Peacock is credited as the editor of this issue. The implication being they are different people. But this is also the first issue edited by Peacock so the uncredited article writer could actually have been the managing editor or the prior editor and this conversation was from before Peacock took over. Does anyone have more information this? Like what the source was for the editor's biographical information? Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 12:19, 3 October 2020 (EDT)
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== Tarzan meeets King Kong ==
  
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== Gene Wolf - Peace ==
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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?[[User:Hyju|Hyju]] ([[User talk:Hyju|talk]]) 09:17, 4 October 2022 (EDT)
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:Yes, notes like that are great. ···[[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> 12:58, 13 December 2022 (EST)
  
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I spotted that [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?267213 this] edition has cover art credited to Gahan Wilson however [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?25778 this] edition with the same cover art has it credited to Tony Roberts. Surely the 2nd credit can't be right. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 01:57, 10 October 2020 (EDT)
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== Breakthrough: The Fall of the Wall ==
  
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:Thanks for bringing this to our attention; I merged the two titles - but if you state something about the problem in the note to the moderator, you are allowed to submit a merger on your own :-). [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] 07:15, 5 November 2020 (EST)
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I found [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?333046 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? --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] ([[User talk:Zapp|talk]]) 06:36, 13 December 2022 (EST)
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:It does not look eligible to me.  I wonder if Neil Gaiman's having something in it is what led to someone adding it. --[[User:MartyD|MartyD]] ([[User talk:MartyD|talk]]) 09:54, 13 December 2022 (EST)
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:: 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 [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] ([[User talk:Stonecreek|talk]]) 12:03, 13 December 2022 (EST)
  
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== The Dancer from Atlantis ==
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== Futures Forestalled ... for Now: South African Science Fiction and Futurism ==
  
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?37820<p>
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I don't know, what [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?935348 that nonfiction] is for? --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] ([[User talk:Zapp|talk]]) 11:11, 25 February 2023 (EST)
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:It was entered as a nonfiction publication. However, as far as I can tell, it is an essay that appeared in the non-genre magazine <i>Current Writing</i>. I will ping the handling moderator just in case they saw something I didn't. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 15:44, 26 February 2023 (EST)
  
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I made an inquiry to Bluesman about this one, but no response there, so I'll try here instead.<br><br>
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== John Richards ==
  
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My edition looks like it could be this one already listed by Bluesman, with this cover[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/6/6c/BKTG01105.jpg], however, price is $3.50 - not $2.95 as stated by Locus.<br>
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Artist 'Roger Davis' is NOT John Richards although Richards did use the name 'Davis' on several covers. Roger Davis is a real person, not a pseudonym for John Richards. The only other name used by Richards was 'Rik' on BLACK-WING OF MARS - Vargo Statten (Scion 1953); DE BRACY'S DRUG - Volsted Gridban (Scion Feb 1953); DRUMS ALONG THE AMAZON - Victor Norwood (Scion Mar 1953); REVERSE UNIVERSE - Volsted Gridban (Scion Dec 1952). <small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Clockrocker|Clockrocker]] ([[User talk:Clockrocker|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Clockrocker|contribs]]) .</small>
  
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== Adding image credit , please ==
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== Harlan Ellison's Watching ==
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I would like to have an INTERIOR ART CREDIT added for Author record # 269730 ; Carl Lavoie.
  
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Does anyone know if [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?164881 this] publication comes in a slipcase (as pictured) or not. Book dealer listings don't mention one. The PV for this version was transient. Notes don't emntion one either. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 02:58, 5 December 2020 (EST)
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:It's listed in [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?283739 Chalker/Owings].  They list 3 states: 26 copies, lettered A-Z, signed by Ellison and handbound in calfskin with matching slipcase, $125.00 (second state, limited & trade are first); 350 copies, numbered and signed by the author in slipcase, $60.00; 3500 copies trade, $29.95.  There is a further point that 33 copies of the limitation sheet for the leatherbound edition were accidentally bound into regular copies of the book.  All those copies were caught and sent to Ellison, who scratched out the letters and wrote in "Author's Variant" by hand.  Most of these were given and a few sold, by Ellison.  They also note that there was a reprint edition in 1989 of an additional 3500 copies which is so marked.  That photo appears to appropriate only for the numbered edition which we have listed as 600 copies disagreeing with C/O.  We only mention the lettered edition in the notes of the numbered.  We don't have the reprint, or the "Author's Variant", though I'm not sure it the latter deserves a separate publication record.  --Ron ~ [[User:Rtrace|Rtrace]]<sup>[[User talk:Rtrace|Talk]]</sup> 07:18, 5 December 2020 (EST)
 
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::Alright thanks so liiks like the trade edition at $29.95 did not come with a slipcase. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 12:44, 5 December 2020 (EST)
 
  
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== Princeps' Fury / Butcher ==
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Vastarien: A Literary Journal. Vol. 6, Issue 1
  
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I'm cloning [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?293208] for a later printing, and noticed the format given doesn't match my copy. Taweis and Holmesd PVed as 'pb', but my copy of later printing, but same price, is a premium/tall rack format. --[[User:GlennMcG|GlennMcG]] 17:57, 26 December 2020 (EST)
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and it’s the frontispiece illustration, ‘The Evil Eye'.
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:As both Taweis and Holmesd area active, please post the question to their talk pages. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 19:23, 26 December 2020 (EST)
 
  
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Was hoping to kill two birds... --[[User:GlennMcG|GlennMcG]] 21:16, 26 December 2020 (EST)
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Here’s a link to a sample of the issue, the illustration is right after the cover page:
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:It's best to leave direct messages in such cases as there is no guarantee they will be watching this or other community pages. I will typically post at one person's talk page and then on the other's, leave a link a link to the first with a note asking them to check out that conversation. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 08:18, 27 December 2020 (EST)
 
  
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== John Wyndham ==
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https://www.amazon.com/Vastarien-Literary-Journal-vol-issue/dp/B0CBT4B6D1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28D1CYLFVH4XL&keywords=vastarien+literary&qid=1692175645&sprefix=%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1&asin=B0CBT4B6D1&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
  
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The John Wyndham story Pawley's Peepholes aka Operation Peep would appear to have a further variant title in that it was published in Argosy (UK) August 1954 as A New Kind Of Pink Elephant. Could this be verified and the record updated please?
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: Hi, and thanks for the hint. However, do you have a source for this at hand (because it is quite difficult to verify something without it). Thanks, [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] 09:16, 5 January 2021 (EST)
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Thank you. And have a wonderful day.
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::[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t888.htm#A15018 FictionMags Index] shows it. We don't have that issue (which also has a Bradbury story) so it will need to be added. FMI also shows SF stories in several other Argosy issues that we don't have. I will add them all later today unless someone beats me to it. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 13:14, 5 January 2021 (EST)
 
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:::Missing 1954 Argosy (UK)s have been added. I will add remaining issues later. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 19:15, 5 January 2021 (EST)
 
  
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== Monks ==
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-Carl Lavoie
  
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I'm going to merge Joseph M. Monks with Joe Monks and Joseph Monks. This, https://archive.org/stream/Bones_of_the_Children_01_1996/Bones_of_the_Children_01_1996_djvu.txt, gives all 3 ways of spelling his name found on ISFDB. Joseph Monks has 1 story which is also in the collection that's under the Joseph M. Monks name, and Joe Monks has a story and essay from Agony in Black which is where Joseph M. Monks also published his first story. Another winner from--[[User:Username|Username]] 00:26, 24 January 2021 (EST)
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== Suspect book listed on Amazon. ==
  
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== Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, Volume Three ==
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Someone on Facebook's Terran Trade Authority group posted a link to [https://www.amazon.co.uk/70s-Sci-Fi-Art-Photo-Book/dp/B0B9QMHBX5/?fbclid=IwAR3ZXS4mN-Nry1X6C2yRL2ja50pE4aq4Ky272key4pa5q_3vbeQ9Uh7qi_8 this] publication which looks decidedly iffy. Book is 30 pages of well known illustrations presumably culled from the Cowley pictoral volumes and maybe other sources. The one image viewable is unhelpful but isn't a very good illustration either. If anyone happens to come across a copy somewhere (like a library or bookshop) a quick leaf through and appraisal would be welcome. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] ([[User talk:Mavmaramis|talk]]) 15:07, 5 November 2023 (EST)
  
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I have a copy of [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?395215 this] but my copy has a UK price £3.95 orinted ion the back cover. The only other PV is Mhhutchins who is inactive. Is anyone able to find out if all versions of this publication had a UK price ? --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] 01:35, 9 February 2021 (EST)
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: The author's name is listed as "Aderyn Alexander". Amazon UK lists [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AAderyn+Alexander&s=relevancerank&text=Aderyn+Alexander&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 202 photo books and coloring books] with this credit. Since adult coloring books were massively popular a few years ago, I suspect that the publisher decided to capitalize on the trend, grabbed some images and put a bunch of books together. Here is what a reviewer says about the same author/publisher's [https://www.amazon.co.uk/70s-Sci-Fi-Art-Photo-Book/dp/B0B9QTHZLH 70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book: Amazing Artworks Science Fiction Colorful Pictures For Fans]:
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:* I thought this was going to be a great book. Turns out it is a print on demand piece. The images are not credited. You don't know who did the art work. They are cropped all wrong. Normally art books have information on the art work. This has none. I feel they did a Google search found high resolution images from the 70s and made this book. Very disappointed.
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: On the plus side, the books apparently do exist and even have ISBNs, so they are apparently eligible for inclusion even if we don't know what they reprint. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 16:11, 5 November 2023 (EST)
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::Looking through the entries by this person, I suspect at least some of the work is AI generated, and I doubt the known IP coloring books are properly licensed. The wording on the titles Amazon uses are too marketing-savvy, too. For example the entry for the ''70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book'' is "70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book: Eroticism Colorful Pages For Adults Men Boys To Relax And Unwind | Ideal Gift For Birthday". I'd be cautious about entering anything from this "Aderyn Alexander". ···[[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> 14:27, 6 November 2023 (EST)
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:::The general concenus on the TTA Facebook group is that the "sci-fi" books listed by this author are highly suspect at best. Cover images use art from Peter Elson, Tim White and Fred Gambino. They are not publications I personally will be spending money buying so won't be entering those publications here. --[[User:Mavmaramis|Mavmaramis]] ([[User talk:Mavmaramis|talk]]) 16:12, 6 November 2023 (EST)

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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)

Futures Forestalled ... for Now: South African Science Fiction and Futurism

I don't know, what that nonfiction is for? --Zapp (talk) 11:11, 25 February 2023 (EST)

It was entered as a nonfiction publication. However, as far as I can tell, it is an essay that appeared in the non-genre magazine Current Writing. I will ping the handling moderator just in case they saw something I didn't. -- JLaTondre (talk) 15:44, 26 February 2023 (EST)

John Richards

Artist 'Roger Davis' is NOT John Richards although Richards did use the name 'Davis' on several covers. Roger Davis is a real person, not a pseudonym for John Richards. The only other name used by Richards was 'Rik' on BLACK-WING OF MARS - Vargo Statten (Scion 1953); DE BRACY'S DRUG - Volsted Gridban (Scion Feb 1953); DRUMS ALONG THE AMAZON - Victor Norwood (Scion Mar 1953); REVERSE UNIVERSE - Volsted Gridban (Scion Dec 1952). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clockrocker (talk • contribs) .

Adding image credit , please

Good day,

I need help.

I would like to have an INTERIOR ART CREDIT added for Author record # 269730 ; Carl Lavoie.

It’s in the recent

Vastarien: A Literary Journal. Vol. 6, Issue 1

and it’s the frontispiece illustration, ‘The Evil Eye'.

Here’s a link to a sample of the issue, the illustration is right after the cover page:

https://www.amazon.com/Vastarien-Literary-Journal-vol-issue/dp/B0CBT4B6D1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28D1CYLFVH4XL&keywords=vastarien+literary&qid=1692175645&sprefix=%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1&asin=B0CBT4B6D1&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

And here’s a link to the publisher, listing the content of the recent issue:

https://grimscribepress.com/issues/

Thank you. And have a wonderful day.

-Carl Lavoie

Suspect book listed on Amazon.

Someone on Facebook's Terran Trade Authority group posted a link to this publication which looks decidedly iffy. Book is 30 pages of well known illustrations presumably culled from the Cowley pictoral volumes and maybe other sources. The one image viewable is unhelpful but isn't a very good illustration either. If anyone happens to come across a copy somewhere (like a library or bookshop) a quick leaf through and appraisal would be welcome. --Mavmaramis (talk) 15:07, 5 November 2023 (EST)

The author's name is listed as "Aderyn Alexander". Amazon UK lists 202 photo books and coloring books with this credit. Since adult coloring books were massively popular a few years ago, I suspect that the publisher decided to capitalize on the trend, grabbed some images and put a bunch of books together. Here is what a reviewer says about the same author/publisher's 70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book: Amazing Artworks Science Fiction Colorful Pictures For Fans:
  • I thought this was going to be a great book. Turns out it is a print on demand piece. The images are not credited. You don't know who did the art work. They are cropped all wrong. Normally art books have information on the art work. This has none. I feel they did a Google search found high resolution images from the 70s and made this book. Very disappointed.
On the plus side, the books apparently do exist and even have ISBNs, so they are apparently eligible for inclusion even if we don't know what they reprint. Ahasuerus (talk) 16:11, 5 November 2023 (EST)
Looking through the entries by this person, I suspect at least some of the work is AI generated, and I doubt the known IP coloring books are properly licensed. The wording on the titles Amazon uses are too marketing-savvy, too. For example the entry for the 70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book is "70’s Sci-Fi Art Photo Book: Eroticism Colorful Pages For Adults Men Boys To Relax And Unwind | Ideal Gift For Birthday". I'd be cautious about entering anything from this "Aderyn Alexander". ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:27, 6 November 2023 (EST)
The general concenus on the TTA Facebook group is that the "sci-fi" books listed by this author are highly suspect at best. Cover images use art from Peter Elson, Tim White and Fred Gambino. They are not publications I personally will be spending money buying so won't be entering those publications here. --Mavmaramis (talk) 16:12, 6 November 2023 (EST)
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