User:Pips55

My name is Andrea, I was born in 1955 and live in Italy. I am an electronic engineer, working in an Health Research Institution. I started reading Science Fiction when I was 13 years old, and practically taught myself English to read second-hand SF books that I could buy cheap in a small shop near Trinità dei Monti in Rome.
I am an avid reader but not a systematic collector, the fact is that I have not the heart to throw away books ...
I have found ISFDB while looking for info about the books I hold in my personal archive, and I was thrilled by the possibility to contribute myself to the endeavor.
After adding-verifying the English books I own, I will put some effort in adding information on Italian books and magazines, to complement the valiant effort Ernesto Vegetti put into it.

Projects

• Add-verify the English books I own

  Done

• Add-verify the Galassia CSELT magazines I own

  Done

• Complete Galassia CSELT magazine series (with data from Fantascienza.com)

  Done

• Cleaning up Galassia CSELT magazine series (with data from Fantascienza.com)

Changing title records to the new standard for foreign pubs

Harmonizing notes

Done

• Add Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com) and verify the books I own

  Done

• Add Cosmo Classici della Fantascienza publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com) and verify the books I own

  Done

• Checking\harmonising Italian publications pricing

  Done (will check after next database backup)

• Cleaning up I Romanzi di Urania

Substituting (if necessary) cover site from Fantascienza.com to Mondourania.com

Harmonizing notes

Changing, where possible, title records to the new standard for foreign pubs

Checking and changing, where possible, the serialized novels names and language

Adding additional contents (scientific essays)

Submitted the last one ! Now, to Urania ...

Done (!)

Verifying ...

Done

• Add Biblioteca di Urania publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com) and verify the books I own

Done

• Add translator info to Urania Argento publication series and verify the books I own

Done

• Cleaning up Urania Rivista

Changing title records to the new standard for foreign pubs

Checking and changing the serialized novels names and language

Done

• Cleaning up Gamma

Changing title records to the new standard for foreign pubs

Harmonizing notes

Done

• Add translator info to Millemondi publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com), complete the series and verify the books I own

Done (for the issues present in Fantascienza.com)

• Cleaning up Galaxy (Italy)

Changing title records to the new standard for foreign pubs

Harmonizing notes

Done

• Add Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com) and verify the books I own

Done

• Add Mondadori Altri Mondi publication series (with data from Fantascienza.com) and verify the books I own

Ongoing ...