User talk:Bluesman/Archive12

Currey and Contento Verifications for Conan the Adventurer

Checking our secondary sources for Conan the Adventurer per this discussion, I discovered that we had the verifications for the 1966 printing on the copy we both have which is from 1967. I've removed the ones I had added, but Currey and Contento are yours. Of course, these should all go back on the 1966 publication record after it is created. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 13:03, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

SFBC ed. of The Garden of Rama

Can you confirm that the retail edition's ISBN is not present in your copy of this publication? I'm holding a submission from another editor who has a copy with the ISBN from the Bantam Spectra retail edition: 0-553-07261-7. There's a note in your record that it lacks an ISBN. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 02:37, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Definitely no ISBN. This was probably printed by the SFBC a few times and they didn't change the BC# in the 90s like previous decades [looked at the edit, bad form on the ISBN SFBC # combo ... rookies!! ;-)))]. Perhaps the note should be amended to say that 'some' later SFBC printings do have an ISBN?? The notes are definitely a holdover from a Locus1 entry, and they likely would have received their review copy when first printed. --~ Bill, Bluesman 04:20, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan. I'll inform the editor, and update the Note to say that some later printings included the retail ISBN. Thanks. Mhhutchins 17:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

"The Caves of Night", by John Christopher

I changed the publisher of your verified publication from "Hodder and Stoughton" to "Hodder & Stoughton", since this was the only book listed this way, compared to 981 listed as published by "Hodder & Stoughton". Chavey 17:38, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Just checked and the publisher is still Hodder and Stoughton, which is exactly as spelled on the title page, regardless of 981 or 9,810 that are otherwise. Regularization for its own sake is the kind of bibliographic BS that Locus does, and we've been correcting such [from that source] for years. To automatically 'correct' an unverified record, or one from an editor no longer active [standards do change] is one thing but this [as-yet non-] correction is presumptuous at best. --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:49, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

SFBC ed. of Rama II

When you get a chance could you check your copy of this edition and join in this discussion? Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Sunbeam Caress

I'm trying to match Finlay illustrations in art books with the original illustrations in magazines. In If, March 1968, the current entry shows two illustrations by Finlay for the story "Sunbeam Caress". The other active verifier says his copy is missing some pages. Can you tell me if there is a Finlay illustration for that story that shows sharp black forms amid clouds, and if so, where that illustration is? Bob 20:48, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

"In the Land of the Unblind", by Judith Merril

While verifying a book of mine that contained "In the Land of Unblind", I noticed that it was a poem, and not the "Short Fiction" that we currently have it listed as. I checked it with another book I have that contains that title, and verified that it was a poem there as well. An essay in Galactic Central refers to it as a poem, and Judith Merril's daughter lists it as a poem in her bibliography of Merril's work. So unless someone knows a reason otherwise, I'll be changing that work to a poem in a couple of days. Since this affects a content item in 7 different verified publications, including two of yours, one here and one here, I am asking those verifiers to post any comments about this change on my talk page (to keep any such comments together). Chavey 07:34, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

The Best of Henry Kuttner - Cover artist

Hi, I found the cover artist for The Best of Henry Kuttner. It is Dean Ellis.--Dirk P Broer 07:49, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

The cover credit seems to have been changed in the meantime. Can you join this discussion? Thanks, --Willem 08:39, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

The Atom Conspiracy vs ...

... The Man Who Had No Brains are the same novels. Since you verified The Atom Conspiracy - any objections..? JLochhas 16:50, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Done. Odd the German digest would 'translate' it's own title as the magazine serial's title. --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:13, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

More than odd: The translated title is "The Atom Conspiracy" - and the original title is stated as "The Man Who Had No Brains". Complete coverage of the domain.... ;) JLochhas 21:49, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 30

Somehow, you ended up with two different submissions for the same journal issue: this one, verified yesterday, and this other one, verified today. Chavey 21:30, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Jackpot

In Galaxy Science Fiction U.K. No. 45 Finlay illustrated the story "Jackpot". Please tell me which illustrations show (a) a man in the nose of some sort of airship or spaceship, clouds out of the window and (b) a man and an alien crouching on opposite sides of a low table, others in the background looking on. Bob 19:30, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Time Bomb

Can you confirm that the cover art of this publication is credited to "William K. Hartman" and not the more-credited artist William K. Hartmann? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 21:19, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

One 'n' only. --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:38, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure what that means. If the record is correct, then "Hartman" should be made into a pseudonym and the cover art record varianted. Or better, the record should be changed to the canonical form of the artist/author's name and then noted that the credit is a typographical error. Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:59, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

All you asked about was the spelling. Found the original artwork and added appropriate notes. --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:18, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

"Blood Trillium", by Julian May

Your verified copy of this book included a note about the endpaper maps in this book. While doing a Primary2 verification, I added those as an InteriorArt content item. Chavey 01:52, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Omni, December 1989

Can you confirm the credit for the essay on page 16 of this issue? There's also a "Howard Wornom" in the database and the names are similar enough to question whether they could be the same person. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 00:20, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

'Wornom' indeed! Corrected. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:51, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

The Rithian Terror

Dirk P Broer found the cover artist for this verified pub. I added the artist and a note. --Willem 09:32, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Omni, October 1992

Can you confirm that the piece on page 52 of this issue is credited to "Keith Farrell" and not the editor Keith Ferrell? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 21:24, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Corrected. --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:43, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Ute Osterwald(er)

Hello, Bill! There are two titles for Ute Osterwald. Just wanted to check if the credits are correct; if so, I'd like to establish a pseudonym and then variant them. Christian Stonecreek 15:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Both credits are correct. In both cases her husband Hans is mentioned but not credited, so no doubt the same artist. Think the '80 cover ended up on a book??? --~ Bill, Bluesman 16:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the fast response, Bill! The 1980 cover was in fact previously published on a book cover (not yet entered) and was credited there to both Osterwalders. Stonecreek 16:54, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Map in Children of Hastur

Please join in this discussion regarding the map in Children of Hastur. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 01:40, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Cover art credit for Destinies Feb-Mar 1980 found

Please see the message on my talk page about the cover art credit for this publication. I have updated the record to add the cover art credit. Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Lost Dorsai cover artist is Enric

You are one of the active verifiers of an edition of Lost Dorsai where the cover is credited to Fernando Fernandez. I would like to change the credit to Enric, based on this notification. Please join the discussion. Thanks, --Willem 20:26, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

No problem, signatures don't lie [sometimes confuse, but .....] --~ Bill, Bluesman 20:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

George M. or George H. Krauter

Can you confirm the credit for the art on page 84 of this issue of Analog? The artist is more commonly credited as George H. Krauter. Also, it's strange that the art appears two pages before the start of the story. That happens several times throughout the record. Thanks for checking. (I know you weren't the first primary verifier, but the first one isn't very active.) Mhhutchins 05:56, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Answered by another verifying editor. Mhhutchins 19:02, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

I fixed a page number typo on your verified

I fixed a page number typo on your verified [1].Don Erikson 18:59, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Sidney's Comet

My copy of Sidney's Comet has a subtitle, "Being an Account of the Remarkable Events Which Occurred During the Approach of the Great Garbage Comet" on the title page. Does yours?SFJuggler 05:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

"The Han Solo Adventures", by Brian Daley

I added a cover artist to your verified publication, based on the image there being cropped from this cover. I then set your cover to be a variant of that one. Chavey 10:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

"The Empire Strikes Back", by Donald F. Glut

I added a cover artist to your verified publication, based on a comparison to other covers whose creator was known. Chavey 13:40, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

"The Galactic Whirlpool", by David Gerrold

I added a cover artist to your verified publication based on the stated cover artist for an equivalent cover. Chavey 14:54, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Some Metallic Robets

Would you mind double checking the essay on page 57 of this pub? Is it really Some Metallic Robets (with an 'e') instead of "Robots" as in the other versions? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:07, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

SFJuggler confirmed his version of the pub is 'Robots' and updated the title. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:28, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Men of Iron

I have changed the classification of Men of Iron by Robert E. Howard from SHORTFICTION to ESSAY. You verified one of the pubs containing this item. Would you please comment here about such a change? I should note that the latest pub in which this item appears classifies it as an essay as well. Bob 00:24, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Added interior art map credits to First Fall

Posting this here since it's not a cover image or note.

The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall: Submission, Current record

Thanks! Nihonjoe 01:01, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Looks like Stonecreek approved it. Nihonjoe 06:14, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

The 1982 Annual World's Best SF

Hi. I reviewed your primary verified The 1982 Annual World's Best SF. Since PV1 is inactive, as PV2 I come to you. The only discrepancy I found was with the page count. The record shows 'xii' for the Roman numeral portion of the count, but in the pub the highest paginated is 'ix'. The guideline states: "For example, a book with a page count field of 'viii+320' has 'viii' as the highest numbered page with a Roman numeral. (Note that there are no spaces in the page count.) Pages without numbers that fall between the two types of page numbering can be ignored."... I'm thinking the count should be 'ix+273' instead of 'xii+273'. Would you concur? Syzygy 22:13, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Changed. --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:19, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. John Syzygy 02:22, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

"Anathem" cover artist name

Hi. I just saw that you've set the cover artist of an "Anathem" publication to Yolande de Korte. However, her name is "Yolande de Kort" (without the "e"), who already has an author record. See here as well. Jens Hitspacebar 23:11, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

That's the way it's spelled. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:23, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Second Foundation

Hi, your verified publication has the same cover as One in Three Hundred (Ace 1955), so the cover can be credited to Ed Valigursky. Also, it's one of only three publications (all verified by you) that have Digit Books as publisher, where Digit is the usual form. Thanks. Horzel 07:48, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Added the artist credit. As for the publisher, that's what's on the title page in each case, and probably more. "Usual form" [ie: 'regularization'] is what Locus does. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 22:16, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Rudy Rucker's Spaceland

According to a submission by someone purporting to be the illustrator, he did not do the cover art for this publication. Your note in the record seems to bear this out. Mhhutchins 23:52, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Removal of cover artist for Rucker's Spaceland

Hello, Bill. Due to a submission by Taral Wayne in which he stated to the moderators that he didn't do the cover art for this book I've removed the credit. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 08:05, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Beyond the Galactic Rim

Re this book. Cover art is by Peter Elson as seen on his website. --Mavmaramis 19:52, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Publisher Orbis

Hello, Bill! We have two 'Orbis' publishers on board, one is connected to a publication verified by you. Could this also be 'Orbis Publishing' (see here)? Christian Stonecreek 03:30, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Kuldesak

Cover art for this book is by Jim Burns, referenced in this book. Record edited accordingly. --Mavmaramis 05:03, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Price of the Phoenix

Cover art for this book is Joe Petagno, referenced in this book. Record edited accordingly. --Mavmaramis 09:02, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Dick Eye in the Sky

Edited this record. Added cover artist Peter Elson. Credited here. --Mavmaramis 08:55, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Game Player of Titan

Added cover art attribution to this book. Art is by Bob Layzell. Referenced in this book. --Mavmaramis 09:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Crack in Space

Re this book. Cover artist is Chris Moore referenced in this book. Record edited accordingly. --Mavmaramis 12:16, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Out of the Dead City

Re this book. My 1968 sphere edition has "Cover illustration/Russell Fitzgerald" (all upper case) on rear cover at bottom under the prices. Just wanted to check that your PV for this and is the same. Haven't edited the record. --Mavmaramis 13:53, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Eklund Devil World

Regarding this book. I found a full version sans text using Google image search here but the link is to a private Wordpress site. I've gone through all the hoops necessary to register but turns out that particular area is private thus I have made a request via the site. I'm not holding out any hope but maybe the artist is credited there. I'll let you know of any developments. --Mavmaramis 18:32, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

I found the artwork on wowart which gives credit to Chris Moore. I've replaced cover art with full wraparound version and amended the record accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:03, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Plague of Oblivion

Cover artist for this book is Tony Roberts. Referenced in this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 19:53, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't doubt the reference is there but you've cited this book at least twice and it strikes me as odd that a Collection would only have one story ...?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

If you mean the Cowley book then I'm probably not quite getting where your confusion arises unless you thought I was referencing the story as opposed to the cover art. Almost all the images that appear in the four Terran Trade Authority books by Cowley appear as book covers hence it will almost certainly be cited on multiple occasions. --Mavmaramis 13:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

No confusion, the book cited is listed as a collection, but there's only one story in the contents .... --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:01, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Ahh yes that's because the entrie contents aren't listed on the the two records for the UK editions but are listed on this edition. Artwork is on page 83.

If the Stars Are Gods

Re this book. Cover art is by Anthony Roberts. It's a reuse of the image for this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:15, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

The Time of the Eye

Could you check your copy of this book please. My Panther 1974 edition's introduction is dated 13 January 1974. Record has May 1974 as date. Thanks. --Mavmaramis 19:03, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

The date on any essay within a publication is not relevant, only the date that the book it is in was published [assuming that is the essay's first appearance]. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:35, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Sanctuary in the Sky

The cover artist for half of this book is Basil Gogos, according to online art gallery munchkinpress.com. Thanks. Horzel 17:31, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

If the image was there, it's not now .... --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:43, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

It's there when I look at it, but linking to that site does not always work correctly. Could you try this Google search, and click on the first, Sanctuary link? Horzel 12:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Analog JAN 1979

A submission has been made to change the credit for the artwork of Final Solution from 'uncredited' to 'John Butterfield' as credit appears vertically at bottom left on page 105 in Analog JAN 1979. Syzygy 20:50, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

This Fortress World

Cover artist for this book is Tony Roberts, credited in this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 07:34, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Foster's THE METROGNOME

You verified this book [2] as having a Canadian price of $5.95. My copy has $6.50. Could you check your copy to see if mine is probably a later unmarked printing?.Don Erikson 22:16, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Mea culpa, fixed the record. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Planet of the Damned

Cover artist for this book is (given the 'BL' signature) Bob Layzell. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 21:25, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Cover art credit found

Re your verified record: An editor has discovered the cover art credit for this book's cover art and updated the US edition. It's your call whether to update the Canadian one. Thanks. Mhhutchins 15:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Good enough for me. Update complete. Thanks! --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Heinlein Double Star

I don't know if you wrere aware of the furore surrounding this book. The artwork was 'reimagined' (without permission or credit) by Glenn Brown in 2000 for his entry to the Turner Prize entitled 'The Loves of Shepherds.' See this image. --Mavmaramis 19:55, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

The second link doesn't work and I'm not sure what it has to do with the original image/record ...--~ Bill, Bluesman 21:33, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Try this link. It has to do with the original image due to the fact that Glenn Brown copied it without permission or credit and passed it off as his own work. --Mavmaramis 16:57, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

The Water Knife

I see you verified this pub a minute before I did. Were you by any chance at the Anderson's signing tonight? I was in the second row. Bob 01:57, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

No --~ Bill, Bluesman 20:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Eye Among the Blind

Cover art for this book is apparently Peter Goodfellow according to this site however I do not know where he got that information from so I'll only put it into the notes. --Mavmaramis 17:17, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Steven Eisler - Space Wars, Worlds and Weapons, p81. Horzel 09:42, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

I, Robot

Cover artist for this book is Sanford Kossin, based on signature (and the style fits). For a good scan see here. Horzel 09:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Silverberg - Deep Space

Source of art credit for this book is page 84 of Solar Wind. Note added. --Mavmaramis 06:19, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Warlock and Warriors

Cover art for this book is by Josh Kirby as per the listing here. List incorrectly credits the book as "ed. L. Sprague de Camp." --Mavmaramis 09:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Nebula Award Stories 11

Cover art of this book is by Angus McKie credited on page 41 of this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 10:52, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Nebula Winners 14

Cover art for this book is by Bruce Pennington, credited on his Facebook page here. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 10:59, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Laurence James

With regards to the following books. Covers for all three are by Bruce Pennington.

Earth Lies Sleeping see here

Starcross see here

Backflash see here

With regards to the following books.

Planet of the Blind New Life for Old

Covers for both are by Patrick Woodroffe and credited on page 130-131 of Mythopoeikon

Records amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 05:08, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Sin in Space

Cover art for this book is by Robert Stanley, credit from here. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 05:46, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

The Dark Mind

Cover art of this book is by Josh Kirby from this list. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 10:37, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Mythmaster

Cover artist of this book is Colin Hay credited in this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 11:23, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Life Probe short story

I updated this short story to add it to the Makers series. You can see my submission here. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

As the Curtain Falls art credit

Hi. Is the art credit really supposed to look like this in this pub ? Or is it one of those ISFDB subtleties I don't know about yet ? Thanks. Linguist 08:24, 9 June 2015 (UTC).

There's a 'subtlety' there all right, just not a good one. At some point there was a brief combining of cover artists whose names were always used together; Leo & Diane Dillon, The Brothers Hildebrandt which plays havoc when one tries to give each a separate entry, as either has been listed as a pseudonym for both. The only way to correct it is to delete all cover artist credits and enter each one separately. Problem is now there will be two separate artists credited [as in this case there should be] and some other editor may again combine them at the author level since the two separate records will look like 'strays'. This record is fixed, for now. --~ Bill, Bluesman 15:21, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the subtle explanation ;o) ! Linguist 15:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC).

Laumer - The Monitors

Cover art for this book is by Josh Kirby credited from this list. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 19:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

AE: Canadian Science Fiction Review

Hello, Bill! There's a submission in the queue for an issue of this magazine/nonfiction. It doesn't ring a bell for me and there seems to be no other issue included. Do you know something about this item and could you handle it? Christian Stonecreek 19:05, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Afraid I've never heard of it. Perhaps [Sean] may know something?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 00:57, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

AE have been publishing microfiction annually in downloadable PDF format since 2010. I believe they're eligible under the ROA, unless someone can point me to a reason otherwise. I'm willing to handle this submission plus any future AE submissions that may be forthcoming. PeteYoung 02:21, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Works for me. Better someone with knowledge than just guessing! --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:05, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

The Needs of the Many

I think a new "Patrick Moore" needs to be created. One of the artist listings for The Needs of the Many links to Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore when it should probably be the San Francisco bay area computer game designer Patrick Moore. Fellow artist Melvin Yu is located in the bay area also, Chris Legaspi works and teaches in the Los Angeles area and Denis Korkh works in the animation and art departments for Star Trek Online and works out of Campbell, California.SFJuggler 04:43, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Beyond my knowledge level. If you're certain, please proceed. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 04:48, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Michael Whelan/Whalen

Bill, I expect they're typos but could you check the cover credits for your verified pubs Dragonsdawn and Killashandra. Both are credited in the db to "Michael Whalen". Thanks. PeteYoung 02:33, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Both corrected. Fingers faster than eyes .... ;-) --~ Bill, Bluesman 14:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Anderson - The Enemy Stars

Cover art for this book is by Geoff Taylor credited on Taylor's website here. --Mavmaramis 15:58, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Good site! --~ Bill, Bluesman 14:25, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Philip K. Dick covers

Found the cover artist for Counter-Clock World and The Turning Wheel. Geoff Taylor - see here and here respectively. Records amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 04:37, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Garry Kilworth's "Triptych" in Other Edens

A question about your verified Other Edens. Does the introductory essay explain why the three Kilworth stories are called "Triptych"? I have them in In the Country of Tattooed Men, where they also appear as a "triptych" although at least two of them have appeared separately. Scanning the text, I see that they are pretty much unrelated except for the fact they are all rather surrealistic and could conceivably be set in the same universe. The introduction in In the Country of Tattooed Men is short and doesn't say anything about individual stories, but I wonder if perhaps the introduction in Other Edens may be more helpful. If there is indication that they are set in the same world, perhaps we could enter them as three separate titles and create a series. Ahasuerus 16:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Alas, no. The stories/whatever they are, are not mentioned at all in the Introduction. It is most likely the author submitted them as such, but without direct confirmation from him ..... ??¿¿?? Apologies for being so long in replying but it's summer in Canada ... I own an acreage ... the projects just take precedence. And I have a LOT to do!! Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:25, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for checking! Ahasuerus 18:12, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

James Colvin

The contents you added to the database for this author should be varianted to the parent author. Thanks. Mhhutchins 16:02, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Seems like someone did them ??¿¿?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:26, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Rituals of Infinity

Cover art for this book is by Geoff Taylor from his website here. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 09:25, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

The Ice Schooner

Cover artist for this book is Eddie Jones. Cover is signed 'Jones' left hand edge about 1/3rd of the way from the bottom and edited the assumed typo in the notes about the ISBN on rear as 07221622453 to 0722162243 removing the erronious '5' --Mavmaramis 13:41, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Flight of the Horse

Cover art for this book is credited to Tony Roberts here, which seems correct as it's typical Roberts. I'll add a note similar to the one for this book. --Mavmaramis 21:19, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Catseye

Could you check the price of your copy of this book please. My copy (Reprinted 1972, 1975, 1978) has a price of 60p. I can only assume that yours has a price sticker as my copy has the evidence of it's removal. If you could leave a message on my talk page I'd appreciate it. Thanks. --Mavmaramis 07:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Lord of Thunder

Re this book. Cover art is Douglas Lee Travis as stated on the first unnumbered page and I have replaced the cover with the full wraparound version. --Mavmaramis 18:58, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Pournelle - The Mercenary

Cover art for this book is Tony Roberts, credited on page 23 of Cowley's "Great Space Battles". --Mavmaramis 18:23, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Saberhagen - Berserker's Planet & Brother Berserker

Re cover art for Berserker's Planet. The artwork is by Peter Jones and is the upper portion of the artwork used on Brother Berserker. Artwork is credited on page 76 of Jones' "Solar Wind". Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 18:36, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Earthwreck

Cover artist for this book is Tony Roberts, credited on page 97 of Cowley's "Spacewreck" - record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 18:57, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Dying Inside

Cover artist fpr this book is Pauline Jones, from the August 1975 issue of Science Fiction Monthly where credited. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:12, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Hawksbill Station

Re cover art for this book. Can say for definite its Bruce Pennington, from his Facebook page here. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:43, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Cordwainer Smith - Planet Buyer/Underpeople

Cover artist for The Planet Buyer and The Underpeople is Bruce Pennington from his Facebook page here and here respectively. Records amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 18:05, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

The Solarians

Cover artist fore this book is Fred Gambino credited on page 89 of Cowley's "Great Space Battles." Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

NZ price on Le Guin's The Wind's Twelve Quarters Volume II

Hello. The NZ price on my copy of this pub is $2.35. The record show $2.25, which might well be a typo. Thanks for checking on this. Linguist 15:23, 7 July 2015 (UTC).

Certainly a typo. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:29, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Right, I'll fix it. Thanks. Linguist 07:27, 10 July 2015 (UTC).

STAR Flight

Cover art for this book is indeed John Berkey. It's credited in two publications: Page 119 of Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art and page 19 of Painted Space. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 17:27, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Under Heaven's Bridge

Cover art for this book is Peter Jones. Confirmed from the artist himself via his Facebook page. I've also replaced the cover with the full wraparound. --Mavmaramis 20:18, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Appreciate all the notes. Good digging! --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:30, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

The New Adam

Cover artist for this book is Patrick Woodroffe, credited on page 136 of Mythopoeikon. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 18:33, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

The Aliens Among Us

Cover artist for this book is Josh Kirby. Same artwork as on this book and this book. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 18:43, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Queenmagic, Kingmagic

Despite what the rear cover of this book says, the cover artist is Geoff Taylor fro his website here. Record amended. --Mavmaramis 07:34, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Nine Princes in Amber

Cover artist for this book is Patrick Woodroffe, credited on page 135 of Mythopoeikon. Record amended accordingly. --Mavmaramis 11:10, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Aurora

I'm thinking this edition should have Orbit (US) as its publisher instead of Orbit. Thanks. Albinoflea 01:49, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Smith's "The City of the Singing Flame"

I was reading the story notes for the Night Shade edition of Clark Ashton Smith's stories and I discovered that there are multiple versions of his story "The City of the Singing Flame". It appears that it when it was published in the Spring 1940 issue of Tales of Wonder, the editor combined the story with its sequel "Beyond the Singing Flame" by altering some of Smith's prose and adding a bridging paragraph. Further, when Smith was preparing Out of Space and Time, he was unable to locate either his carbon or a copy of the original Wonder Stories appearance of the tale and instead sent along tear sheets from Tales of Wonder containing the combined story. I have compared the two versions from the Night Shade collection which contains the original story and the Bison reprint of Out of Space and Time which contains the combined story. The former ends with "Tomorrow, I shall return to the city." Whereas the combined version ends with "And there, at length, we came once more to the greyish-green columns that were the gateway between worlds." I have corrected my copy of Out of Space and Time as well as the unverified copies. You have volume 1 of the Panther reprint which probably needs the same correction. I'll also leave a note on the other active verifiers page pointing them here. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 02:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, the Panther version ends with “And there, at length”, etc. Thanks for spotting this. Linguist 12:53, 13 July 2015 (UTC).

The Panther reprint contains the combined version and is divided up into 7 headed segments (chapters ?). "Tomorrow, I shall return to the city." is at the end of the third segment. Title of story is "The City of the Singing Flame". The Mayflower-Dell 1966 edition of The Other Side of the Moon also has this combined version also as "The City of the Singing Flame" but is not divided into segemtnts. Hope that helps. --Mavmaramis 18:47, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I can confirm the above re the Panther versionProf beard 09:20, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

The Madonna and the Starship

Please see this discussion regarding this publication. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 18:29, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

"David Annadale" in "Tesseracts 7: New Canadian Speculative Fiction"

David Annandale's site confirms that he was the author of "Tremendum" in your verified Tesseracts 7: New Canadian Speculative Fiction. Could you please check whether the title page says "Annadale" or "Annandale"? TIA! Ahasuerus 18:17, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Afraid I can't answer this [please see below re :Dragon of Ishtar], possibly a typo but someone seems to have varianted the piece already. If I did that then the spelling in the record would be correct. I'll check when possible. --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:37, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

No worries, I will bug you again once your project has been completed! :) Ahasuerus 06:46, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Typo, now fixed. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:39, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for checking! Ahasuerus 01:45, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate

I have cloned The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate that you verified. My copy is a hardcover, not a paperback. Originally I had just made a secondary verification, but when I went to enter Stephen Fabian's artwork in this pub, I noted that you had said it was a tp. The price of my hardcover is the same as you noted for the tp. I thought I should check with you to be sure your pub is indeed a tp. And, of course, to let you know that I will copy the interiorart credits I've entered for my pub into your pub if you wish. Bob 00:11, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

I regret I can't answer this at this time. I've finally begun construction of a proper library, and except for my Easton Press editions and some hardcovers, I have absolutely no access to my books [probably not until at least September, maybe October]. Best suggestion is to clone for a hardcover record and when I get access I will be rechecking older messages so the original question[s] does get answered. Apologies. --~ Bill, Bluesman 23:32, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Definitely a TP, price is correct. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:43, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Ring Around the Sun

The cover art for Ring Around the Sun is by Jim Warren -- the art appears in both art books (all 3 versions of the first one), one of the card sets and is posted at his website here Susan O'Fearna 23:02, 27 July 2015 (UTC) -- because you're the primary verify-er, I can't add cover art credit... Susan O'Fearna 00:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Well, of course you can! The sources seem fine. Adding credits without such would be more problematic, with same a note regarding the change is fine. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:46, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

The Mutant Weapon vs. Med Service

Please see ISFDB:Community Portal#The Mutant Weapon vs. Med_Service as a primary verifier of Quarantine World, The Med Series, The Mutant Weapon / The Pirates of Zan, & The Mutant Weapon / The Pirates of Zan. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Sin mundo proprio

Hi! I know this isn't one of your primary verified books, but you did a lot of other verifications so thought I'd tell you I've submitted some additional data, notes and cover image for it. I found an OCLC record so you may want to change your OCLC verification if my submission is accepted. You had the date as 1965 but Tuck (and other sources) has it as 1963, so I changed it. Thanks, Doug / Vornoff 03:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

If you found an OCLC record, just add the number of same to the notes and take the verification! Cheers --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:41, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Cover artist for Keep the Giraffe Burning

Please see this discussion. Your opinion is appreciated. Thanks, --Willem 09:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Flash Gordon

Cover artist for your verified NEL edition is Renato Casaro, as can be seen here. And this poster clearly shows Casaro's signature. Thanks. Horzel 11:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Amended, with link to the poster. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:48, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

"Lyon's Pride", by Anne McCaffrey

You are now the primary verifier for this book. The notes say (or said) that the price in Canada was $29.95. But my copy says the Canadian price was $28.50. Could you check your copy and see if there are really two versions, or if this was a typo? Thanks, Chavey 16:56, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Record corrected, not sure where the inaccurate price came from. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

We Are All Legends

Fabian illustrated We Are All Legends. At least three of the illustrations in that pub are also in Woman & Wonders, a Fabian art book I'm currently working on. Would you please enter the individual artworks in that pub so I can variant them to the art in Women & Wonders? Bob 19:55, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I've entered the artwork for this pub. If you object, please just remove it. Bob 23:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Barry N. Malzberg's A Triptych

You have verified this pub, this pub, & this pub which all contain A Triptych and this pub which contains Triptych. Are these two stories variants? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:42, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Other than the similar titles, the two have nothing in common. --~ Bill, Bluesman 01:53, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Boris & Julie Ultimate Collection

Another editor wants to change the ISBN of this publication to an ISBN-13. (See this discussion.) Can you confirm that your copy has an ISBN-13? If so, either the publication date (sourced from Locus1) is incorrect, or this is the earliest use of ISBN-13 that I've ever run across. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 02:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

One I can get to! ... and yes it does have the ISBN-13. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:48, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

While There's Hope

Hi, Bill. Considering the german publication, I'd think that it should really be HOPE in the titles of CHAPBOOK and SHORTFICTION (and art also), as it is an abbreviation in there (and should also be in the original version). Christian Stonecreek 13:47, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Done. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:56, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

The Laughing Magician

I notice you entered information for a hardcover edition of The Laughing Magician by Jack Vance. Are you sure it was published? I know a tp version was published in 2011, but I don't know if a hardcover was also published. I had an order in for the hardcover in since mid 2005, but my usual sources claim it was never published. Bob 01:27, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

And it has disappeared from Locus. Wonder where the artwork came from .......?? --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:03, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

The Space Swimmers

A number of the Fabian illustrations in The Space Swimmers by Gordon R. Dickson (which you have verified) appear in the contents of Fabian artbooks I'm entering in the database. Since there are so many illustrations in the pub, I propose to add those illustrations I would like to variant to the art books to the contents of The Space Swimmers, and list the page numbers of the rest of the illustrations in the notes for that pub. Is that acceptable to you? Bob 20:35, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Other verifiers encouraged me to enter the art, so I have. Bob 23:01, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Through a Glass, Clearly

The cover art for this NEL 1975 edition is by Ray Feibush, according to Science Fiction Monthly, April 1974, page 9. And since this "News" is from April 1974, showing this cover, I suspect that this NEL 1974 edition should show the same cover art as the 1975 edition. Thanks. Horzel 08:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Feel free to amend for the Feibush cover but there is no reason to assume the previous edition had the same cover. If it did the printing statement would have read "Reprinted" not "Reissued" --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:00, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Poems in The Best of L. Sprague de Camp

We've got the titles of the poems listed incorrectly in my copy of The Best of L. Sprague de Camp and I suspect they are wrong across all copies including both of yours ([3] & [4]). Please see this discussion and let us know if we can correct these across all the copies. Thanks. --Ron ~ Rtrace^Talk 15:00, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Cover art credit for Sunwaifs

Can you confirm the cover credit for this publication? We have only one credit for David Plourd but a dozen or so for David Plourde. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins|talk 16:51, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

The record is correct, no 'e'. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:19, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Davis or David Sheff

Can you confirm the interviewer credit of this piece? Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 17:03, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Typo, corrected. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde

Hi, this looks to be a Dean Ellis and is part of the Collection of Mark and Priscilla Olson.--Dirk P Broer 18:54, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Added, with link! --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:30, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Space, Time and Nathaniel - edits in absence of PV1

I'm verifying my copy of this book [5], but ran up against a yellow "no longer active" notice. There are no other PVs on the record, but as a source verifier, could I ask you about some edits?

• The price displayed should be the decimal £0.30, not the old 6/-, which is in brackets on my copy, indicating publication after UK decimalisation.
• There are better sites that can be linked to for provenance of Bruce Pennington's cover art, not least his own website.
• The contents list needs page numbers.

If you're in agreement, I'll attend to these points; being a newbie I need the practice :) Astrodan 12:16, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Edits above carried out, plus "Foreward" and "Introduction" added to Content. Astrodan 16:18, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Since you added the data, you should add a verification so anyone with questions can ask instead of getting the same "no longer active" result .... --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:34, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed that at the time; only a couple of weeks into the learning curve. Now done. Astrodan 14:01, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

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Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories

I added the pagenumbers and a note to this verified pub. --Willem 20:47, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

And a cover scan. Cheers! --Willem 08:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Merci! No chance to get back to it as yet. --~ Bill, Bluesman 02:34, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Default display of non-English translations

When you get a chance, could you please review this discussion? The proposal basically boils down to changing the behavior of the Summary Bibliography when the viewing user is not logged in. Currently only English translations are displayed for unauthenticated users. The proposal would change it to displaying all translations. The downside is that the Summary page could get longer and harder to navigate.

I am trying to get a sense of how widespread the support for this change is. TIA! Ahasuerus 01:03, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

I have no opinion on this. --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:22, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Survey Ship

You verified Survey Ship, a pub illustrated by Stephen Fabian. I added one of the illustrations to the contents, the one that appears in a Fabian art book. Bob 22:23, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

The Drought - pub note amendment?

The copyright page of my copy of this book states "Published in Penguin Books 1968. Reprinted in 1974" This is in conflict with the pub note shown which states ""Reprinted 1971"; month from here". The here link goes to the book listing on The Art of Penguin Science Fiction website; <a href="http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/19.html#2753"></a>, which shows the same reprint year as my book, 1974, and the month, April. Worldcat also only shows 1974 listings, not 1971. My book is identical to the listing (pub record #120181) in every other way shown.

This seems to suggest that the 1971 date shown is a misprint/mistake. Assuming that is so, and in view of PV1 BLongley's passing, and the resignation of the PV2 Dragoondelight, as PV3 what would you say is the right way to deal with this? Astrodan 16:05, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Just a typo, now fixed. Cheers! --~ Bill, Bluesman 03:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)