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Time Traveler's Almanac 2021 TOC Comment

Hi. Thanks for adding the supposedly available 2021 Head of Zeus edition of "Time Traveler's Almanac" by the Vandermeers (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?870284 870284).

I and a friend are tracking this version and attempting to get an updated TOC from Head of Zeus or the Vandermeers that matches the 100 stories listed on the 2021 cover.

So far, we have been unsuccessful, with conflicting answers. At this point in time, it's not clear if there is really a 100 story version or if the 100 stories listed was in error.

Assuming that we eventually get an answer, I'll circle back and let you know, and propose a further edit if needed.

Best wishes. Dave888 11:18, 4 January 2022 (EST)

Hi, feel free to make any edits to the contents you see fit - I added this one as part of my project to try to pick up as many as possible of the new UK pubs that Fixer misses, and just cloned the contents based on the publisher's site indicating this is just a reissue of an earlier pub which had the same page count.

I do see that it missed the Dec 9th pub date, but this doesn't seem to have been acknowledged more officially - all the sources I've just checked still have that older date listed.

I got the impression that that publisher was putting out a number of reissued anthologies in December, of which this and the tp of Simon Ings' We Robots were the only ISFDB-relevant ones. Looking at the Amazon UK page linked in this tweet, it looks like all except those two got published per the schedule :-( ErsatzCulture 11:58, 4 January 2022 (EST)

Thanks. I'll make an edit when I really know what is actually going on here, and I'll let you know. If I cannot find out anything more definite within a few months, I'll add a note regarding the uncertainty, etc.Dave888 22:40, 4 January 2022 (EST)

Self-approving

I am tired of approving your stuff... :) A bit more seriously - if you would like to go for self-approval status, you'd have my vote for it. Just as a FYI :) Annie 13:52, 26 January 2022 (EST)

Same -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:17, 26 January 2022 (EST)

Thanks both. TBH, I don't mind having to wait for mods to approve my edits (doubtless I'll come to regret saying that when a bunch of my edits get get rejected or stick in the queue for multiple days ;-) but that's easier for me to say than other editors, as I don't generally touch magazines or anthologies that require more involved edits. (Although I have dozens of Adam Blade ebooks to add, that I've been putting off for months, as I didn't relish the multi-step hassle of doing novel->novella conversions on the existing entries beforehand...)

I try not to overload the queue with my edits, esp. when it's gone well into triple figures, but I appreciate that seemingly endless UK ebook pubs can't be the most interesting things that come up when processing the queue, so I don't mind taking that dubious responsibility off your hands.

One thing that I am a bit hesitant about though, is dealing with "borderline" titles. For stuff that's unclear - e.g. horrors that are vague about being gothic/psychological vs supernatural - I try to add appropriate title notes, but I feel better knowing that (in theory at least) there's a second pair of eyes giving such additions further examination. (Granted, this isn't without occasional issues ;-) As things currently stand, I've got more than enough backlogged unambiguous pubs to keep me busy for a long time, but if I'm doing self-moderation, then I'm more likely to get round to unclear stuff like this or stuff that may or may not cross the "threshold". I don't know whether bringing these up for discussion too frequently on Community Portal (or other pages) might get tiresome fairly quickly? ErsatzCulture 19:57, 26 January 2022 (EST)

Your choice. :) If you decide you want to, post on the Moderator board and the process will get started. :) If you rather spend some more time with moderators approving, so be it. You’ll get my vote whenever you are ready.

The DB leans towards inclusion - if the book has a chance of being genre, add it and add notes. If you are really troubled about a book, you know where my page is. Not that i am the authority - but because of Fixer, chances are I’ve seen the book, especially the new ones. :)Annie 20:11, 26 January 2022 (EST)

The Outlandish Companion: Volume Two

The cover says Volume 2, not Volume Two here. Do you have access to a title page? In either case a note is strongly recommended when the cover does not match our title. Annie 19:05, 4 February 2022 (EST)

Perhaps I should have copypasted and tweaked the note from the ebook I added a couple of weeks ago? (Amazon UK only has a preview for the ebook, not this hc, or a tp that's on my todo list.) ErsatzCulture 19:35, 4 February 2022 (EST)

If there is a discrepancy, always always always add a note :) Annie 19:39, 4 February 2022 (EST)