User talk:IanPercival

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Welcome to the fun!

Just saying welcome again :) Have fun with the DB. Annie 17:10, 15 January 2021 (EST)

Deathworld

Hi Ian,

Can you confirm that the title is "Deathworld 1" on the TITLE page (not the copyright page and not the cover). Thanks! Annie 17:15, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Hi Annie

Yes the Cover has Deathworld 1

The Spine AND the Title page - there are 3 books in the series Deathwork 1, 2, 3 - the other 2 are correctly entered - just this one is not —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IanPercival (talk • contribs) .

So... as it turned out we already have quite a few of those named properly: now here which had been just... left inside of the big title. Now I split them out and varianted as per the rules and I will work with the other owners of Sphere books to see if any of the others need also moving. Thanks for identifying this mess.

For the future - if there is a difference between cover, spine, copyright page and title page, we use the title page and we note the difference on the other 3 in the notes. In this case they were obviously the same so no notes to be added. As for why the others were correctly published - timing - by the second volume, everyone knows there is a second one. When the first one was published, it was not the case -- except for reprints which can decide between adding or not 1. Annie 20:04, 16 January 2021 (EST)

White Gold Wielder

About this book - are you sure it is different from this one? Annie 17:19, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Hi Annie oops My apologies - sorry somehow missed that one! Please cancel the updates! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IanPercival (talk • contribs) .

Will do. Happens. :) Annie 17:36, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Same question about this submission and this book? Annie 17:22, 16 January 2021 (EST)

This one they are not the same - my one has a price of 2.95 for example and is a later reprint? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IanPercival (talk • contribs) .

A later reprint won't carry the same date though. What is the date in your book? As this one is not verified, it is possible that we just have a wrong price in the DB... Annie 17:36, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Hi Annie - So my Blue Adept has price 2.95

vreprinted 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 so maybe is the one you showed except yours has incorrect price and does not have good publish notes... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IanPercival (talk • contribs) .

Price probably came from Locus1 and it is possible that there was/is a typo. Book in hand beats everything and this one is not verified so cancel the clone and edit the book we have. If this is the correct reprint, just fix it :) Annie 17:44, 16 January 2021 (EST)

OK - so I'll just update what you have there then!IanPercival 17:58, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Hi Annie - so I submitted changes for the original page. No Idea where they got the Feb Publish month from so I just left that as is...IanPercival 18:05, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Locus1 - it has the months :) Approved the edit and added a line on Locus1 and the month. You can verify now. :) Annie 19:39, 16 January 2021 (EST)

About this one - the 1977 in the notes here sounds like a typo - the date is the correct 1976. Let me check with the PVs. Annie 17:25, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Yes I only added the new one as the dates were different - if just a typo on the original then fair enough.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IanPercival (talk • contribs) .

Let me check with one of the PVs who seems to be around - if there is a difference in the pages, we need to note that :) On a separate note - please check the very first message on this page and see how to sign your messages (makes it easier to follow things. Annie 17:38, 16 January 2021 (EST)

oh sorry missed that - testing signing IanPercival 17:44, 16 January 2021 (EST)

No worries :) That's better. See how I am adding colons to make the conversation flow? That's a manual thing - so let's try that next time as well - one additional colon for an answer to a previous comment (compared to what you are answering to). :) Annie 17:46, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Confirmed typo on "Halcyon Drift" - see here. So let's cancel the clone, I had fixed the typo. Thanks for identifying it! Let me know if you want to cancel your old edit on your own or if you want me to (you can do it from Your Pending page. Annie 19:39, 16 January 2021 (EST)

Dune

This seems to be the same as existing Dune? Or am I missing a difference? If it is the same - edit the existing :) Annie 18:21, 17 January 2021 (EST)

I'm unsure if the same - My Publish history is lifted from the Copyright page and is slightly different - though looks like the original you are showing is incomplete anyway as no price shown. Up to you - if you want me to just update that original I'm fine with that! IanPercival 06:53, 18 January 2021 (EST)

Brontomek!

Regarding your note here: In such cases, you can go to an active PV Talk page and leave them a message to clarify. In this case, Dirk is around so I left a message here. Next time feel free to do the same on your own. If none of the PVs seems active, you can post in instead to see if someone else may have the book or can get access to it. Annie 18:27, 17 January 2021 (EST)

Nightfall Two

This looks like this one? If so, just add the price and image and more notes if needed. If not, can you point me to the difference? :) Annie 18:31, 17 January 2021 (EST)