User talk:JLochhas/Archive 03

Marcos Mongo

Hello John, can you have a look at this request (IIRC these were some of your submissions that I've approved). Thanks. Hauck 08:39, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Linking to non-records

Re this publication: I can't think of any reason to link to a website which doesn't contain data about the publication. What was the purpose of the links to OCLC and DNB? Mhhutchins|talk 19:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The idea was to 'prepare' the record and make it easier for completing it later on. If you feel that it's irritating / not a good idea then I am happy to drop it. I thought it was clear that with the 'no entry' reference that the link is dead. JLochhas 19:45, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Dan Shocker / W. K. Giesa

Dan Shocker appears to be a real person. Can you confirm that this book was credited to Shocker, but written by W. K. Giesa? Mhhutchins|talk 07:16, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

It's really a pseudonym that was introduced for and by Jürgen Grasmück, but was used also by other hands. I guess it should be made into a pseudonym that is used by the various people, and not connected solely to one real person (Grasmück). Stonecreek 07:31, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

I assumed, incorrectly I suppose, that anyone with a birthplace, a birthdate and a deathdate was a real person. Shouldn't this have been straightened out before it reached this number of titles, and brought to an editor's attention by someone other than me who doesn't have the slightest idea of who, or what, is "Dan Shocker"? Mhhutchins|talk 08:33, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Stonecreek, you're probably right, although there seem to be only a handful of novellas that were not written by Grasmück under the Shocker name - and several hundred that were. Nonetheless that's the only sensible option. JLochhas 12:57, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, working on bibliographies has its occasional surprises. As far as I know, the pseudonym was dreamed up by Grasmück and intended for his personal use only. In the chinks of the pulp machine, it seems that it became necessary to draw in other authors to meet some deadlines. It may also be possible to use 'Jay Grams' or 'Jürgen Grasse', which were also used by Grasmück. You seem to know more than we do, John. So please go ahead. Christian Stonecreek 13:36, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

If I really know more is to be proven - I'll take the necessary actions. Jürgen Grasse will be the name as there seem to be more titles than for Jay Grams. John. JLochhas 14:52, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Der Leibhaftige

Re this publication: You should include all pages in the page count field which contain fiction, not just the novel. Also, is the author of the short story credited as "unknown", or is it not credited? If the latter, it should be credited in the ISFDB record as "uncredited". Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 01:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

You're right, thanks, it should be uncredited, all amendments are made. JLochhas 20:45, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Wilfred A. Hary / W. A. Hary

Would you be able to help with this inquiry? (I saw that you'd created records recently for this author.) Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 19:20, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Publication dates for Terra Astra

Hello, John! I came to a different conclusion for these dates. It seems that Terra Astra #1 was published simultaneously with Perry Rhodan #521, not #520. The schedule would start one week after the publication of Terra Nova #190 (as announced in various ads). Also, the issues of Terra Astra that I have share the same ads on their back covers and similar ones on their inner cover pages with the respective issues of Perry Rhodan.

Do you have any evidence at hand for the initial notes? If not, let's take a joint action to correct the dates (shall I begin with the issues I own?). Christian Stonecreek 08:58, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, I'll try to check it this week. Cheers, John. JLochhas 13:01, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Okay! Stonecreek 15:04, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Christian, you're right - but it's only a typo in the comment field, I have checked the date reference and THAT is correct. Please check to confirm. PR 521 was published on 20-Aug-71 assuming a weekly publication from 8-Sep-61. I am still stuck at identifying the week in which there must have been 2 numbers. So far it looks as if this was pre #200 and not post #500. Will Keep you posted... John. JLochhas 20:16, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, John, it seems that whatever source you used as date reference is wrong: assuming a weekly publication, PR 521 was published on 27-Aug-71. I spent part of the last months to check various sources and take a look at possible parallel publications: the quintessence is that the week in question must have been in the Spring of 1972. I'll begin to change the dates of publication later this week if there's no additional evidence, because I'm right now in the process of entering, verifying and correcting Moewig digests from the year 1971. By the way, what is your date reference? Christian Stonecreek 09:20, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, perhaps I still had sleep in my eyes when I responded this morning. Yes, by conventional counting you are right, adding 520 weeks to 8-Sep-61 arrives at 27-Aug-71. Clearly my misreading.

I am still not happy with the date itself because of the missing week phenomenon. I'm checking old Science Fiction Times editions with the hope of finding more evidence. More tomorrow (hopefully). John. JLochhas 18:34, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi John, I do think that the riddle is solved (at least for the actual publication month of the surplus PR), please take a look at the note I left for the year 1972. The final hint actually was the one that originated from this discussion item, leading to the calculation of June, 2nd, 1972 as day of publication for issue #561, the first of six issues that have stated "Juni 1972". And I think it somewhat more likely that the extra issue was published at the end of this June, making it a Summer of 1972 publication, not a Spring one as I mused above. Thanks for the hint, Christian Stonecreek 10:11, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Original title

Hi John, I assume that The Castaway [1] isn't the orginal title. Rudolf Rudam 22:24, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf, you're totally right. I've submitted the correction. Thanks, John. JLochhas 06:14, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Simak collection

Please add the contents to this record when you get a chance. Importing them from a similar edition may be the best way to do it. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 02:22, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Change made - please have a look if it fits the Standard. JLochhas 13:04, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Dämonenkiller (II)

Hello, I've approved your submissions and took the liberty to merge the already existing titles (not all were present). Hope that is OK. Hauck 14:49, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, that saves me some work! JLochhas 14:50, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Sterbendes Land Utopia

Hi John. I updated the notes concerning the cover artist in this pub. Hubert Peregrin 09:33, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Hubert! JLochhas 11:35, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Gemini SF

Hi, John! I'd like to begin to add this series from Kelter. Do you have any advice on the publishing dates for the respective no.s? I understand that they were published every fortnight, likely beginning in January of 1976, but that's about all I know about the schedule. Christian Stonecreek 12:50, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, sorry, but right now I cannot confirm any dates. I'm waiting for the resp. Science Fiction Times editions to be available online. With them and the library in Wetzlar I should be able to confirm proper dates... John. JLochhas 19:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Wrong ISBN

Hi John, it seems that you enter the wrong ISBN numbers [2], [3] and [4] Rudolf Rudam 11:27, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf, I've cross-checked and can't spot the error. Please help. John JLochhas 12:18, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi John, I've desperately researched but can't find the source of the ISBN in Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Where do you find this ISBN? Perhaps I've a blind spot. Rudolf Rudam 13:33, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, you two! To me there also doesn't appear to be a fault with the stated ISBNs. Or is it that they aren't represented at DNB? If so, that's quite puzzling, but it does seem that the institution isn't supplied with copies of the publications. I would have thought that this is a necessary move for the publisher, but maybe this isn't the case. Stonecreek 14:05, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

The comment statement is a copy-paste error and needs to be corrected. Doing so right now. - It seems, at least, that DNB is either nor eceiving books - or with a delay. The first of the Zaubermond 'Planetenromane' is now available but I don't recall the entry in August 2015 when I made the entry. JLochhas 15:08, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation! Rudam 15:26, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

333

Hello John, could it be that you switched the editor (Florian Marzin) with the title (333)? Rudam 21:17, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf, yup, bad capture... JLochhas 22:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

I'll approve it and change it. Rudam 05:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Different Translations

Hi John, I'll unmerge from this title Das Chronoskop the story from this publication Wenn die Sterne verlöschen, because it is a different translation. Rudolf 18:45, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Same initial situation: I'll unmerge from this title Die in der Tiefe the story from the publication Die Verschwender vom Mars because it is also a different translation. Rudolf Rudam 19:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Straße nach Andromeda and other Perry Rhodan hardcovers

It appears that these volumes were actually uncredited upon first publication (and so I'm in the process of changing them, and did so for your verified ebook - I hope that was the right thing to do). I started entering them with perrypedia as source without having any of the books in hand, but upon taking a look at some of them in a secondhand book store, I saw that it was not how they were credited. Christian Stonecreek 08:14, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, I was about to write the same to you... we can split up the work if you like! JLochhas 13:20, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Fine! Please just state what's your preferred area would be. Christian Stonecreek 17:10, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

I won't really get around to it until the weekend, so why don't you pick nos 1 - 17 and I'll take 18 - 33. John JLochhas 18:51, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Okay with me! But I saw that you changed as well the title to 'uncredited' for #31. I'd guess we would enter a parent title credited to the actual authors as with Straße nach Andromeda. If so, it's more effective to change the credit for the publication to 'uncredited', unmerge this and then to variant it to the existing (now publicationless) title: this way you don't have to enter the authors anew. Christian Stonecreek 07:52, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Editing author fields

If you're going to change the author field of a publication, you have to change both the author field of the publication record and its title record. If there's only one publication of that work, both can be done in a single submission. I've followed up your edits of several publications in subsequent submissions to make the author fields match. Mhhutchins|talk 05:49, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

It seems that you, Michael, may have interferred with John's plan (see the discussion item above). Christian Stonecreek 07:54, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Schweres Schlachtschiff der Maahks

Hello, John. I've put your submission for changing the date of this interior art on hold. If this is the same art as the original the date shouldn't be changed. Do you know that it differs from the original? Christian Stonecreek 04:07, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, ok. I was more under the belief that as the 1986 renamed version is a variant of the 1971 original it would automatically take on its date. JLochhas 10:05, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Only if there's an addition or change in the graphic, a change of title doesn't alter the essence of the art; it's analogous to texts, where a mere change of title doesn't alter its essence. Christian Stonecreek 12:20, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Creating variant = creating pseudonym

If you create a variant (like this one) for an author which has no pseudonym relationship, you must make a subsequent submission to make the variant's author into a pseudonym of the parent author. You do not have to wait until the submission has been accepted. This isn't done automatically. If you look at the page for Barbara Armistead you'll see no titles, because you failed to make her into a pseudonym. Please do that when you get a chance, and remember that it must be done anytime a pseudonym/canonical author relationship hasn't been previously established. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 06:36, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Before you create the pseudonym: what was your source for the contents and the author credit? Neither of the sources you give in the Note field give the contents. Mhhutchins|talk 06:39, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Michael, thanks for pointing out the missing pseudonym. It is now corrected and the source has been added to the notes. JLochhas 10:00, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Soldaten für Kahalo = Expedition der Mausbiber ?

Can you confirm that the two publications varianted to this title are the same work? If so, is there a reason to give it the latter title, and not the first one? Mhhutchins|talk 22:07, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Another concern: the note in this record says to see the title link, but I can't find to what it's referring. Mhhutchins|talk 22:10, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Same question about the note in this record. Mhhutchins|talk 22:11, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

The two publications are the same work and the title is chosen following the logic at Perrypedia. The first two books of the Bertelsmann Book Club edition received new titles when the Perry Rhodan rights owner Pabel-Moewig went on to republish the novels in print and as ebooks.
As to the missing links: they were on today's schedule... JLochhas 04:54, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Cover artist source

Hi John! I've just verified these two pubs: Flucht vom Planet der Affen and Die Schlacht um den Planet der Affen. You noted that no cover artist is credited but named Nikolai Lutohin as the cover artist. What is your source? Rudolf Rudam 06:20, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf! I have had a first check through my records and although I am sure to have it in my vaults I cannot easily extract the evidence. As per style the pictures are unique Lutohins. I'll keep digging. John JLochhas 11:28, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Rote Sonne über Darkover

Hello, I've approved your submission for this pub. Can you confirm that "Diana L. Paxon" and not the usual "Diana L. Paxson" is credited for the first story? If so, you'll need to create a pseudonym and a variant. Thanks. Hauck 10:08, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting the typo, it's now corrected. JLochhas 11:24, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Typo in "Wie entstand eigentlich die Vamir-Reihe [...]"

Possible typo "Vamir" instead of "Vampir" in this title record and the derived variant title record. I'm writing this on your talk page because you verified the only publication of the title.

I spotted this while fascinatedly browsing Jason Dark and other genre titles and publications, after discovering, quite by accident, that we record this German horror stuff here in the ISFDB. Is there a reason why we have Dämonenkiller and John Sinclair, but no Tony Ballard stories? I believe I have some old Sinclair and Ballard booklets from the 1980ies somewhere in the basement - maybe I will contribute something once I'm finished with my SF stuff (in a few years time ☺).

Happy demon slaying, Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 22:29, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

[30 seconds later] Never mind, I found the Tony Ballard stuff ☺ Patrick -- Herzbube ^Talk 22:32, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

The possible typo is / was a true type - and now corrected. Thanks for spotting it! JLochhas 05:48, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Geschlechterkampf auf Darkover(?) by Heide/Heidi Staschen

Can you add any insight to this discussion when you get the time? Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 22:43, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

"Second German edition, first printing"

What is the source for this statement in the Note field of this record? I've never seen a similar statement in a publication, but I notice that you use it, or a variation of it, quite frequently. Mhhutchins|talk 20:07, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I can reword it, it's supposed to state that it's the first printing for a given publication series and number. JLochhas 20:09, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps rewording it might make it less confusing. In the example, I give above, the same title was released just a couple of years before by the same publisher with the same page count. This usually indicates that it's the same edition, just another printing. That would have been indicated on the copyright page by many publishers, even if the ISBN, catalog number, or artwork had changed. It's best not to assume anything that's not stated, unless there is a reliable secondary source to back up the statement. For example, just because it's the first record for a paperback edition in the ISFDB, it wouldn't be prudent to note "First paperback edition" unless that is actually stated in the publication. And considering some publishers' statements like this have been discovered to be wrong, it's better to just record the statement as published. Mhhutchins|talk 22:03, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

SCIENCE FICTION

Are the titles in this one and others a design choice? If so, then you should use standard capitalization rules. Mhhutchins|talk 18:46, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Converting a NOVEL to a CHAPBOOK

Re this publication: You should have changed the NOVEL content record to SHORTFICTION, and added a CHAPBOOK content record. By doing the reverse, all of the series data transferred to the CHAPBOOK, when it should have been part of the SHORTFICTION title. The instructions are here. Do you wish to clean up the record and its parent title or would you like me to do it? Mhhutchins|talk 18:50, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the easier way. I was prepared for the cleaning up and I am at it too. JLochhas 19:47, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Am Abgrund der Zeit

Hi John! Are there two stories with the same title in this Sammelband? Rudam 19:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf! Nope, just bad copy-paste. Corrected now... JLochhas 19:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Retter eines Planeten

Hello, John! This publication had to be changed to CHAPBOOK as it turned out that the original is only a NOVELLA, see here. Christian Stonecreek 14:12, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Christian! JLochhas 16:45, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Nekht Semerkeht

Hello, can you confirm the author of this text as "offut" and not the usual "offutt". If it's the case, you'll need to create a pseudonymistic relationship between Offut and Offutt. Thanks for checking.Hauck 17:06, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, thanks, your finding overlapped with my correction... JLochhas 17:20, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Gespenster-Krimi, #44: Der Schattenmann

Hello, I've approved a bunch of your submissions for Gespenster-Krimi. I've seen that only Der Schattenmann is given as a NOVEL (the other contents are SHORTFICTIONs). Is it OK for you? Hauck 10:13, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for approving the submissions - and thanks for pointing out the potential inconsistency. Der Schattenmann is the (abridged) translation of a Fanthorpe's The Shadow Man, so the classification as NOVEL is intended. Cheers. JLochhas 11:52, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Geisterjäger John Sinclair

Hello, can you have a look at this series? It appears in one of our cleanup report because it mixes MAGAZINEs & NOVELs type titles. If you think that they're two separate series a disambiguation of one of them is in order. Thanks. Hauck 12:51, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Approved, thanks a lot. Hauck 17:21, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Combining magazine issue titles

Sorry, it is too late now to save you the work, but so you know for the future: If you have a bunch of magazine issues with distinct titles and want to combine them into a single annual editor record, all you need to do is edit one of them to have the name you want. Then merge them all in one submission, keeping that year-based name. There is no need to edit each title to have the year-based name first (merging deletes all but one title anyway, so any editing of the title text prior to the merge will be discarded). --MartyD 10:42, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Non-ISBNs in ISBN/Catalog # field

When you put anything other than an ISBN in a publication's ISBN/Catalog # field, you should put a "#" at the beginning. E.g., "#GK001", not "GK001". I fixed these in the submissions that I just accepted, but it would be good to not have to do such fixes in the future. :-) Thanks. --MartyD 11:08, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Gespenster-Krimi Extra-Ausgabe: Mit den Insekten kam das Grauen

I am going to accept your Gespenster-Krimi Extra-Ausgabe: Mit den Insekten kam das Grauen submission, but I suggest you add a comma: Gespenster-Krimi, Extra-Ausgabe: Mit den Insekten kam das Grauen. The magazine grid works by finding the comma in the publication title and displaying everything that follows the comma. See this. If there is no comma, this issue will not be displayed correctly when you add it to the series (whether you merge the title with the appropriate "Gespenster-Krimi - 19xx" or add this title to the series on its own). So I would make it consistent with the way all of the other issues have been entered, with a comma before the issue number; here, "Extra-Ausgabe" functions as the issue number. --MartyD 14:01, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Jason Dark & Frank deLorca

Hello, there are some titles attributed to those authors that need to be varianted. Can you have a look? Thanks. Hauck 16:19, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Combinging editor records by year

Hi. A work-saving tip for you: When you want to combine EDITOR records into a single record for a year, you do not need to edit each title individually first. Make one record be the way you want ("xxx - YYYY" with date YYYY-00-00), and then find all of the records using either Show All Titles or Advanced Search and do "Merge Titles", keeping the "xxx - YYYY", YYYY-00-00, and the series membership. Editing each title separately first is a bit of wasted effort: the merge will discard all but one value anyway. --MartyD 14:59, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Oops. I see I've given you this hint before. I apologize for the repetition. You are certainly free/welcome to do the individual edits first if that is easier for you! --MartyD 15:00, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the suggestion and there's no need to apologize... JLochhas 15:20, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Im Tempel der Dämonen

Hello, you submitted twice the same content for different issues here and there. A mistake? Hauck 16:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it's a mistake - and about to be corrected, too. Thanks for spotting it! JLochhas 16:20, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

variant of cover art

Hello John! Are you sure that this cover [5] is a variant of this cover [6]? Rudolf Rudam 11:50, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

IMHO the problem is that the cover of #3 is the same as #2 and that it in fact should be this one. Hauck 12:03, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Absolutely right - and amended. Thanks for spotting the error. JLochhas 12:39, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Dämonenkiller - 1985

Hello John, I took the liberty to put this title in the "Dämonenkiller (2. Aufl.)" magazine series (it appeared on a cleanup report), I hope not to have made a mistake. Hauck 09:17, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Not at all - thanks for your help! JLochhas 09:20, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Duplicate ISBN

Hello John, can you confirm (if possible) that this pub and that one have the same ISBN? Thanks. Hauck 08:57, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Now corrected. Thanks for pointing out the error! JLochhas 04:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Hauck 09:16, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

SF-Perry-Rhodan-Sonderheft, Nr. 4

Hello John, I've approved your submission but IMHO the interview with Richard Rossbach should be changed to an essay as is usual with persons not associated with the (writing part of the) field, which will avoid to have an "author" that is only here because of its interview. Hauck 10:36, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, good point, I should have kept that in mind. Now corrected. JLochhas 10:54, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Das Korps der Mutanten

Hi. Just checking whether Das Korps der Mutanten is really an ESSAY or should be something else. It has both an odd title for an essay and its own interiorart, so I thought I should ask. Thanks. --MartyD 11:17, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it's an essay about mutants in the Perry Rhodan series. JLochhas 11:20, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Ich, Jeremy Snork, Raumwächter

Cover scan upload for this pub --Zapp 14:17, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! --JLochhas 12:40, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Linking reviews

Hello John, can you link the two "orphan" reviews in this pub. Thanks. Hauck 05:47, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the publications, I've linked to the reviews. Hauck 17:59, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Pseudonyms (Rohr, Coover, Dubina)

Hello, I've put your submissions on hold. Can you explain a bit more what you're trying to do? For the moment we've got a canonical name (Wolf Detlef Rohr) with some pseudonyms (W. D. Rohr , Wayne Coover , Allan Reed) attached. Are you implyng that some titles attributed to Rohr via its pseudonyms are written by another author (Dubina)? Thanks. Hauck 17:51, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Yes, there have been rumours all along that the Wayne Coover pseudonym was a house name of Publisher Dörner, and user by both Wolf Detlef Rohr and Peter Dubina. Alfred Wallon, the owner to the late Peter Dubina's rights has started publishing Dubina's sf novels under his proper Name. I have just added the first novel - and will add corresponding comments to W. D. Rohr too. Thanks. JLochhas 17:55, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

OK, thanks, approved. I've also approved Tödliche Sterne but you put the publisher also in the ISBN field, I've blanked it. Hauck 17:57, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Dragon 23 or 21

Is this publication Dragon 21 or 23? Hauck 10:17, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Gevaar voor de Mensheid, Tödliche Küsse, and Grüne Krankheit

Hi. What is your source for changing Gevaar voor de Mensheid from a variant of Grüne Krankheit to a variant of Tödliche Küsse? this and this seem to corroborate the current relationship, although I cannot tell if they are simply reflecting bad data from ISFDB. I could not, however, find anything linking it to Tödliche Küsse. Thanks. --MartyD 11:20, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi, my source is this page at sf-leihbuch.de. Grüne Krankheit was the title of the 1958 reprint of Tödliche Küsse. I have meanwhile added that title for approval and will include the above link for reference. Cheers -- JLochhas 18:45, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Ok, that sounds good to me. I accepted it. Thanks. --MartyD 00:55, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Gegner im Dunkel

Would you please double check this COVERART record? The images for these two pubs don't match even though it is a single record. In addition, the title on the cover of the second pub doesn't seem to match the publication title. Did you happen to upload the wrong image? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:21, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting, the right Image was uploaded alright - but the wrong link was inserted. Now corrected! --JLochhas 07:35, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Balladen des Todes

Hello, I've approved your submission for this title. You gave it as an ebook, it's quite early for such a format, can you confirm? Hauck 14:42, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for ypotting, it should have been captured as a hardcover. Now corrected.... --JLochhas 14:48, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Ron Kelly

Hello John, I took the liberty to create a magazine series "John Kelly (magazine)" to recieve your recent submissions, hope I was right. Hauck 12:46, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

And thanks a lot for doing so!! --JLochhas 12:46, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

I've used another method to order the 1985 year (you assigned a series # which was not very esthetic). Do you agree? Hauck 13:41, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Better indeed - thank you! JLochhas 13:44, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Zauberkreis Science Fiction

Hello John, I see that you're in the process of changing this series of CHAPBOOKs into a MAGAZINE one. Note that we usually use "Editors of XXXX" instead of "uncredited" for the Editor field. You'll also will have to choose a proper name for this magazine, it's up to you! Hauck 14:38, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

thanks for the Support --JLochhas 14:42, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Just that I and other verifiers don't see this as a magazine: as far as I know there were only unconnected novellas published, or am I missing something? Christian Stonecreek 19:18, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Also, what is your source for the exact days of publication? Lexikon der Science Fiction Literatur 2 says that this publisher had a special system of distribution: the whole bunch of publication were published at the beginning of each month. Stonecreek 04:05, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

The special mode of publication was approx. for the first year. When I started buying the magazine in the early 1980s it was being published on a 4-weekly schedule. I reconfirmed the publication dates mainly via #294 and #295 that were both published in October 1985. --JLochhas 05:38, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

But this may have been due to the new owner who would have imposed his own mode of distribution for sure. Lexikon der Science Fiction Literatur 2 lists only 12 publications for several years, which would make out a monthly schedule.

True, it could, but I bought the series back in those days and ZSF was indeed published once every four weeks. JLochhas 14:45, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

And again, there seems to be no content that would make this into a magazine instead of a series of chapbooks. In the beginning I even had some difficulty to view Perry Rhodan as a magazine, though in that case the additional contents like Report, the letter column and the structure of plot-outline-based novellas by the 'expocrats' clearly mark it as such. It does seem that in Germany only the science fiction digests of the PR universe & the ones by Bastei published with and after Die Terranauten and very few others have those attributes (or a significant subset). Stonecreek 10:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

It would be nice if we had a uniform way of treating these publications. Right now it is that Perry Rhodan, Atlan, Mythor and the likes are magazines, whereas Terra, Terra Astra etc. that don't or only seldomly have recurring characters should be a series of chapterbooks? Where do we draw the line? JLochhas 14:45, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, it depends on the content (and the context of editing as by 'expocrats'): a typical magazine would be Analog. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, or phantastisch! in Germany; also the term 'Magazine' in the title or subtitle may give a hint. The more a publication differs from the ideal magazine the more likely it is not a magazine. Recurring protagonists per se only constitute a title series, just like Harry Potter. Hope that helps. Christian Stonecreek 15:36, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

But it seems that you are right about the schedule: just 12 installations per year wouldn't add up to 294 no.s in October of 1985. Stonecreek 19:43, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Terra TB

The cover artist of this pub is indeed Peter Mühldorfer. The original artwork is signed. See there. --Zapp 19:08, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

And this cover art is the same as that one. So the artist should be indeed George Jones. --Zapp 19:15, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Perfect - thanks a ton! --JLochhas 19:30, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

But the original artwork for TB 247 is not credited or signed. See there. --Zapp 19:46, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Cocos Opfergang

I have approved your recent submission, but I suppose "<4" is a typo for "|4" ? I left it just in case it was intentional (?), but otherwise you might want to correct it. Thanks, Linguist 09:01, 31 August 2016 (UTC).

Thanks for spotting and pointing it out the typo! Now corrected... --JLochhas 09:04, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Verifying publications

Re: The early Perry Rhodan issues (but the following holds in general). If you're verifying publications this is only meaningful if you take a look at what is incorporated in it and also, if the pub. and the notes need to be modified or added to. At the least, sentences like 'The page numbering likely starts on the first interior (third) page.' or phrases like 'Data from' have to be modified, as you now can determine what is the case and you become the source for the data.

Also, as we catalogue the artists as they are stated (with the possible exception of downright typos), it seems that most of these issues state 'H. J. Bruck' instead of the canonical 'Johnny Bruck'. This also needs adaptation. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 10:19, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Perry Rhodan universe: Two items

1) I'd think that #2058 would have been co-edited by Hartmut Kasper, as should be stated in the copyright section of the Journal.

2) Also, I'd say that the pub. series 'Atlan-Blauband' isn't stated as such anywhere in one of the respective publications. If so, another name should be chosen, for example just 'Atlan'. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 09:29, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

2a) I have updated the Atlan Traversan anthologies to meet some of the ISFDB standards: the illustrations should have the titles of the works they illustrate and as the Straumann art illustrates novellas, the titles of those were correct. Also the editor shouldn't be the combined authors of the novellas, they were assembled by another hand. As Frick wrote the prefaces I assumed that he was the one in question (if you think otherwise, you should leave it at uncredited). The original publication dates of the novellas should have been incorporated in to the entries. Thanks, Stonecreek 12:51, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

I'll amend the dates. And that also means that some other anthologies require cleaning up. Will take care of that. Thanks, JLochhas 10:19, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! As Perrypedia seems to provide the original interior illustrations, see here for an example, it may be possible to determine if and where in the Traversan anthologies they were used. Stonecreek 12:54, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

OMNIBUSes in OMNIBUSes

Hello John, can you have a look at this publication and that one that you created. They are both OMNIBUSES that contains other OMNIBUSES which is not allowed. If correct, please delete the superfluous omnibus reccord and replace it by its contents. Thanks. Hauck 10:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Sure, will do so. JLochhas 13:00, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Hauck 14:02, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Two Atlan editor record changes

Hi. I have a question and a couple of comments about the two proposed Atlan editor record changes that I have on hold. In each of these, you are making the main story's author an additional editor of the magazine. Are those authors in fact editors of those issues? I tried to do some research but was unable to find anything to help me. Your rewording of the titles suggests to me there will be more issues from 1998 and 2003 that will be associated with these editor records -- will those also have the same pair of people as editors? Also, you did not change the editor credits on the publications themselves, so if the editor credit change on the titles is correct, those will need to be changed to match. Thanks. --MartyD 11:34, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Let me explain it. In those 'mini series' of magazines it was practice to have the 'expocrats' write the respective starting novellas. The 'expocrats' are the ones who write the plot outlines on which the novellas of the series are based. As in the main 'Perry Rhodan' series (of which these are offsprings), those expocrats are considered as editors as the novellas are the main contents of the magazines. They only were credited regularly in the mid- to end-Seventies, but are so occasionally in some issues and at Perrypedia. I hope that helps, Marty. Christian Stonecreek 15:12, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. I have accepted them. But I think the credit on the two publications should still be changed -- the editor records and the publication records associated with them should not have different authors/editors credited. --MartyD 16:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Das große Perry-Rhodan-Fanbuch

Hi John! I've accepted your submission but changed this title [7] and this title [8] from short fiction into essay. Rudolf Rudam 12:25, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf, thank you! JLochhas 12:37, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Forrest J. Ackerman vs Forrest J. Ackermann

Hi, you are the sole verifier for Forrest J. Ackermann, whose name bears an uncanny resemblance to Forrest J. Ackerman. Is Forrest J. Ackermann a German author working under a pseudonym, or is it a typo? Note that -from the publication years of his essays- Forrest J. Ackerman was active in Germany in the late 1950ies.--Dirk P Broer 10:43, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Dirk, thanks for spotting the typo and strange that I missed it. Now it's corrected! Thanks. JLochhas 10:52, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, it seems all goodnes comes in three: Wer in der Welt Science Fiction liest, kennt auch Forrest J. Ackermann is another instance of 'nn'.--Dirk P Broer 12:46, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Varianting interior art

Hello John, just FYI, I'm approving your submissions for interior art variantings of the german Galaxy but note that there may be some errors in proceeding like this (without physically comparing the two artworks), that was the case with the french version of Galaxy where, having both issues (US & French), I've found that some illustrations were either modified (e.g. splitted) or printed out of original sequence (e.g. illustration [2] was inserted in third place in the french magazine). Hauck 08:27, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, luckily I can confirm that I have actually compared the interior art with that of the US edition(s). The American mags are all available as scans at archive.org. Cheers, John JLochhas 08:53, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Nice job, thanks. Hauck 09:26, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Page count in Tödliche Träume

Hi. I accepted your Tödliche Träume submission, but the page count (94) does not match the notes ("...novel ends on unnumbered page 95..."). If the 95 in the notes is correct, then the page count should be 95, not 94. In a case where there is no number on the final page(s) of the text, we count forward from the last numbered page. Thanks. --MartyD 10:42, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Interior art and notes for Perry Rhodan magazine

Hello, John! As I'm trying to determine the interior art for some issues, I'd like to begin with PR #5. I have the corresponding issue of the '2. Auflage' at hand and would like to ask if you can add the art of your issue and determine if all pieces are the same. In mine (1) is Crest and Rhodan(?) at hypno-lecturing, (2) is PR firing through a door, (3) is a street scene seen from the inside of a car, (4) shows Rhodan flying, and (5) shows Rhodan and Mercant in the latter's bureau.

Also, the notes for that issue (and others) still refers to external sources. Christian Stonecreek 08:47, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

I think I initially added the notes for #1, which were taken from the 1988 reprint (the notes still state so). If the pages are correct, the art pieces could also be added. Thanks, Stonecreek 08:51, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

No sweat, I should be through the the 1960/61 Terra digests in about two weeks with the cleanup of the subsequent publications to follow. Will drop you a note once this is done. John JLochhas 08:54, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I'll patiently wait. Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 08:55, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Here we go: The first edition has six illustrations, the first on page 1 showing Perry Rhodan (?) approaching with gun in hand. They must have dropped this one for the subsequent editions when Moewig redesigned the title page. - I have added the art pieces to the first Edition. Cheers, John JLochhas 21:22, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, John! Meanwhile I changed the dates of the interior arts to their first appearances for #1 of 3. Ausgabe. As the art is the same it should be dated to its first appearance / publication. Thanks,Christian Stonecreek 11:46, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Atlantis 'Verlag' and cover images

I have one submission on hold for adding a publication to the program of 'Atlantis Verlag', which is only 'Atlantis' for the majority of publications. I'll immediately approve of it, but please do change the other publications you added.

I also rejected the addition of new cover images for E. C. Tubb titles, which didn't seem to add any change to the ones already displayed. It's possible to link to an existing image if there's no difference (that way we can use disk resources more efficiently). Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 09:01, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

(That's why you can choose to stick to a cover art when cloning a publication). Stonecreek 10:16, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Das Reich in der Tiefe

Hello John, perhaps there's a duplicate here. Can you have a look? Thanks. Hauck 17:47, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

It's only me being clumsy... submitted the publication with a wrong title. Thanks for spotting. - John JLochhas 17:52, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Perry Rhodan issues #s 1316-1320

I just added the respective links to Perrypedia (for those who wish to get more information). Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 09:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Default language

Hello John, it seems that your default language is set to "english" as some of your update to PR covers assign them this language if none is present.Hauck 12:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Generic titles

Sorry, that I had to reject some of your submissions (and that some of your work seems to have been in vain), but the help pages are quite clear about this: The title of a non-fiction piece of the ESSAY type may have a standard, or generic, title, such as "Introduction", "Editorial", "About the Author", "Foreword", or several other similar titles. If an author has written many "Introduction"s over their career, their bibliography will show several identical titles, with the only way to distinguish them is clicking on each one to find out its publication history. For this reason, you should parenthetically append the container title (title of the novel, collection, anthology, etc) to the title of the essay. And the title ain't the one generated by the publication series. Christian Stonecreek 20:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Werkstattband

For whatever reason the year of publication (as taken from Perrypedia) seems to be mistaken: I'd determine the month to December 1986 as there's an ad for the hardcover in Perry Rhodan #1321 (Mid-December 1986) and statement of recent publication in Perry Rhodan #1326 (Leserkontaktseite). If you have no objection I'll change it and add a corresponding note. Christian Stonecreek 20:18, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, no issue, please go ahead! Thanks. John JLochhas 20:58, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Okay, will do! Stonecreek 21:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Himmlische Ritter der Tiefe

Added a short fiction record to Himmlische Ritter der Tiefe as all chapbooks must have a short fiction record. You wish to add the page number and set the specific length (novella, novelette, shortstory) as appropriate. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 14:42, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Perfect, and thank you! JLochhas 12:19, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Adding maps

Hello, John! According to the help pages' The format for titling maps is "Title of Work (map)", for example: Brightness Reef (map) I have changed the corresponding titles for your recent additions of 'Dragon' magazines (thanks for adding those!). We also use it as addition for maps that are in fact titled, such as 'Die Länder der bekannten Welt (map)'. This rule is mandatory for the future project of sorting out general non-language art (most pieces) and language-based art (such as most cartoons and the maps), which could be translated. So, if you know of any other maps that you may have added in previous times: could you please go back and change them accordingly? Thanks, Christian Stonecreek 04:20, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Also, for #s 1 and 4 of the magzine the source for the cover artists is missing. Stonecreek 04:34, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Christian, thank you, will Keep it in mind. John. JLochhas 09:16, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Dragon Submissions

I accepted your recent Dragon submission, but had some questions:

• Dragon, #13: Die Horden der Nacht Cover Artist - The notes include "This is the last number with cover art by Eddie Jones." and "The cover art is not credited, there is no visible signature." There is also not cover artist assigned. If Jones is the artist, than then there should be a cover artist record and a source for that credit should be given.
• Dragon, #13: Die Horden der Nacht and Dragon, #14: Im Zeichen des Mondes Editors - Both of these credit Ernst Vlcek, but the notes include "The copyright section states Schelwokat as the editor." Which is correct?

Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:34, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Importing

When entering the same content into different editions of the same publication (as you did here and here), you may wish to consider adding to one and importing into the other (once the first is approved). That avoids having to merge the individual titles which would reduce your work load (2 edits vs. 6 for this case). -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:16, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! JLochhas 21:19, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Star Gate

Hi, John! I just saw that it's Die verschollenen Abenteuer on the cover, but Die verlorenen Abenteuer in the entry. The difference is worth a note (or a correction). Just thinking aloud. Christian Stonecreek 18:42, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Planet der Cheekah

Hello, I've approved your submission for this pub but it's perhaps best to transform it into an ANTHOLOGY (as there is more than one SHORTSTORY record) instead of a CHAPBOKK as you entered it.Hauck 13:03, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Same for Zeitsprung. Hauck 13:06, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

And for Station im Nichts. Hauck 13:08, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

And Die Rebellen von Terra. Hauck 13:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

In fact the whole "Star Gate - Tor zu den Sternen" series is concerned. Hauck 13:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

And the other Option is to turn it into a magazine as Star Gate follows the same rules as Perry Rhodan. JLochhas 13:21, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I'll let you decide what's best but CHAPBOOKs they can't stay. Hauck 13:54, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Axel Melhardt

Hi John! Is this the correct spelling of the name Axel Melhart in your verified Pub Autor, Mensch, Terraner : 60 Jahre Ernst Vlcek? If so, then it is a new variant of Axel Melhardt! Cheers Rudolf Rudam 17:04, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rudolf, I have checked the spelling and, yes, we have a new variant indeed! Cheers, John JLochhas 17:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank You

Fine finding of cover artist for this pub. Thank You. --Zapp 07:49, 19 December 2016 (UTC)