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== Monster Hunter Files ==
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== Niven/Pournelle/Flynn's Fallen Angels and Dream Park Universe ==
  
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?630165; I added LCCN ID and Archive.org link (uploaded last August) in a (pending) edit, but it's 319 pages, not 313. Does that need fixing? --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 08:38, 16 February 2023 (EST)
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Hi, in a review, [https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/really-cant-stay James Davis Nicoll] is dubious that Fallen Angels is part of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?39707 Dream Park Universe].  The series membership seems to be down to [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?2755028 a July 2015 edit of yours]. (FWIW [[User_talk:Nihonjoe/Archive_2]] covers that period, but I don't see any relevant talk items.
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:I'll have to go look at my copy. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 16:29, 28 February 2023 (EST)
 
  
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== N. Conde ==
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As I've not read any of the works in question, I don't have a dog in this "fight", but just raising it in case you can recall any explanatory details that might be worth putting in a title or series note?  Thanks. [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 11:51, 11 January 2024 (EST)
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:I'll see if I can find the source. I'm sure I wouldn't have added it if I didn't have a reason. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 21:19, 12 January 2024 (EST)
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::Well, after a bit of looking around, I can't find anything that indicates it's in the Dream Park universe, so I've removed it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:12, 16 January 2024 (EST)
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::: Thanks! [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 17:09, 16 January 2024 (EST)
  
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https://openlibrary.org/books/OL37763150M/Satsujin_mania_no_otoko; I've been entering edits for Nicholas Conde books and came across this, in case you want to enter it. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 19:59, 17 February 2023 (EST)
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== Bloodwars ==
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:[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?937727 Done]! ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small>
 
  
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== Shared Nightmares ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5737123; PV finally responded and agreed that it's Roc. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 17:44, 12 January 2024 (EST)
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:Approved. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 21:20, 12 January 2024 (EST)
  
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5593594; The co-editor and the last 4 stories were missing so I entered those. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 12:10, 27 February 2023 (EST)
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== Sacred Seven ==
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:Thanks! Approved. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:46, 28 February 2023 (EST)
 
  
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== John Howard ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28719; While adding Archive.org link I noticed artist is just Donato on copyright page, one of his alternate names, so it should probably be entered as such and made a variant of his parent name. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 21:24, 14 January 2024 (EST)
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:I'll check my copy. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 14:39, 15 January 2024 (EST)
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:Updated, and your submission has been approved, too. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:48, 15 January 2024 (EST)
  
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Thank you for creating the disambiguations so promptly. [[User:JohnHoward|JohnHoward]] ([[User talk:JohnHoward|talk]]) 18:31, 16 March 2023 (EDT)
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== Father Christmas Goes to Work ==
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:You're welcome. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:33, 16 March 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Japanese Brains of Rats ==
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https://www.worldcat.org/title/675616394; I came across something today that said Blumlein's collection won't be reprinted in the Paperbacks From Hell Line because his widow won't allow it so I added a few ID to fill out what's already here and came across that edition linked above in case you feel like entering it. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 20:17, 25 March 2023 (EDT)
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Could I get you to double check the title of the last story in {{P|497064|Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales}}. We have it as "Father Christmas Goes to Work". However, the audio book has it as "Father Christmas Goes to Work at the Zoo".  I had a look at the Amazon look inside features and the {{P|464952|UK edition}} has the longer title in the TOC, whereas for your edition the TOC has the shorter title.  If the title page of your copy matches the TOC with the shorter title, then I think we're going to have to make a variant.  If not, we can simply merge with {{T|2307213|this title}}.  There is one other verifier of the UK edition who last edited on December 11.  I'll leave a note on their talk page as well, but I don't know that we'll receive a response.  Thanks for checking. --Ron ~ [[User:Rtrace|Rtrace]]<sup>[[User talk:Rtrace|Talk]]</sup> 06:48, 26 January 2024 (EST)
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:Added [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3161494 here]. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:41, 27 March 2023 (EDT)
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:I'll take a look. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:27, 27 January 2024 (EST)
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:The title page for the story has the shorter title, so I made the shorter title a variant of the longer title. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:52, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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::Thanks so much for checking.  I got a response from the verifier of the UK edition and it appears that only the US editions with the exception of the audio book use the shorter title. I'll take care of swapping out the publications that need it.  Thanks again. --Ron ~ [[User:Rtrace|Rtrace]]<sup>[[User talk:Rtrace|Talk]]</sup> 18:36, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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:::Sounds good. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:54, 30 January 2024 (EST)
  
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== No Flying in the House, illus Wally Tripp ==
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== [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?983981 Iskateli: Fanzine de la SF Internationale]: some (or all) things are seriously wrong ==
  
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Hi. I'm sure you made some mistake 2021-03-29 re two 1982 publications of 1970 novel ''No Flying in the House'' T{{t|29895}} as Harper Trophy. ISBN 0-06-440130-8 fits Harper Trophy 1982. Unfortunately Amazon.com now reports 1970 (must be 1st ed. of the work) and 2020 50th Anniversary edition for the two ISBN.
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Hello, Joe! Since you approved of the submission for that magazine / nonfiction, could you please help in getting this record corrected? Please add comments or advice within [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Antunes#Iskateli%3A_Fanzine_de_la_SF_Internationale this discussion item]. Christian [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] ([[User talk:Stonecreek|talk]]) 14:28, 26 January 2024 (EST)
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:Sure. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:31, 27 January 2024 (EST)
  
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There must be some clues in our attributions of ''No Flying in the House'' artwork to illustrator {{a|Wallace Tripp}}: 3 cover art Titles as 1970 and 1 interior art as 1982.  
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=== Fanzine de la SF Internationale No.27 ===
  
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(I doubt all reports of 1980s Harper Trophy pb, and surmise this book doesn't belong, while the 1986/88/89 are tp.) --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 10:39, 26 March 2023 (EDT)
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Since I found [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?983981 this fanzine] I've been wondering how the confusing contributions by user [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Antunes#Iskateli:_Fanzine_de_la_SF_Internationale Antunes] can be corrected. I did my very best. Unfortunately, only some of the pages are available as scans on the website of [https://nebulosafanzine.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/iskateli-fanzine-of-science-fiction-internacionale-n%c2%ba-27-summer-1986/ WordPress] and I'm not quite fluent in Japanese. :) Can You please have a look on that? Thank You! --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] ([[User talk:Zapp|talk]]) 16:22, 26 January 2024 (EST)
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:I'm unclear about what you're wanting here. The only one I've seen is [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?829905 this one]. I need to use my copy (which I now have) to verify its details. Other than that, I don't know what you're looking for. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 11:16, 27 March 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: I made a bunch of edits recently, starting with https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5620256, that are still pending which will clear up some of the confusion but there's still a lot left. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 11:28, 27 March 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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::: Nihonjoe, you are the last editor of both reported 1982 Harper Trophy, 1982-00 which gives no source at all (now looks to me, you only removed an obviously wrong cover image), and 1982-08 with surprise data which gives no source but Amazon.com undated. (By the way, cover image credits Illus. by WTripp --but front cover without Harper branding is a surprise.)
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== Harlequin Butterfly ==
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::: Now I understand you will complete <s>one of the two records, having a copy of the book, right?</s> <font color=green>[our record of the 50th Anniversary hc P{{p|829905}}]</font> And Username has worked on some publications of the novel. So I will wait. --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 19:17, 27 March 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::: I see that I read the Edit histories hastily. On second look, and covering more ''No Flying'' publication records:<br>
 
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:::# Wallace Tripp has so outlandish an assortment of <i>No Flying</i> cover illustrations because on that day, by oversight or presumption, you credited the Amazon "Illustrator" with coverart rather than interiorart. So I want you to do the opposite: INTERIORART, with a note if COVERART is inferred.
 
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:::# "pb" or "tp" must also be a common presumption, or an extension of what (we think) we know about a publisher/imprint. Amazon commonly reports no size. For ISFDB ''No Flying'' softcovers, today by ASIN or ISBN, Amazon.com reports size only for the one it has redated from 1982 to 2020. (It reports simply "Paperback" thruout I don't know what "Mass Market Paperback" means at Amazon, when it is used correctly there.) Probably our database should be refined use "mp" and "tp" for mass and trade, and "pbk" for paperback. --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 10:25, 28 March 2023 (EDT)
 
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::::"Outlandish" is a pretty outlandish use of the word. He's only credited with the original cover art as well as the interior art. Regarding your confusion of types of books, I can't really help you there. Here, "pb" means mass market paperback (and some smaller formats) and "tp" means trade paperback. It's explained pretty well [[Help:Screen:NewPub#Format|here]], including sizes. And Amazon has a "Dimensions" field for most books, especially newer books. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 11:07, 28 March 2023 (EDT)
 
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::::: My edits were approved, thanks. Forgot to mention the 2 cover art removals of Tripp were actually done by the Filipino artist Macky Pamintuan, who I have a pending edit for adding a photo and a few other things, in case anyone gets around to doing more with these books and wants to add his name if they can figure out which edition was the first with that cover art. Also re: Tripp, https://www.etsy.com/listing/689308766/1966very-rarehildy-and-the-cuckoo, which supposedly is rare (no copies on Archive.org) but I notice the LCCN is different than the one on ISFDB (and philsp.com); not sure why, but that info may come in handy if anyone works on that book. I would guess he also did the cover art but isn't credited here. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 11:25, 28 March 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Scott Smith ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?38521; Can you check what names are used for that intro? That Smith isn't the same one as the horror author who wrote The Ruins. There should be a way to differ them. The anthology containing the intro says it was edited by Scott S. and Vickie, not Vicki, Smith, so her name is different, too. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 19:05, 7 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I'll have to look at it when I get home. I suspect they simply used different names on the intro if it's not a typo. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:22, 10 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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::Okay, I sorted out their works and added "(screenwriter)" to the horror writer. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:54, 11 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== Eyes of Prey ==
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5557200; Because there's an Author Afterword in the Archive.org copy, a link to which was added, by me. But I'll ask him anyway. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 20:35, 11 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Thank you. Please let me know when he's been able to pull the book from storage to check it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:51, 12 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== Risk Takers ==
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?537224; According to contents page on Amazon "Gamblers Fallacy" should be "Gambler's" and Geddes' story is by Cindie, not Cindy. Those are the only mistakes I noticed. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 08:32, 17 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I'll double check those tonight when I get home. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:38, 17 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Fixed. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:21, 18 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== Doomsday Book ==
 
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Regarding {{P|244061|Doomsday Book}}: The collector's notes in this publication are by James Gunn per comparison of a Ebay photo of the notes and Gunn's {{P|416455|Paratexts}} which reprints the notes. I have imported an uncredited essay which is varianted to one as by Gunn. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 16:31, 22 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Okay. I'll have to check my copy to see what's in it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:28, 24 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I've added some note clarifications and added page numbers for the parts prior to the numbered pages. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:12, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== Re: Novelization ==
 
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This is tangential to the Portal discussion, so I'm posting on your User Talk. My reference to '''movie''' was that you had replaced movie with script/screenplay, suggesting the movie itself was not an option. I was advocating for something more like "movie, script or screenplay". My apologies for not being clearer. ../[[User:Holmesd|Doug H]] ([[User talk:Holmesd|talk]]) 08:16, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:That's the thing: I didn't replace it. I added some additional wording prior to "movie". My suggestion was "novelization '''of the screenplay or script''' of a movie, TV show, game, or other non-written work". I didn't remove any of the current wording, but rather added the bold part. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:13, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: It's amazing what primary school concepts come back to haunt in old age. Your suggested text changed the noun ''movie'' to the noun-pair ''screenplay or script'' and made movie an adjective that modifies them. To me, this is replacing the subject of the sentence from movie to screenplay/script. This revised wording suggests that making a novelizations directly from movies without a script or screenplay was not allowed (as with Luana), and that scripts from plays were also excluded (e.g. Peter Pan), which may or may not have been your intention. The discussion of proper wording can continue in the forum(s), I just wanted to take the discussion of my use of ''replace'' aside as it really has no bearing on the actual discussion. ../[[User:Holmesd|Doug H]] ([[User talk:Holmesd|talk]]) 14:09, 26 April 2023 (EDT).
 
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:::You're being disingenuously pedantic. The word "movie" was not replaced, in any sense of the word. I simply added additional words before "movie". Nowhere did I explicitly discuss nouns or adjectives in any of that, and neither did you until just now. And, as I stated, plays are not excluded (I specifically addressed that in my comments). They fall under the "other" in the full sentence. Not sure why you seem to have this particular bee in your bonnet, but it's not productive. My comments were very clear and you're purposely taking things out of context and trying to imply I did something which I clearly did not do. Please drop it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 14:58, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== A Hero for Wondla ==
 
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All the other novels (titles and publication titles) in [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?31691 this series] has the L in WondLa capitalized: the second had a mix of the two. I've fixed the rest but as [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?387821 this one] is verified by you, I am stopping by to check if you mind if I fix it (or you can). Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 15:50, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Fixed. Just a typo. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:54, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 16:04, 26 April 2023 (EDT)
 
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== Eiko Mutsuhana's "Return from Death" novels ==
 
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When you have a moment, could you please review [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?69817 this series] by {{A|Eiko Mutsuhana}}/六つ花えいこ ? The subtitle of the English translations of volume 1 includes the word "Boyfriend" while the subtitle of volume 2 includes the word "Girlfriend". Since I don't know Japanese and haven't been able to find the originals on Amazon JP, I can't tell if one or both of our parent titles may be wrong. TIA! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 20:52, 6 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:It looks like that's correct, though the Japanese title doesn't indicate that. I would have translated it as "Lover" instead of "Boyfriend" or "Girlfriend", but I can see why they did it. The first book is from her perspective, and the second is from his perspective. I've added transliterations for them. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 16:59, 8 May 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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:: Thanks! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 17:55, 8 May 2023 (EDT)
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When you have a chance, can you see if you can find the original title of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?991901 this novella]? Thanks!  
  
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== Conquest Through Determination ==
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PS: It looks like we have a few more stories without parents for this author. Not sure how easy it will be to chase them down but if you have the time and desire to, the author page can use some help :). Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 17:05, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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:https://archive.org/search?query=%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22; While looking up the author I saw his Godzilla novel, clicked the series link, saw a 1954 book, cut-and-pasted the title on Archive.org, and got the above-linked book. I don't know if that's a novelization of Gojira or what but if so or something similar maybe you might find it worthy of entering here (if it's not already). --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 17:18, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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::It looks like that archive.org link is for a Chinese version of something related to Godzilla. I don't read Chinese (except for a very few characters), so I don't know what that is. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 18:09, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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:The butterfly title is [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3277321 here]. I've merged/varianted everything. I'll see what I can do about his other works. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 18:07, 29 January 2024 (EST)
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:: Ah, that was quick. Thanks! :) [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 18:09, 29 January 2024 (EST)
  
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https://clairegillian.com/2012/06/04/conquest-through-determination-releases/; I think the Nessie story has wrong title and author. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 13:14, 7 May 2023 (EDT)
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== The Mummy ==
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:Yup, just a couple typos. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:18, 7 May 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Thank you for Stanley C. Sargent Work ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?976311; Dot after Kevin J. Kennedy's first name prevents story from being in the same record as his others. I didn't check any other contents but you might want to see if there's anything else that needs fixing. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 22:18, 3 February 2024 (EST)
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Hello - I just wanted to thank you for all the work you did tracking down Stanley C. Sargent and Cosmic Visions! It was a sight to behold, and I will connect you with any additional information I'm able to find. --[[User:MagusManders|MagusManders]] ([[User talk:MagusManders|talk]]) 14:40, 8 May 2023 (EDT)
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:Fixed. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:19, 4 February 2024 (EST)
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:No problem. And I appreciate your offer. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:50, 8 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5662347; I've been adding Mythos Online links to his stories but this one may need an earlier date because, from his bibliography:
 
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That's why it has a 1995 date on the Mythos Online page, because it was a Christmas card, and I assume the Crypt of Cthulhu appearance either didn't happen or they confused it with the online site. What that Active Page thing is I have no idea. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 12:16, 11 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I've updated the date to just 1998-00-00 since I can't find verify which ''Crypt of Cthulhu'' issue it was in. I left a note on the title page for that poem. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:22, 15 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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For the author credit on page 67 of {{P|407806|Walrus Tales}}, would you mind double checking the space in the last name? I see on the back cover (via Amazon photo) it does not have a space. If it does appear with a space on the title page, then we need an alternate name established to {{A|Violet LeVoit}}. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 11:37, 15 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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::I couldn't find it quickly tonight, but I'll keep looking. I know it's here somewhere. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 02:13, 16 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::Found it. It looks like there's a space in the TOC (though I'm not sure it's actually a space...it might just be a weird kerning issue), but there definitely isn't on on the story itself. Fixed. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:34, 17 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?278966; I added Archive.org link; James Thew credited for "backcover art" on copyright page, he's got 2 credits on ISFDB, maybe he should be added to this. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 23:26, 15 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I'll take a look. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 02:13, 16 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Okay, I've updated it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:03, 17 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?184405; Locus says Sep '92 [Aug '92] in case you want to enter the month. EDIT: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?55527; Locus says September. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 10:12, 20 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:I'll check on these. Thanks! ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small>
 
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== Live Free or Die ==
 
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Just a note that I fixed a capitalization issue ("or" was recorded as "Or") on your [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?304688 verified]. [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 15:24, 23 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Thanks! ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:38, 24 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5672939; I've been fixing Zebra Books to correct name that includes Kensington, including your PV. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 00:12, 24 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:Okay, I'll check my copy to see if it matches the submitted change. I've placed the submission on hold while I do that. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:39, 24 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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Can you look at [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?952419 this one] and add transliterations where needed (and fix anything I messed up). I was working from Russian and Japanese sources and I think all I got from the Russian side checks out on the Japanese one but as I do not speak or read Japanese, I'd appreciate a second look. Fantlab has scans of the covers and the title page - the back cover has a price but I am not sure if it is for a later printing (as I cannot read this title page) so I left the price empty. Can you fill that in as well if it makes sense? Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 18:24, 24 May 2023 (EDT)
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== Shadowdance ==
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:I think I got everything. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:20, 25 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: So the price on that back cover was valid. Good to know for next time :) Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 20:28, 25 May 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::Yeah, the copyright page had only a first printing line, so it's the first printing. There would have been more printing lines if it was a later printing. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:07, 26 May 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Portuguese titles capitalisation / rationalisation ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?930940; https://vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/670/vampy-crew?page=3; Artist's first name is spelled differently at the Vault of Evil link and she is probably the same as this artist, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?56801, price is different on cover, other piece of fiction supposedly by Ed Hyuck but probably this guy, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?224679, lots of poetry, etc. So the author who gave the info may need contacting to verify or add things if you can get a hold of him. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 10:34, 4 February 2024 (EST)
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:I have no idea how to reach Kervin. And I gree that it's possibly the same artist for those two, but I don't have any way to find out. I've corrected the other things, though. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:26, 4 February 2024 (EST)
  
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Hello, as you [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Language#Portuguese_.28Portugu.C3.AAs.29 indicated] that you can work in Portuguese, I'm inviting you to have a look at this discussion on the [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Rules_and_standards_discussions#Portuguese_titles_capitalisation_.2F_rationalisation Rules and standards] board. Kev. --[[User:BanjoKev|BanjoKev]] ([[User talk:BanjoKev|talk]]) 16:00, 31 May 2023 (EDT)
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5679944; Rare novel never reprinted in USA but apparently was in Japan, https://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/22406671, in case you want to enter that. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 13:36, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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Can you look at the two interior art records by Howard Lyon [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?936493 here]? They (or at least one of them) need disambiguation of some type -- [2] for example. :) Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 11:40, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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:Done. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 18:01, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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:Fixed. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:58, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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:: Thanks! I suspect you have no way to check if one of these matches the single record from the rest of the editions :) [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 15:16, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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:::Are you talking about [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3165837 this one]? If so, the Tor editions do not contain all of the illustrations found in the Kickstarter edition. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:18, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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:::: That's the one. We need some notes around that in all these records I think. And I think I will disconnect the Bulgarian edition out from all of them until I get better idea of what they did use actually. Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 20:53, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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::::: I added a note [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3165837 here] so that should be enough to keep things separate. Thanks for checking and for the explanation about the difference. [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 21:17, 6 February 2024 (EST)
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::::::No problem. I have the Kickstarter editions as well as the Tor hardcover, so if you have any questions bout them, let me know. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 18:33, 7 February 2024 (EST)
  
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== Let My Edits Go ==
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After sitting in my list for months you've looked at some of my old edits and rejected a few of them. I notice you rejected 2 of the Sturgeon title fixes where I removed series that editors over the years randomly included as part of the title, which took me a good amount of time to do, but then you made your own edits doing the same thing you rejected my edits for and including the same cover replacement and Archive.org link I had included for 1 of them. Then you accepted every other Sturgeon edit I made, all 16 of them. Did you realize you made a mistake with those first 2 and, if so, why didn't you just un-reject them? Now it will look to anyone who comes after that you started off fixing the titles and I came along and did the rest. Also, every Leisure Books book since the mid-80s is by Leisure and Dorchester; it says so on every copyright page, "Published by Dorchester Publishing"; that's how ISFDB differs them from the 70s/early 80s Leisure which were published by Nordon. There are many, many more that say Leisure on ISFDB that need changing to Leisure and Dorchester and I've been trying to do that. I see you rejected 4 of those so far. Please un-reject them. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 18:53, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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Joe, please reverse the change in background color [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Contents here] Blue print on a blue background is harder for me to read. Thanks, [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 08:15, 14 February 2024 (EST)
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:The Unreject link wasn't showing up anywhere I looked at the submissions (in the list of recent edits, on the submission itself), so I had to redo them. No one will care who did the edits. Regarding the Leisure Books, we go by what's on the title page, not the copyright page. On all of those, the title page showed only Leisure Books (as I explicitly stated in the rejection). ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 18:57, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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: Maybe a complimentary color? [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 09:38, 14 February 2024 (EST)
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::How about now? It's a much lighter blue. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 10:31, 14 February 2024 (EST)
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::::I care. Doing this for no pay and having to deal with the other people here is only made palatable by knowing how much I've added and fixed here in such a short amount of time. What you could have done is let me know you couldn't un-reject them and I would have done them again, 2 very simple edits that would have taken just a few seconds. As for the Leisure books, none as far as I'm aware say Dorchester on the title page, only on the copyright page. Dorchester is the publisher, Leisure is the imprint. If you really think your way is correct then hundreds of other books will need changing. I suggest you ask other mods about this before any more are needlessly rejected because I've done many of these before and they've been accepted by several different mods. Also, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5640116, I asked PV Ofearna about this a month-and-a-half ago under "MZBF Story" and she responded with her usual strange and unhelpful answer, not really saying whether her copy agrees with what I asked her. Regardless, the title as I changed it to is how it really is in the magazine. EDIT: I picked RTrace from the list of active PV to ask about the note date fix for Doomsman / Telepower because he usually responds to messages and this, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5647611, I asked about also although I don't expect a response because the last message by PV on their page was nearly 3 years ago. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 19:11, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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::: Works for me. Thank you, [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 11:18, 14 February 2024 (EST)
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::::You're welcome! ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 11:21, 14 February 2024 (EST)
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:::::Regarding the publisher, current practice is using the publisher as shown on the title page. If that's changed, I'm not aware of it. Perhaps this needs to be discussed on the rules and standards page. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:35, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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::::::I can't imagine why I would complain; everyone here is so polite and mentally stable and things are run so smoothly and professionally, right? You also seem to not be aware of a lot of standard things that even I, a person without any of the credentials most of the editors here proudly display on their pages with endless lists of the number of books they own and how they've been collecting for decades and their resumes and where they went to school and on and on but most of them can barely spell or use proper grammar and enter their info here with endless mistakes that I've had to correct thousands and thousands of times over the last 2 1/2 years, am aware of; I seem to recall other times where you worked on my edits and rejected some of them when they were in fact correct. You admitted the 2 Sturgeon edits you rejected shouldn't have been, you'll soon find out the 4 Leisure edits you rejected shouldn't have been, the story title change was clearly asked about on the mod's page but you apparently couldn't find it, the rejection of the edit changing a clearly wrong date in the notes will be un-rejected as soon as RTrace responds, and the cover change for Rebel Moon you rejected was clearly correct because the price entered and the price on the cover match and it's just a simple case of lazy editors grabbing covers off Amazon without making sure they're the right ones, one of the most common fixes that I've made countless times here, and Dwarzel likely isn't going to respond, anyway, because he hasn't responded to anyone else for years. So that's the problem; not that my edits are being rejected but that all of them were rejected incorrectly. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 20:04, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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::::::: Re: the ability to unreject submissions, the "Unreject" link is available on the "Public View" page and on the "Recent Rejections" page. However, the "Unreject" option is not available on the regular Moderator View" page. I'll add it to my list of things to. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 21:51, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?179605; PENDING archived link, noticed other edition has count as 354+[14] because of unnumbered pages at the end, should this edition be the same? --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 09:28, 22 February 2024 (EST)
  
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::::::: Re: your sarcastic comment that "everyone here is so polite and mentally stable", it's the second time in the last 4 weeks that you question other editors' mental health. The [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Username#Warning_re:_the_last_exchange_with_Willem_H._on_the_Community_Portal last time] you were warned not to do it and not to engage in personal attacks. Please reconsider this pattern of behavior.
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5901230; After approval you might want to check if anything else needs fixing/adding. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 00:26, 27 February 2024 (EST)
  
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:::::::* Half the "fun" of editing here, for me, is waiting for a mod to look at my edits and then decide whether to approve them (50,000 and counting, in the top half-dozen all-time for a non-mod/non-self-approver and the only one who still edits regularly except for "Fixer" which is a robot and doesn't really count), especially when they claim something was wrong when it actually wasn't and then think they can argue with me. If I'm lucky sometimes they even apologize when they find out they made a mistake. Doing Reginald seems entirely pointless if there's no approval needed.
 
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::::::: This is a very antagonistic approach, which can only lead to conflict. It falls under the prohibition on "non-constructive or disruptive" conduct, which is not allowed as per [[ISFDB:Policy#Conduct_Policy]]. Again, please reconsider the approach. Our goal has always been to get new editors up to speed so that they could become at least self-approvers, thus making both them and the moderator crew more productive. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 21:51, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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::::::::None of that PC HR talk changes the fact that all of the edits rejected shouldn't have been; if they weren't rejected none of this would have happened. Earlier today I let the same mod know I had entered a book that had a Japanese edition and they entered it with no problem. What happened between then and now I don't know but if you think I'm going to let anyone disrespect me just because I question their rejection of my edits you're sadly mistaken. And it's Nihonjoe, not Nohonjoe. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 22:03, 1 June 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?5454
  
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== Starfire ==
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hiya i'm asking the active pvs for this one if they mind if I change the pages field to take into account the extra stuff listed in the contents.  cheers from Gaz [[User:Faustus|Faustus]] ([[User talk:Faustus|talk]]) 09:53, 29 February 2024 (EST)
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:Sounds good to me. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:53, 29 February 2024 (EST)
  
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5665530; It mentions Starfire logo on copyright page and second page says "Other Bantam Starfire Books you will enjoy" so this is a Starfire book but I'm not willing to argue about it. Here's a random Starfire book which mentions logo but not other books, https://archive.org/details/amongshadowstale00mont, and yet it's Starfire on ISFDB. So all these rejections are going to screw up standardizing publisher imprints and lead to many books being under the wrong publisher, but that's not my problem. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 16:20, 2 June 2023 (EDT)
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== Japan SF Year Book ==
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:That's all true, but standard practice is to use what is on the title page, regardless of anything anywhere else. If all the other books are the same way, then they were entered incorrectly and will need to be corrected. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 17:55, 2 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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::I'm just going to mention that doing so would be a really bad idea, because there are thousands of publishers where imprint/publisher is used even when the publisher isn't on the title page. I don't think you can find a single one of the hundreds of Leisure Books post-1982 that are on ISFDB, and likely none of the non-genre books that aren't on here, that actually say Dorchester on the title page. The nightmare of going through every book on ISFDB that's by Leisure and Dorchester and changing them all to Leisure, having to contact all the PV of which there are very many, some of which have been gone for years, is not worth it. I believe only the 2 60s books and the very early 70s books can legitimately be standalone Leisure books, everything from then to 1981-1982 says published by Nordon and everything after that says published by Dorchester. So what needs to be done is for several people, since this is a pretty big job, to go through "Leisure Books" and change everything from 1982-on to Leisure and Dorchester, being careful with the earliest ones because I'm not sure when the exact switch to Dorchester happened; of the books by Leisure and Dorchester currently only 1 is probably wrong, 1980's Killer Satellites. I don't have any real interest in this stuff like many of you do and likely won't be editing here much longer but I'm telling you that you're going to open a can of worms if you try changing stuff that doesn't need to be changed. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 18:46, 2 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::That's been the policy for as long as I can remember. If one (or more) is entered differently, it should be a rare exception and clearly documented in the notes as to why it's an exception. If you think the policy is wrong, then a discussion needs to happen on the Rules and Standards discussion page so all the details can be ironed out and everyone can be aware of the change (if any). ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:06, 5 June 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Kurodahan Asamatsu ==
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https://archive.org/search?query=%22japan-sf-year-book%22&sin=TXT; Not sure exactly what it covers but I don't think it's on ISFDB so if it qualifies you may want to enter it. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 23:35, 8 March 2024 (EST)
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:[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1001058 Added]]. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 14:43, 24 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5692125; After my edit's approved you might want to look at this since PV is gone and there could be some things to add/fix. EDIT: There's 1 other book by him, https://archive.org/search?query=ken+asamatsu, that I don't think is on ISFDB. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 11:18, 14 June 2023 (EDT)
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== Folklore Studies ==
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:It's [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?671748 already here] (since 2018), though he only has a short story in it. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:20, 3 July 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Yu Miri  ==
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Can you help finding the Japanese series and title and author name [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1000813 here]. Thanks in advance! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 19:53, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
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:[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?72934 Done]. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 20:10, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
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:: Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 20:11, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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When you have a chance can you figure out the originals of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?303045 Yu Miri]'s books and add the Japanese editions (and probably flip the canonical to her Japanese name). Tokyo Ueno Station is JR上野駅公園口 but I cannot find the "The End of August" original title so figured I will just ask you if you do not mind figuring out both and fixing the whole author. Thanks! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 19:58, 27 June 2023 (EDT)
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== Swan Song published in Canada ==
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:{{Done}} Done [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?365846 here]. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 17:26, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: Thanks! :) [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] ([[User talk:Anniemod|talk]]) 17:42, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== "Rokusyou Usuasagi" -- one author or two? ==
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Hello. I see that you have changed the Swan Song entry I added for the book published in Canada by changing the publisher to Pocket Books (Canada). The book's title page states "Published by Pocket Books New York" over "Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks Ltd., a Licensee of the trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc." and the copyright page states  "POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y.10020" above "In Canada distributed by PaperJacks Ltd., 330 Steelcase Road, Markham, Ontario". So, I'm not sure - do these two statements verify that the book was published by Pocket Books (Canada)?
  
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Yen On has published [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3203968 this novel], which credits "Rokusyou • Usuasagi" on the cover and "Rokusyou and Usuasagi" on the title/copyright page. I have found and entered the [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3203970 Japanese original], but I am not sure whether "緑青・薄浅黄" is one person or two. Would you happen to have a way of telling what's going on here? TIA! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 15:53, 2 July 2023 (EDT)
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Another interesting item is that the "Published in Canada" is a completely different font versus the rest of the book. Any ideas as to why?
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:It's two authors. I've cleaned it all up. See [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?70309 here]. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 15:20, 3 July 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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:: Thanks! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 15:30, 3 July 2023 (EDT)
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[[User:One72guy|One72guy]] ([[User talk:One72guy|talk]]) 12:30, 23 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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:I assume you mean [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1000402 this one]? If so, you didn't include any of that information in your note. Feel free to update the publication with that information, and then correct the publisher accordingly. My change was based on the notes you included stating that everything was done in Canada. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 14:12, 24 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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Hi, I think you are or were active on Wikipedia?  Can I ask your opinion on something that's somewhat Wikipedia related?
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::Thanks for the reply. I will add the info as per your suggestion and I'll change the publisher back to Pocket Books until there's more knowledgeable information found regarding the real publisher. My guess is that Pocket Books got a Canadian company to do the printing, with a new cover and copyright page for Canada, (possibly PaperJacks) and then had it distributed by PaperJacks as per the statements on the title & copyright pages.
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::[[User:One72guy|One72guy]] ([[User talk:One72guy|talk]]) 23:35, 24 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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The [https://twitter.com/WCInMemoriam/status/1677711160005599232 Worldcon in Memoriam] Twitter account has just reported that artist [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25963 Peter Goodfellow] died on 2022-12-11.  Whilst I guess that account is somewhat official, and I've never seen it misreport anything before, I can't find any corroboration for that date in Google search results, or even that he's definitely passed away.
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:::Sounds good. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 14:24, 25 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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The sole exception is that there was [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25963 a Feb 2023 edit] to his Wikipedia page, to say that he died some time in 2022.  The edit is just attributed to an IP address, which I assume is an unlogged in user.  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/90.242.253.69 That IP doesn't seem to be associated with any other edits.]
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== Baen Books/Baen and Toni Weisskopf ==
  
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How trustworthy are such edits, in your opinion.  For something as potentially sensitive as deaths, I personally am reluctant to make an edit without a couple of moderately independent and trustworthy sources.  Thanks [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 12:56, 8 July 2023 (EDT)
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When you have a free moment, could you please review [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Rules_and_standards_discussions#Baen_vs_Baen_Books_publishers_redux this discussion]? TIA. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 17:11, 27 March 2024 (EDT)
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: Never mind, just tried a different search term, and found [https://www.heraldscotland.com/memorials/death-notices/death/30510386.peter-george-goodfellow/ a death notice]. Although it has a middle name not in the DB here or Wikipedia, and says nothing about him being an artist, the location matches where the Wikipedia page said he lived.  Sorry for blathering on before thoroughly checking stuff :-( [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 13:03, 8 July 2023 (EDT)
 
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::Good find! Generally speaking, anonymous edits are just as acceptable on Wikipedia as logged-in edits, as long as a reliable source is used. That twitter account is likely more reliable than some others. Let me know if you have any other questions. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 19:05, 10 July 2023 (EDT)
 
  
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== Yumi and the Nightmare Painter ebook public release ==
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== Nahoko Uehashi's The Deer King ==
  
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You've PVed the Kickstarter epub [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?959610 here]. [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Project-Cosmere-Novel-Projects-ebook/dp/B0BPN9JT6M/ Amazon UK] and [https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/secret-project-3 Kobo (GB)] have ebooks with today's date.  (If those links don't work on your side of the Atlantic, I imagine there are similar ebooks on the respective US sites.)
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I am trying to figure out how Yen On's recent translations of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?71440 this series] map onto the Japanese originals, but I am not having much luck. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_King Wikipedia article] says:
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* Kadokawa published the original novel in two volumes in September 2014, and then republished it in four reprinted volumes between June and July 2017.
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As far as I can tell, Yen On reused the cover art from the first and the ''third'' volumes of the 2017 Kadokawa edition, but Wikipedia says that their 2 books map onto volumes 1 and 2. Also, these two books' Amazon.com's Look Inside files are for the manga version, but it appears to be an unrelated problem.
  
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Based on the content visible in the previews for those ebooks, they seem to be identical to what you've documented in your PV.  As such, I'm inclined to add the ASIN to that record, and note the later pub date for those site, and the fake Kobo ISBN of 1230006019518, as opposed to adding a second ebook record.  Does that seem reasonable to you?
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Any help would be greatly appreciated! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 16:02, 1 April 2024 (EDT)
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:I'll see what I can figure out. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 12:55, 2 April 2024 (EDT)
  
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I just checked back to [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?955617 the previous secret project ebook], which I had a recollection of submitting.  It seems there was only an entry for the PDF ebook, which similarly was 10 days earlier than the "public" release.  Does that maybe merit similar changes if there was a Kickstarter version of that format?  Thanks [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 09:24, 11 July 2023 (EDT)
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:: Thanks! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 16:06, 2 April 2024 (EDT)
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:I only have the Kickstarter versions, so I couldn't offer any insigt as to whether the UK releases are the same or different. If you don't have them, I'd suggest creating separate publications for the UK/Kobo releases. If they turn out to be identical, we can always combine them. ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 17:21, 11 July 2023 (EDT)
 
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:: Sorry, I only just realized after looking at my local TODO list that I never responded to your response.  FWIW, these ebooks are published by Dragonsteel Enterprises, and I'm 99.99% certain they are identical between the UK and US - the ASIN is the same, so it would be weird if they aren't.  (The physical general market releases are from Tor (US) and Gollancz (UK), but IIRC they are a few weeks from release, at least [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?956710 the UK one] is.)  The Amazon.com page is [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Project-Cosmere-Novel-Projects-ebook/dp/B0BPN9JT6M/ here], could you possibly take a quick look at the preview and see if it matches your copy?  Annoyingly the preview doesn't include the copyright page, which might settle the matter unambiguously.  Thanks [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 17:48, 13 July 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::I spoke with the lead editor at Dragonsteel, and he said the releases are pretty much identical (some minor errors were fixed and some ads were added at the end). So yes, merge the Dragonsteel releases from the Amazons into the epub release (not the PDF release, as that one has page numbers and the epub does not). ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<font color="darkgreen">日本穣</font>]] · <small>[[Special:Contributions/Nihonjoe|<font color="blue">投稿</font>]] · [[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small> 13:23, 14 July 2023 (EDT)
 
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:::: Much appreciate you going the extra mile on this one.  I'll sort it all out tonight, if only because I want the ASIN in the database before Saturday's download, and I can sync my local data against it.  Thanks again.  [[User:ErsatzCulture|ErsatzCulture]] ([[User talk:ErsatzCulture|talk]]) 13:48, 14 July 2023 (EDT)
 

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Niven/Pournelle/Flynn's Fallen Angels and Dream Park Universe

Hi, in a review, James Davis Nicoll is dubious that Fallen Angels is part of Dream Park Universe. The series membership seems to be down to a July 2015 edit of yours. (FWIW User_talk:Nihonjoe/Archive_2 covers that period, but I don't see any relevant talk items.

As I've not read any of the works in question, I don't have a dog in this "fight", but just raising it in case you can recall any explanatory details that might be worth putting in a title or series note? Thanks. ErsatzCulture (talk) 11:51, 11 January 2024 (EST)

I'll see if I can find the source. I'm sure I wouldn't have added it if I didn't have a reason. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:19, 12 January 2024 (EST)
Well, after a bit of looking around, I can't find anything that indicates it's in the Dream Park universe, so I've removed it. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:12, 16 January 2024 (EST)
Thanks! ErsatzCulture (talk) 17:09, 16 January 2024 (EST)

Bloodwars

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5737123; PV finally responded and agreed that it's Roc. --Username (talk) 17:44, 12 January 2024 (EST)

Approved. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:20, 12 January 2024 (EST)

Sacred Seven

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28719; While adding Archive.org link I noticed artist is just Donato on copyright page, one of his alternate names, so it should probably be entered as such and made a variant of his parent name. --Username (talk) 21:24, 14 January 2024 (EST)

I'll check my copy. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:39, 15 January 2024 (EST)
Updated, and your submission has been approved, too. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:48, 15 January 2024 (EST)

Father Christmas Goes to Work

Hi Nihonjoe -

Could I get you to double check the title of the last story in Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales. We have it as "Father Christmas Goes to Work". However, the audio book has it as "Father Christmas Goes to Work at the Zoo". I had a look at the Amazon look inside features and the UK edition has the longer title in the TOC, whereas for your edition the TOC has the shorter title. If the title page of your copy matches the TOC with the shorter title, then I think we're going to have to make a variant. If not, we can simply merge with this title. There is one other verifier of the UK edition who last edited on December 11. I'll leave a note on their talk page as well, but I don't know that we'll receive a response. Thanks for checking. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 06:48, 26 January 2024 (EST)

I'll take a look. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:27, 27 January 2024 (EST)
The title page for the story has the shorter title, so I made the shorter title a variant of the longer title. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:52, 29 January 2024 (EST)
Thanks so much for checking. I got a response from the verifier of the UK edition and it appears that only the US editions with the exception of the audio book use the shorter title. I'll take care of swapping out the publications that need it. Thanks again. --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 18:36, 29 January 2024 (EST)
Sounds good. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:54, 30 January 2024 (EST)

Iskateli: Fanzine de la SF Internationale: some (or all) things are seriously wrong

Hello, Joe! Since you approved of the submission for that magazine / nonfiction, could you please help in getting this record corrected? Please add comments or advice within this discussion item. Christian Stonecreek (talk) 14:28, 26 January 2024 (EST)

Sure. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:31, 27 January 2024 (EST)

Fanzine de la SF Internationale No.27

Since I found this fanzine I've been wondering how the confusing contributions by user Antunes can be corrected. I did my very best. Unfortunately, only some of the pages are available as scans on the website of WordPress and I'm not quite fluent in Japanese. :) Can You please have a look on that? Thank You! --Zapp (talk) 16:22, 26 January 2024 (EST)

Harlequin Butterfly

Hello Joe,

When you have a chance, can you see if you can find the original title of this novella? Thanks!

PS: It looks like we have a few more stories without parents for this author. Not sure how easy it will be to chase them down but if you have the time and desire to, the author page can use some help :). Thanks! Annie (talk) 17:05, 29 January 2024 (EST)

https://archive.org/search?query=%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22; While looking up the author I saw his Godzilla novel, clicked the series link, saw a 1954 book, cut-and-pasted the title on Archive.org, and got the above-linked book. I don't know if that's a novelization of Gojira or what but if so or something similar maybe you might find it worthy of entering here (if it's not already). --Username (talk) 17:18, 29 January 2024 (EST)
It looks like that archive.org link is for a Chinese version of something related to Godzilla. I don't read Chinese (except for a very few characters), so I don't know what that is. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:09, 29 January 2024 (EST)
The butterfly title is here. I've merged/varianted everything. I'll see what I can do about his other works. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:07, 29 January 2024 (EST)
Ah, that was quick. Thanks! :) Annie (talk) 18:09, 29 January 2024 (EST)

The Mummy

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?976311; Dot after Kevin J. Kennedy's first name prevents story from being in the same record as his others. I didn't check any other contents but you might want to see if there's anything else that needs fixing. --Username (talk) 22:18, 3 February 2024 (EST)

Fixed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:19, 4 February 2024 (EST)

Shadowdance

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?930940; https://vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/670/vampy-crew?page=3; Artist's first name is spelled differently at the Vault of Evil link and she is probably the same as this artist, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?56801, price is different on cover, other piece of fiction supposedly by Ed Hyuck but probably this guy, https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?224679, lots of poetry, etc. So the author who gave the info may need contacting to verify or add things if you can get a hold of him. --Username (talk) 10:34, 4 February 2024 (EST)

I have no idea how to reach Kervin. And I gree that it's possibly the same artist for those two, but I don't have any way to find out. I've corrected the other things, though. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:26, 4 February 2024 (EST)

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Hi Joe,

Can you look at the two interior art records by Howard Lyon here? They (or at least one of them) need disambiguation of some type -- [2] for example. :) Thanks! Annie (talk) 11:40, 6 February 2024 (EST)

Fixed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 12:58, 6 February 2024 (EST)
Thanks! I suspect you have no way to check if one of these matches the single record from the rest of the editions :) Annie (talk) 15:16, 6 February 2024 (EST)
Are you talking about this one? If so, the Tor editions do not contain all of the illustrations found in the Kickstarter edition. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:18, 6 February 2024 (EST)
That's the one. We need some notes around that in all these records I think. And I think I will disconnect the Bulgarian edition out from all of them until I get better idea of what they did use actually. Thanks! Annie (talk) 20:53, 6 February 2024 (EST)
I added a note here so that should be enough to keep things separate. Thanks for checking and for the explanation about the difference. Annie (talk) 21:17, 6 February 2024 (EST)
No problem. I have the Kickstarter editions as well as the Tor hardcover, so if you have any questions bout them, let me know. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:33, 7 February 2024 (EST)

Help:Contents

Joe, please reverse the change in background color here Blue print on a blue background is harder for me to read. Thanks, John Scifibones 08:15, 14 February 2024 (EST)

Maybe a complimentary color? John Scifibones 09:38, 14 February 2024 (EST)
How about now? It's a much lighter blue. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 10:31, 14 February 2024 (EST)
Works for me. Thank you, John Scifibones 11:18, 14 February 2024 (EST)
You're welcome! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 11:21, 14 February 2024 (EST)

Low Port

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?179605; PENDING archived link, noticed other edition has count as 354+[14] because of unnumbered pages at the end, should this edition be the same? --Username (talk) 09:28, 22 February 2024 (EST)

Inverted Kingdom

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5901230; After approval you might want to check if anything else needs fixing/adding. --Username (talk) 00:26, 27 February 2024 (EST)

Briar Rose

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?5454

hiya i'm asking the active pvs for this one if they mind if I change the pages field to take into account the extra stuff listed in the contents. cheers from Gaz Faustus (talk) 09:53, 29 February 2024 (EST)

Sounds good to me. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 12:53, 29 February 2024 (EST)

Japan SF Year Book

https://archive.org/search?query=%22japan-sf-year-book%22&sin=TXT; Not sure exactly what it covers but I don't think it's on ISFDB so if it qualifies you may want to enter it. --Username (talk) 23:35, 8 March 2024 (EST)

Added]. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:43, 24 March 2024 (EDT)

Folklore Studies

Hi Joe,

Can you help finding the Japanese series and title and author name here. Thanks in advance! Annie (talk) 19:53, 21 March 2024 (EDT)

Done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:10, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
Thanks! Annie (talk) 20:11, 21 March 2024 (EDT)

Swan Song published in Canada

Hello. I see that you have changed the Swan Song entry I added for the book published in Canada by changing the publisher to Pocket Books (Canada). The book's title page states "Published by Pocket Books New York" over "Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks Ltd., a Licensee of the trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc." and the copyright page states "POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y.10020" above "In Canada distributed by PaperJacks Ltd., 330 Steelcase Road, Markham, Ontario". So, I'm not sure - do these two statements verify that the book was published by Pocket Books (Canada)?

Another interesting item is that the "Published in Canada" is a completely different font versus the rest of the book. Any ideas as to why?

One72guy (talk) 12:30, 23 March 2024 (EDT)

I assume you mean this one? If so, you didn't include any of that information in your note. Feel free to update the publication with that information, and then correct the publisher accordingly. My change was based on the notes you included stating that everything was done in Canada. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:12, 24 March 2024 (EDT)
Thanks for the reply. I will add the info as per your suggestion and I'll change the publisher back to Pocket Books until there's more knowledgeable information found regarding the real publisher. My guess is that Pocket Books got a Canadian company to do the printing, with a new cover and copyright page for Canada, (possibly PaperJacks) and then had it distributed by PaperJacks as per the statements on the title & copyright pages.
One72guy (talk) 23:35, 24 March 2024 (EDT)
Sounds good. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:24, 25 March 2024 (EDT)

Baen Books/Baen and Toni Weisskopf

When you have a free moment, could you please review this discussion? TIA. Ahasuerus (talk) 17:11, 27 March 2024 (EDT)

Nahoko Uehashi's The Deer King

I am trying to figure out how Yen On's recent translations of this series map onto the Japanese originals, but I am not having much luck. The Wikipedia article says:

  • Kadokawa published the original novel in two volumes in September 2014, and then republished it in four reprinted volumes between June and July 2017.

As far as I can tell, Yen On reused the cover art from the first and the third volumes of the 2017 Kadokawa edition, but Wikipedia says that their 2 books map onto volumes 1 and 2. Also, these two books' Amazon.com's Look Inside files are for the manga version, but it appears to be an unrelated problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Ahasuerus (talk) 16:02, 1 April 2024 (EDT)

I'll see what I can figure out. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 12:55, 2 April 2024 (EDT)
Thanks! Ahasuerus (talk) 16:06, 2 April 2024 (EDT)
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