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A Man They Didn't Know

Hello, as there are a lot of David Hardy(s) in the db and as entered the author of this text may be pseudonymistically linked to the artist, perhaps should it be dismabiguated to another David Hardy if you can have some evidence. Hauck 10:13, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

This one seems to be a third one. The bio doesn't match the two already in the system. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:04, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, welcome to a fourth David Hardy... Hauck 15:09, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

(Atlas) cubed

I interpreted your comment about (Atlas)^3 and "(Atlas) cubed" to mean you wanted (Atlas)³. So I changed the title to that, using ³. It's also Unicode 00B3. If that's not what you meant, let me know. --MartyD 01:40, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Nope, that's exactly right. Thanks. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 06:29, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Ghost in the Shell original info

Hi -- Would you be able to add the original publication info for the anthology Ghost in the Shell? The copyright page says the Japanese title was "Koukaku Kidoutai Shousetsu Ansoroji". Also, the lengths of the stories if you can find them out.

(Do you mind being asked to do these sorts of things? And is there another editor specializing in Japanese books who I can pass some of them on to?) --Vasha 00:59, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Can you snap a pic of the copyright page and post it here? That may help. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:50, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Nevermind. I think I found it. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:51, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Okay, I've submitted it, so just waiting on someone to approve it. Then I'll variant and pseudonym everything. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:41, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

CreateSpace

I may be telling you something you already know... but according to discussions here and here, CreateSpace isn't a publisher, but rather a printing and production service (a subsidiary of Amazon, which is probably why they insist on naming it in the "publisher" space on their pages). So we don't list it as a publisher here, instead leaving a blank space (currently -- even though the help says to put the author name; I believe that the help will be updated, but -- as with every other discussion! -- the discussion is still ongoing.) Therefore, I'd like to change all of your verified publications that list CreateSpace -- Rise of the Phoenix, and maybe others I haven't found yet. Thanks! --Vasha 18:06, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

Yes, I'm aware of that, but back when those were entered, many people here were listing it as a publisher. So I followed suit. I'll do it when I get around to it. Thanks. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:54, 23 June 2017 (EDT)

Also, I'm not aware of an easy way to find them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:35, 24 June 2017 (EDT)

Advanced search to the rescue as always - search for publications with your name as a Primary Verifier and publisher as CreateSpace. You do not seem to have any left though (I did try with another publisher(Tor) and it found them so the query is working). Or any other weird spelling of the publisher name. Annie 15:31, 24 June 2017 (EDT)

Like I said, I generally don't use them as a publisher. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:04, 24 June 2017 (EDT)

Decision Points / The War of Gifts

Can you look at your copy of Decision Points to see if the last story is titled "A War of Gifts" or "The War of Gifts"? Amazon's Look Inside has the table of contents which has "The War of Gifts" which is the title you verified. I'm wondering if "The War of Gifts" is the the same story as "A War of Gifts" from 2007. You might find a clue on page 355 which has the copyright acknowledgements.

Amazon has a Look Inside of A War of Gifts here. The Look Inside does not include the full story. It ends with

"Merry Christmas," Dink mouthed silently.

Wiggin smiled.

This Amazon review of Decision Points says "It ends with a tale by Orson Scott Card: “A War of Gifts.” Aptly named. This is a reprint but I’d never read it and it showed all the brilliant interpersonal psychology of the best parts of the Ender universe."

Thank you. --Marc Kupper|talk 04:15, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

It is "The War of Gifts". The copyright notice states:

"The War of Gifts (An Ender Story)" © 2007 Orson Scott Card. First published in A War of Gifts, novella hardback, by Tor Books. This is its first anthology appearance, and the first in a form slightly abridged by the author.

So, it's the same story, only abridged. The "(An Ender Story)" is used as a subtitle, and I've submitted a correction to the story title. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:12, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

Thank you. I added a pub-note plus title notes about this so that people researching the Enderverse will know why there are two similarly named stories. --Marc Kupper|talk 15:07, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

Works for me. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:54, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

A Kiss Is Still a Kiss

Added ASIN to your verified A Kiss Is Still a Kiss. Would you like a notification when the only change I am making is adding an ASIN? Annie 17:20, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

No, feel free to add ASINs with wild abandon. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:59, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

About that... do you happen to have a few free minutes? There are 22 Japanese e-books that need ASINs and things sound a bit too similar to me to try and not to mess a few... :( If you don't have the time, do not worry but thought I would ask. Annie 20:07, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

Submitted. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:33, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

All approved and the link to Amazon JP opens the correct pages(title and cover match so I call it correct) on all of them. Thanks a lot! :) Annie 20:34, 26 June 2017 (EDT)

No problem. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:53, 27 June 2017 (EDT)

Galactic Games

You verified this pub. Cover artist is 'Domic Harman'. Could it be that his name is 'Dominic'? --Zapp 02:07, 28 June 2017 (EDT)

No, it could not be. That's what it states in the book. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:08, 28 June 2017 (EDT)

It's possible Baen made a typo. It happens. But "Domic" is what's in the book. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe

The Alexander Inheritance

Hi,

I wonder if we should disambiguate "Cast of Characters" in your verified The Alexander Inheritance? I think we should treat is we treat an Introduction. What do you think? Annie 19:19, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

Submitted. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:21, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

Ao Jyumonji

When you get a chance, could you please check if I entered 十文字青 / Ao Jyumonji correctly? TIA! Ahasuerus 15:13, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Looks good to me. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:17, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

ありがと! Ahasuerus 15:22, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

どういたしまして。···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:24, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Togakkai Arufa

Can you check the family name of Togakkai Arufa again? If it indeed needs to be the complete name, can we add an author note explaining that this is indeed his family name (so someone does not decide to "fix" it at a later date? Thanks! Annie 16:16, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

It's a pseudonym used by a group of writers, not a family name. I don't know who they all (or any of them) are, so I can't give you more than what's there. It's correct as it is now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:03, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks for the answer. A note to explain it is a group pseudonym it is then. Thanks for the answer. :) Annie 18:57, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Omnibus vs collection

無責任艦長タイラー【スーパー・デラックス版】1 is actually an omnibus, not a collection - it contains at least 2 separate novels which makes it automatically an omnibus. I changed the type but did not add anything in the content field - not sure how those novels are connected if at all. Annie 22:49, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Same for this one Annie 22:51, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

They are connected as they are all in the same meta-series. I'm not sure how to list them with the "O/1,2,3" thing since (for example) the first one has one novel from one series and two from another. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 12:13, 9 July 2017 (EDT)

Mikagura School Suite

When you get a chance, could you please take a look at this Amazon record? It appears to be volume 1 in an 8-volume fantasy series which I am not familiar with. TIA! Ahasuerus 14:53, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

Added to the list. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:05, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! Ahasuerus 15:48, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

They've all been submitted. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:15, 21 July 2017 (EDT)

Looks nice, thanks! Ahasuerus 20:00, 21 July 2017 (EDT)

Hiromi Kawakami

Also, Fixer has found this collection of 3 novellas, but I don't know what the original Japanese titles are. Ahasuerus 15:02, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

This is the original volume in Japanese. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:28, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

Variants created. Thanks! Ahasuerus 15:47, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

No problem. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 17:13, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

Moderator?

When Annie was nominated for moderator, I suggested your name too. No one seemed to disagree, so the question is, do you think you're ready? Take a look at the moderator help screen and the moderator qualifications if you're in doubt. I personally think you're more than ready. --Willem 15:08, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

If people seem to think I'd be acceptable, I'm happy to help out where I can. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:08, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

At least I think so. I started the process. Thanks for accepting. --Willem 02:12, 17 July 2017 (EDT)

As per the outcome of the Community Portal discussion, the moderator flag has been set. Congratulations!

As I wrote on the Community Portal, it may be best to concentrate on self-approvals for now, i.e. while you are getting more experience in other areas and becoming familiar with moderator-only features of the software. That's what ChrisJ did a while back and it worked out well. Ahasuerus 16:14, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Congratulations! And a warm welcome from me. You'll see life gets easier when you can review your own edits. --Willem 17:05, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

It also becomes a lot more interesting when you realize that there is noone to catch your weird brain-freezes and that if you mess up and press Approve too fast, you need to clean the mess :) Welcome on board, Nihonjoe! Don't hesitate to ask when/if you need assistance. Annie 17:09, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion. I'll tread lightly. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:53, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Japanese serials

When you have a free moment, could you please review this cleanup report? Ideally, all SERIAL titles should be varianted to their parent NOVEL/SHORTFICTION titles, so if you could find and enter/variant the missing serials, it would be a big step in the right direction. TIA! Ahasuerus 09:25, 18 July 2017 (EDT)

Added to the list. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:16, 18 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! Ahasuerus 14:59, 18 July 2017 (EDT)

✓ Done! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:12, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

Awards dates

Hello,

I accepted this addition but changed the year back to just 2017 -- see my notes in the Community Forum. The field needs to only have the year, not just the date or month. Otherwise, it does not show up in the yearly list. The field is called "year" as well - not date :) Annie 16:19, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

Same here. Annie 16:19, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

Then it should just ask for a year and tack on the "-00-00" automatically. :) ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:43, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

I do not disagree with you. :) But it does not - so the editors need to be careful. You can even just type 2017 by the way - and it WILL add the 00-00 :) Annie 16:46, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

ショック・ウェーヴ (Part 1 of 2)

The submission is to make this a variant, but the proposed title is of type 'shortfiction', all the rest you're doing are serials-novels. Keystroke mistake? --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:19, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

Nope, there are a couple of these that are serialized short fiction (either novelettes or novellas). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:32, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

Okay! --~ Bill, Bluesman 21:47, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

Weird variants

Hello,

Can you look at these variants? The main title is by 牧野修 while the serialization is from 久美沙織 and they do not seem like the same person to me. Is one of the attribution wrong? Annie 14:22, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Fixed. I was reading off the line below (which contained a work by 牧野修) on the list I was using to keep track of things. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:07, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! Annie 20:10, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

アンドロメダ病原体

Hello,

I do not think that this is "Nightwings" - looks more like "The Andromeda Strain". Can you check your submission? I have it on hold until you can clarify. Annie 14:35, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Fixed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:02, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Magical Girl Raising Project

Fixer has found a new light novel series, Magical Girl Raising Project, by Asari Endou. When you get a chance, could you please take care of the author's Japanese name/VTs? TIA! Ahasuerus 17:21, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Added to the list. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 17:30, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! Also, I see that we have Tomoco Kanemaki set up as an English-language author. However, Amazon's Look Inside shows that his "Kingdom Hearts" light novels were translated, so he'll need to be "Nipponified" at some point. Ahasuerus 17:42, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Added to the list. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:07, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Both of these are ✓ done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:34, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

Looks nice, thanks! Ahasuerus 11:18, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

Monster Hunter Siege

I added a cover scan to your verified pub. Bob 13:17, 5 August 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:01, 6 August 2017 (EDT)

The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories

I have the English US edition of this, which does not specifically credit an editor but includes the name "Shirow Masamune" in the copyright list of authors on the copyright page. Masamune is not a contributing writer, so I suspect he is the editor. The Japanese edition also contains an extra essay not in the English edition. Do you have access to a source that can establish this one way or the other? Thanks in advance. :) PeteYoung 13:23, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

I have no source showing an editor. Amazon.co.jp doesn't have a Look Inside for this book, so I can't see it that way, either. Shirow created the series, which is why he's credited in the copyright page. He's listed on the cover of the Japanese edition as the creator. After reviewing a few sources, I determined I misread one of them and have therefore removed the essay. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 13:32, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

OK, thanks for looking! PeteYoung 14:02, 18 August 2017 (EDT)

Biogenesis

Hi Joe, want another small project? I've added all details for the English language edition of the Tatsuaki Ishiguro collection Biogenesis, which currently has no information about the stories in the original Japanese. However the copyright page does have details with anglicised titles as follows, which you may be able to use to provide the titles in Japanese from which you could then variant the English titles:

• "It Is with the Deepest Sincerity That I Offer Prayers..." originally published in Japanese as "Heisei sannen gogatsu futsuka, kotensei meneki fuzen shokogun nite kyusei sareta Akedara Nobuhiko hakushi, narabini", by Fukutake Shoten, 1994, and republished as "Shinka" in Shinka by Haruki Bunko, 2000.
• "Snow Woman" originally published in Japanese as "Yuki Onna" in Hitokuibyo by Haruki Bunko, 2000.
• "Midwinter Weed" and "The Hope Shore Sea Squirt" originally published in Japanese as "Tojiso" and "Kibo Hoya" in Tojiso by Hayakawa Shobo, 2006.

Some more author details would also be good... all I can find about him is his birth date, so you'd probably have more success in Japanese. Cheers. PeteYoung 15:41, 23 August 2017 (EDT)

Added to the list. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:45, 23 August 2017 (EDT)

Okay, they are all done and under 石黒達昌. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:44, 14 September 2017 (EDT)

Looks great, thanks. Hopefully we'll see more work translated – Biogenesis was a lovely read. PeteYoung 19:42, 14 September 2017 (EDT)

Maybe I'll get around to reading it some time. I have so many books on my "to read" list, it's ridiculous. Probably 300-400 or so. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:00, 14 September 2017 (EDT)

A Wizard in Mind

I've replaced the Amazon image with a scanned image for this pub. Doug H 23:51, 10 September 2017 (EDT)

A Wizard in Midgard

I have replaced the Amazon cover image with a scanned image for this pub. Doug H 23:56, 10 September 2017 (EDT)

Library of Souls cover artist

Hi I noticed you verified Library of Souls http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?529431. I think the cover artist isn't really John Van Noate, I think he's the owner/collector/source of the photo; the list of photographs on page 463 lists Page, Title, and "From the Collection of" with quite a few entries for Van Noate in the latter column, and googling him https://www.flickr.com/people/82329524@N00/ he looks to be a collector, not a photographer. I just entered a different printing, and put Doogie Horner ("Cover design by") for cover artist, since he's already got an entry. Anyway. gzuckier 22:02, 11 September 2017 (EDT)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

The database contains two collections of English translations of stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui: Salmonella Men on Planet Porno and Bullseye! Yesterday I found the titles of the original stories online and added them. Could you take a look at that and make sure it's all OK? I took the transliterations from Google Translate so presumably they aren't 100% right.

Also, if you have time, could you find the original publication dates for the stories? According to the translator, a lot of them came from a collection titled おれに関する噂. Thanks very much! --Vasha 12:15, 24 September 2017 (EDT)

All updated and corrected. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:04, 27 September 2017 (EDT)

Thank you! --Vasha 13:42, 27 September 2017 (EDT)