User talk:Shrdlu

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I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the community portal, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Mhhutchins 21:32, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

The Distance by Helen Giltrow

I'm holding your submission to add a record of this title to the database. I could not find any speculative element about its contents, appearing to be a spy thriller. Is it science fiction, fantasy or horror (or any other subgenre of speculative fiction)? Mhhutchins 17:04, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Without a response from my inquiry I have no choice but to reject the submission. If you feel this rejection was wrong, please post a message on the ISFDB:Moderator noticeboard. Mhhutchins 07:27, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Grunts

Hi. I accepted your Grunts submission. Might it have an exclamation point, by any chance? I see we have Grunts!. --MartyD 11:43, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Based upon the title page in the Amazon LookInside I viewed I want you to check the title page of your copy this novel to see whether it says "Grunts!". The title page is leading, even if it says "Grunts" on spine and cover.--Dirk P Broer 06:17, 6 August 2018 (EDT)

Passages

I accepted your submission for "Passages," and have made a small correction. Unknown authors and editors are entered as "uncredited" in lower case, as detailed on the help page for new pubs here. One of the titles "Fanged an Furious" also appears to be missing a letter. Could it be "Fanged an(d) Furious?--Rkihara 23:13, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Please also variant the stories to the french original texts. If they're not in the database, create them. Note that it's likely that nearly all these text are excerpts. Hauck 19:10, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

The ISBN 9780575096380 ...

... for your latest submission (The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries) seems to be faulty, as it is not valid and the book can't be found at amazon; could you please check it? Also, you didn't provide any publisher, please do state it here. I've put your proposal for this publication on hold while waiting. Thanks, Stonecreek 04:39, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

It seems also possible that this is in fact one of the OMNIBUSes we alread have in the database, please check the spelling on the title page. I'll wait two more days for an answer. Stonecreek 06:43, 16 September 2017 (EDT)

With no answer and no further evidence I rejected your submission. Please do communicate because else it's very hard for us to decide on such problems. Stonecreek 11:15, 20 September 2017 (EDT)

New Tales of Space and Time

Hi, I have rejected your submission for 'New Tales of Space and Time', as there is already a 1952 Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition with price 10/6 in our database: here. You can verify that. P.S.: Do not enter ’NONE’ in the isbn field, as it gives a bad checksum.--Dirk P Broer 15:56, 2 August 2018 (EDT)

I've made the book as by Raymond J. Healey a variant title, and Raymond J. Healey a variant name. Thanks for catching this publisher's error!--Dirk P Broer 06:40, 3 August 2018 (EDT)

To Die a Stranger

Hello,

We normalize titles in English (as described here) so I changed the "A" to "a" in this title. Thanks for adding it. Annie 14:17, 12 November 2019 (EST)

The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6

Hello,

I removed the two final essays from here as per your note. :) Annie 13:18, 22 November 2019 (EST)

Wicked Lovely

Hello,

How is the book you are trying to add here different from the one we have? I do not see anything different. If that is indeed the same edition, you should edit and verify the book we have instead of adding a new one. If there is a difference (later printing?), it needs to be noted in the notes. Annie 14:37, 23 November 2019 (EST)

Same for this one plus a bad checksum :) Or is this one a duplicate copy that you forgot to reject? Annie 14:39, 23 November 2019 (EST)