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Tim_Eagon
Posted 2014-05-06 9:53 AM (#7527 - in reply to #3662)
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Sorry, Fatherland was actually written by Robert Harris not Richard Harris...my bad. Though Robert Harris isn't in the database either.
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-05-06 12:00 PM (#7531 - in reply to #7527)
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Tim_Eagon - 2014-05-06 10:53 AM

Sorry, Fatherland was actually written by Robert Harris not Richard Harris...my bad. Though Robert Harris isn't in the database either.


Maybe he's under Albus Dumbledore.
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Tim_Eagon
Posted 2014-05-06 8:57 PM (#7535 - in reply to #3662)
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The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs. A great comic-horror fantasy novel.
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-05-07 9:45 AM (#7545 - in reply to #3662)
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No John Bellairs in the DB either. Dave said the author add/edit sb up by the end of the week though.
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Divadiane
Posted 2014-05-08 9:53 AM (#7549 - in reply to #3662)
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Location: Paris		I was just going through what I have on my Kindle hoping to add the books here, but I'm finding a lot of them aren't (yet). I also noticed that the short story collections I've searched for aren't here either. And what about poetry? I read a LOT of genre poetry...

So here is what's missing so far:

Brave New Worlds, ed. John Joseph Adams (Short fiction antho)
Bradamant's Quest, Ruth Berman
Black Bradley and the Mercenary Captain, Nathan Boole
Stone Soldiers, C.E. Martin
The Ice Owl, Carolyn Ives Gilman
Cthulhu Mythos Writers Sampler 2013, ed. Conyers, David
Dragon's Fall: Rise of the Scarlet Order, David Lee Summers
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, David Nickle
The Dulwich Horror 1927 A New Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos, David Hambling
The Wildman, Rick Hautala
Walk the Fire (1 and 2), John Mierau (short fiction)
Things Slip through, Kevin Lucia (short fiction)
The Lady Astronaut of Mars, Mary Robinette Kowal
Quarter Share; Half Share; Full Share; Double Share; etc. Nathan Lowell
Drink for the Thirst to Come, Lawrence Santoro (short fiction)
Just North of Nowhere, Lawrence Santoro (short fiction)
Monstrosities, Jeremy C. Shipp
The Void, Brett J. Talley
Rising Shadows, Ashley Townsend
The Day after and other stories, Wil Wheaton

Let's start there. :-)
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valashain
Posted 2014-05-08 10:09 AM (#7550 - in reply to #7549)
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Divadiane - 2014-05-08 4:53 PM

I was just going through what I have on my Kindle hoping to add the books here, but I'm finding a lot of them aren't (yet). I also noticed that the short story collections I've searched for aren't here either. And what about poetry? I read a LOT of genre poetry...

So here is what's missing so far:

Brave New Worlds, ed. John Joseph Adams (Short fiction antho)
Bradamant's Quest, Ruth Berman
Black Bradley and the Mercenary Captain, Nathan Boole
Stone Soldiers, C.E. Martin
The Ice Owl, Carolyn Ives Gilman
Cthulhu Mythos Writers Sampler 2013, ed. Conyers, David
Dragon's Fall: Rise of the Scarlet Order, David Lee Summers
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, David Nickle
The Dulwich Horror 1927 A New Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos, David Hambling
The Wildman, Rick Hautala
Walk the Fire (1 and 2), John Mierau (short fiction)
Things Slip through, Kevin Lucia (short fiction)
The Lady Astronaut of Mars, Mary Robinette Kowal
Quarter Share; Half Share; Full Share; Double Share; etc. Nathan Lowell
Drink for the Thirst to Come, Lawrence Santoro (short fiction)
Just North of Nowhere, Lawrence Santoro (short fiction)
Monstrosities, Jeremy C. Shipp
The Void, Brett J. Talley
Rising Shadows, Ashley Townsend
The Day after and other stories, Wil Wheaton

Let's start there. :-)


I'll have a look at these tonight. I can already tell you Adams is not in the database yet. He is high on my list to add once we get the ability to add authors though. Short fiction can't be added unless it is part of a collection.
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Divadiane
Posted 2014-05-08 10:11 AM (#7551 - in reply to #3662)
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Location: Paris		Oh, all the ones marked short fiction are either collections or novella/novelette length.

Thanks for having a look!
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valashain
Posted 2014-05-08 10:38 AM (#7552 - in reply to #7551)
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Location: The Netherlands		Lots of authors not in the database on this list. I found two that could be added.

Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, David Nickle
The Void, Brett J. Talley

Not much but it's a start. The Gilman one is on my personal list as well but the publisher of that particular novella is not in the database yet.
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Divadiane
Posted 2014-05-08 10:44 AM (#7553 - in reply to #3662)
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Location: Paris		Awesome! A start is good. Any word on when or if users will be able to add books/authors? And what about Poetry...?
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valashain
Posted 2014-05-08 11:43 AM (#7554 - in reply to #7553)
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Location: The Netherlands		I haven't heard a date beyond soon for the adding authors/publishers yet. I'll ask about the poetry.
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Divadiane
Posted 2014-05-08 3:43 PM (#7558 - in reply to #3662)
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bstittle
Posted 2014-05-08 10:09 PM (#7562 - in reply to #3662)
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Please please please take me off the distribution list for updates to this thread. I have unsubscribed on my control panel - doesn't work. I have toggled the e-mail notification at the bottom of this page, but every day it resets to sending me notifications. Not that the updates are bad updates but they fill my phone and interrupt my work all day long. Please take me off the distribution, please! bstittle@hotmail.com
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-05-09 10:09 AM (#7565 - in reply to #7562)
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bstittle - 2014-05-08 11:09 PM

Please please please take me off the distribution list for updates to this thread. I have unsubscribed on my control panel - doesn't work. I have toggled the e-mail notification at the bottom of this page, but every day it resets to sending me notifications. Not that the updates are bad updates but they fill my phone and interrupt my work all day long. Please take me off the distribution, please! bstittle@hotmail.com


You might have a better response if you re-post in the report errors forum. It seems to be a definite bug.
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theman
Posted 2014-05-09 10:08 PM (#7572 - in reply to #3662)
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Location: Virginia		Piers Anthony wrote tons of genre fiction, not just Xanth books. I'd love to see the Apprentice Adept series and Incarnations of Immortality series added.
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Engelbrecht
Posted 2014-05-10 4:05 AM (#7574 - in reply to #3662)
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I added the first seven books of Incarnations of Immortality.  The publisher for the eighth book in the series isn't in the WWE db, so it can't be added yet (apparently, based on the Amazon reviews, it's so bad that Anthony couldn't find a "real" publisher for it...). 
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controuble
Posted 2014-05-10 6:48 AM (#7576 - in reply to #7574)
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Location: Rockford, IL		I didn't even know there WAS an eighth book - and I read them when they came out It must be really bad.
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Engelbrecht
Posted 2014-05-10 12:05 PM (#7578 - in reply to #7574)
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Book eight is Under a Velvet Cloak (2007).  Eight Amazon reviewers give it five stars, 22 give it one star, and 39 give it from two to four stars.

Some highlights (lowlights?) from some of the one star reviews:

The entirety of the novel(la) feels as though it were written by Stephanie Meyers, having been told "Do what you've always done, make tons of spelling and grammar mistakes, write it so a 2nd grader doesn't feel challenged but make every single character have sex with every other character. Badly.

In the end notes, he acknowledges that the peak of his success was 15 years ago. It is easy to see why after reading this.

The first several chapters are essentially a paean to pedophilia.

I guess some people will read anything... 

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controuble
Posted 2014-05-10 12:26 PM (#7579 - in reply to #7578)
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Location: Rockford, IL		2007, huh? Well before then I had given up on him. The Blue Adept series was very good, though.
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handwasher
Posted 2014-05-10 4:05 PM (#7585 - in reply to #3662)
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Is there a category for Anthologies? I've recently read a couple of sci-fi anthologies edited by John Joseph Adams (The End is Nigh and Robot Uprisings) but couldn't find a place to review them.
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valashain
Posted 2014-05-11 3:30 AM (#7588 - in reply to #7585)
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Location: The Netherlands		There are plenty of anthologies in the database but John Joseph Adams hasn't been added yet. He's on the list to be added as soon as the uberusers get the ability to do so however. I've read a few of his myself, he always manages to get a good balance in this anthologies.
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Administrator
Posted 2014-05-11 11:29 AM (#7591 - in reply to #7588)
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Sorry for the delays on our end getting the author add/edit function finished.  Been traveling for business a lot more lately.  More info as we have it.

I just added John Joseph Adams.  It's bout time we got him in the DB.

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Dlw28
Posted 2014-05-11 7:56 PM (#7596 - in reply to #7591)
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I'm guessing someone has already requesting adding Wesley Chu to the db-but if not... I'm requesting! Thanx
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valashain
Posted 2014-05-12 11:36 AM (#7612 - in reply to #7596)
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Location: The Netherlands		For the people who were looking for them, I just put up 16 John Joseph Adams anthologies. Except for Oz reimagined (the co-editor of that one is not in the database) it should be pretty complete.
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Administrator
Posted 2014-05-12 7:31 PM (#7614 - in reply to #7612)
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Location: Dallas, Texas		Well done, Sir.  I've just updated the cover images and his author page.  Enjoy!
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Engelbrecht
Posted 2014-05-13 1:57 AM (#7618 - in reply to #7614)
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I've just added the full Piers Anthony Apprentice Adept series.
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