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  • The Care and Feeding of Series

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 09:08:01 2025
    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series
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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 21:51:32 2025
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    If C gives you enough rope to hang yourself, then C++
    gives you enough rope to bind and gag your
    neighborhood, rig the sails on a small ship, and still
    have enough rope to hang yourself from the yardarm.
    -- The UNIX-HATERS Handbook

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 18:13:53 2025
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the
    money.

    William Hyde


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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 23:28:35 2025
    In article <mmsmf4Ff8ioU1@mid.individual.net>,
    Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    It seemed to me poor Robert Asprin got bit by that more than once.
    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 23:29:45 2025
    In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the >money.

    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge
    Queen but was too cheap to buy it.
    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Steve Coltrin@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 3 16:57:04 2025
    begin fnord
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:

    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    Every volume of the eye-wateringly expensive Virginia Edition spells
    Heinlein's name correctly _as the author's name_... but the two volumes
    of his screen writing omit the second _e_ in the title of the book.
    (Cover and title pages are correct.)

    --
    Steve Coltrin spcoltri@omcl.org
    "A group known as the League of Human Dignity helped arrange for Deuel
    to be driven to a local livestock scale, where he could be weighed."
    - Associated Press

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Tue Nov 4 22:24:25 2025
    On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the
    money.

    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge Queen but was too cheap to buy it.

    I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).

    That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by
    L. Spraque de Camp.

    pt

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/10 to All on Tue Nov 4 21:44:22 2025
    In article <10eeg19$4hdr$1@dont-email.me>,
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the
    money.

    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge Queen but was too cheap to buy it.

    I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).

    That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by
    L. Spraque de Camp.


    Are you referring to his name on the cover? I would have to see more
    examples of that typeface to be certain, but I think that is a "g".

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ?-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Wed Nov 5 15:03:47 2025
    On 11/5/2025 12:44 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10eeg19$4hdr$1@dont-email.me>,
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote:

    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That
    always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her? Probably moved to Romance for the >>>> money.

    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge >>> Queen but was too cheap to buy it.

    I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).

    That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by
    L. Spraque de Camp.


    Are you referring to his name on the cover? I would have to see more
    examples of that typeface to be certain, but I think that is a "g".


    Check both the cover and the spine. I haven't looked at the book for
    decades, but I think the typo was on the spine only.

    pt

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/10 to All on Wed Nov 5 21:42:04 2025
    In article <10egaj3$l9u6$1@dont-email.me>,
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/5/2025 12:44 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10eeg19$4hdr$1@dont-email.me>,
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:

    <snip>


    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of Rouge >>> Queen but was too cheap to buy it.

    I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).

    That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by
    L. Spraque de Camp.


    Are you referring to his name on the cover? I would have to see more examples of that typeface to be certain, but I think that is a "g".


    Check both the cover and the spine. I haven't looked at the book for
    decades, but I think the typo was on the spine only.


    I don't have a copy; I was looking at the entry for that edition in the
    ISFDB. Unfortunately, the spine does not appear (nor does it for any
    other edition - I have a vague memory that the "Rouge Queen" typo was on
    a spine, but I don't know which edition).

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ?-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Tony Nance@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 6 08:41:33 2025
    On 11/5/25 3:03 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 11/5/2025 12:44 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10eeg19$4hdr$1@dont-email.me>,
    ˙ Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/3/2025 6:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <10ebcvk$381ki$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde˙ <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
    On 3 Nov 2025 at 14:08:01 GMT, "James Nicoll" <James Nicoll> wrote: >>>>>>
    The Care and Feeding of Series

    Five crucial steps for curating series.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-care-and-feeding-of-series

    Miss-spell the author's name on one volume's spine mid-series. That >>>>>> always entertains.

    I once read a book I liked by Roberta Heinlein.

    I wonder what ever happened to her?˙ Probably moved to Romance for the >>>>> money.

    Misspelling titles is also good: back in the summer I saw a copy of
    Rouge
    Queen but was too cheap to buy it.

    I have that one (a Bluejay trade paperback iirc).

    That's not the the only issue. Apparently, it was written by
    L. Spraque de Camp.


    Are you referring to his name on the cover? I would have to see more
    examples of that typeface to be certain, but I think that is a "g".


    Check both the cover and the spine. I haven't looked at the book for
    decades, but I think the typo was on the spine only.

    pt

    I ran across that very edition of "Rouge Queen" the last time I was at a
    used book store, and on the spine it does indeed look like a "q" instead
    of a "g".[1]

    I do have a book that the spine says was written by Louis McMaster Bujold.

    Tony
    [1] I didn't buy it, but maybe I will next time, just for the novelty of
    it.





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