How can I find out every book that a specific short story has been published in?
[ April 06, 2005, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: Portabello ]
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
Ask the author. They usually know.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
No luck with the particular anthology of the chess story?
-Trevor
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
What if the author is dead?
The chess story is part of why I want to this, but there are other reasons.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
Ouiji Board.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
What story are we talking about?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
The more academically inclined members may have a better idea, but find out who has the rights to a story and they should be able to give you a comprehensive list of every instance that story was published legally.
-Trevor
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
One of my favorite short stories is a chess story... and it was in at least three books, I'm fairly sure.
[ April 06, 2005, 02:06 PM: Message edited by: Jim-Me ]
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
It's not just one specific story. I want to do this with a few dozen short stories/novellas.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
What was the information on the chess story again?
Title and author?
-Trevor
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
The chess story is Quarantine by Arthur C. Clarke.
[ April 06, 2005, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Portabello ]
Posted by Cow-Eating Man (Member # 4491) on :
My source only returns the two books I'd listed in your previous thread. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Try calling your local library and see if there is a central means of researching the publication history of a short story.
-Trevor
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
My library was no help.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
The only other option I can think of is tracking down the owner of the publishing rights - which is a lot of legwork since you have a number of stories to research.
-Trevor
Posted by Cow-Eating Man (Member # 4491) on :
Wait...isn't Clarke still alive?
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
Yes, but many of the short stories I want to locate are written by other authors.
Again, I'm not trying to do this with just one short story. I have dozens of short stories that I want to do this with.
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
I'm fairly confident I used a hardcopy of this resource when I was in college. I don't know if it could find every printing of a particular story, but it might help locate some.
Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :
See if Quidscribis will jaunt down the road and ask old Arthur what's up.
Posted by Cow-Eating Man (Member # 4491) on :
*whew*
I thought I might have missed something.
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
From xerna's link:
quote:Retrospective coverage back to 1984.
That doesn't go back far enough, I'm afraid.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :