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Topic: How do I find a short story?
Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 01:56 PM
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 ]
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no. 6
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posted April 06, 2005 02:00 PM
Ask the author. They usually know.
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TMedina
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posted April 06, 2005 02:01 PM
No luck with the particular anthology of the chess story?
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 02:03 PM
What if the author is dead?
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no. 6
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posted April 06, 2005 02:03 PM
Ouiji Board.
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St. Yogi
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posted April 06, 2005 02:04 PM
What story are we talking about?
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TMedina
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posted April 06, 2005 02:04 PM
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.
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Jim-Me
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posted April 06, 2005 02:05 PM
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 ]
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 02:07 PM
It's not just one specific story. I want to do this with a few dozen short stories/novellas.
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TMedina
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posted April 06, 2005 02:10 PM
What was the information on the chess story again?
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 02:15 PM
The chess story is Quarantine by Arthur C. Clarke.[ April 06, 2005, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Portabello ]
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Cow-Eating Man
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posted April 06, 2005 02:30 PM
My source only returns the two books I'd listed in your previous thread. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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TMedina
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posted April 06, 2005 02:38 PM
Try calling your local library and see if there is a central means of researching the publication history of a short story.
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 02:38 PM
My library was no help.
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TMedina
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posted April 06, 2005 02:41 PM
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.
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Cow-Eating Man
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posted April 06, 2005 02:43 PM
Wait...isn't Clarke still alive?
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 02:45 PM
Yes, but many of the short stories I want to locate are written by other authors.
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xnera
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posted April 06, 2005 03:26 PM
Short Story Index every printing of a particular story, but it might help locate some.
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Susie Derkins
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posted April 06, 2005 03:42 PM
See if Quidscribis will jaunt down the road and ask old Arthur what's up.
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Cow-Eating Man
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posted April 06, 2005 03:43 PM
*whew*
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Portabello
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posted April 06, 2005 03:46 PM
From xerna's link: quote: Retrospective coverage back to 1984. That doesn't go back far enough, I'm afraid.
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aspectre
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posted April 06, 2005 03:49 PM
Quarantine InternetScienceFictionDataBase . Name refers to the author. Scroll the searchengine list for the Title .[ April 06, 2005, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
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