tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post3809666973658668201..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Crime Indexes and Phil Stephensen-PayneMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-31320568455960115652022-07-02T21:09:41.774+01:002022-07-02T21:09:41.774+01:00Thanks, Art. I didn't know of your connection ...Thanks, Art. I didn't know of your connection with Bill Contento - very interested to learn it.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-43345425159209817522022-07-02T15:30:35.394+01:002022-07-02T15:30:35.394+01:00I've been using the Fictionmags Index for year...I've been using the Fictionmags Index for years. It and its relations in the philsp/homeville stable are invaluable resources for researchers. I knew Bill Contento (we live in the same town) and even, years ago, did some date entry for him - mystery digest magazines, I think. His role in porting resources like Hubin from paper reference to searchable data was a huge contribution. And thank you Phil for all you've done. Pleased to see you bring these resources to the attention of the mystery community, Martin. Art Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334930459109747106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-24795840697592273282022-07-01T09:38:12.502+01:002022-07-01T09:38:12.502+01:00Arthur, that's very helpful. Thank you.Arthur, that's very helpful. Thank you. Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-16183336458094897152022-07-01T09:37:56.953+01:002022-07-01T09:37:56.953+01:00Thanks, DavidThanks, DavidMartin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-69885897151650759302022-06-30T16:47:33.755+01:002022-06-30T16:47:33.755+01:00I’ve found Fictionmags a terrific resource for mag...I’ve found Fictionmags a terrific resource for magazine stories, and am glad to hear books too will be covered.<br /><br />This won’t help with first publications of stories, since it doesn’t cover magazines (just books), but for anyone who wants to identify anthologies in which a story has appeared, the best current source is WorldCat. Go to www.worldcat.org, select “Books,” and do a search for the author’s name and the story title. For example, a search for<br /><br />christianna brand hornet’s nest<br /><br />will retrieve five books (three collections of Brand’s stories and two anthologies) that have this story, including Martin’s 2021 Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries.<br /><br />This isn’t guaranteed complete—there may be old anthologies or collections whose WorldCat records don’t include “Contents notes” (though not many, I suspect; WorldCat has been adding Contents notes to books from the 1930s and earlier)—but it’s more complete than the print indexes we (I’m a retired librarian) used to use. WorldCat is a terrific resource for book lovers (I know people say “just Google,” but even when that works, you often have to wade through many irrelevant results).<br /><br />Arthur Robinson<br />Arthur Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648491529210591835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8072729155050322612022-06-30T04:57:29.714+01:002022-06-30T04:57:29.714+01:00Martin I fully concur with your view on the fictio...Martin I fully concur with your view on the fictionmags index. It’s an invaluable resource. When reading anthologies and collections I find myself dipping into the index to see if this is further information on the source and reprintings of the story. <br />I’m also an avid science fiction reader and an invaluable resource here is the internet science fiction database (ISFDB)<br /><br />DaveDavid Blythnoreply@blogger.com