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message 1: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments This doesn't look like a series to me:

http://www.goodreads.com/series/89197...


message 3: by Moloch (last edited Dec 07, 2012 06:01AM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments This one also:

http://www.goodreads.com/series/79913...

I'm not deleting them just because I'd like other librarians to check first


message 4: by Cait (new)

Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments I'm not sure about the first one; I am sure the second isn't a series.

I think the third one probably is a series but I'm not entirely sure -- most of the books appear to have been written explicitly for the series, but a few appear to have been merely annotated for the series, and since we combine annotations with originals in most cases that would disqualify the whole thing. Does anyone else have thoughts?


message 5: by vicki_girl (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments Cait, I think I can just say "ditto". I had pretty much thought the same when I saw these, but hadn't taken the time to type a response yet. :)


message 6: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
The first is definitely not (it includes books from 1250 that have recently been reprinted). And apparently includes thousands of books. Definitely some kind of imprint: Gone.


message 7: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
I zapped the second as well.

I think the third should go as well (take a look at the book with 8 editions), but am willing to be convinced otherwise. ;)


message 8: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments If the third IS a series, then at least not all the editions of this work should be in it:

http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...


message 9: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
And that is the problem: there is no way to have a series only apply to on edition of a work; it's all or none.


message 10: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments The third "series" seems to be not the original works but studies about the works.
But these http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition... seem all the original work


message 11: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments At the very least I have removed the work Il racconto dei racconti ovvero Il trattenimento dei piccoli from the series, because none of the editions were "studies".

But I still think the "series" should be deleted.


message 12: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl It looks like you removed the book with 8 editions.

I'm not understanding then why this wouldn't be a series.


message 13: by Grace (new)

Grace (justonce) | 66 comments I don't think this should be a series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/68689...

These are graphic novels by various authors published over the last 20 years, which apparently have been issued as a "collection of science fiction themed comics" by a Spanish comics press, but as far as the rest of the world is concerned, the stories are in no way linked. Also the "series" designation applies even to the English language editions of these comics, which seems problematic to me.


message 14: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Grace wrote: "I don't think this should be a series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/68689...

These are graphic novels by various authors published over the last 20 years, which apparently..."


Not a series. Does someone want to make it into a Listopia before I zap it?


message 15: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments rivka wrote: "Not a series. Does someone want to make it into a Listopia before I zap it?"

Like this? http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/28...


message 16: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Looks good. Zapped series.


message 17: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9385 comments These books are not related to each other. They are simply about various journeys:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/2108...


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