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I've sent a message to him asking if he has individual editions of these short stories.
Seanan McGuire's short stories have a similar problem. Never Shines the Sun has never been published on its own--it's in the back of ONLY the print edition of Chimes at Midnight.
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Per the response I got, some of these are released somewhere in Kindle format. I'll do some digging and see if I can't find them.
There are a lot of short stories merged into anthologies lately, which are individually published. Examples below:Little Wren and the Big Forest, by Michael J. Sullivan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... is now merged with the anthology. It can be found as standalone also: https://www.instafreebie.com/public/L...
Old Paint — by MEGAN LINDHOLM — merged now with the magazine. But it can read as a standalone here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Yuanyuan's Bubbles — by LIU CIXIN - merged now with the magazine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.... STandalone here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_1...
Cat Pictures Please by Naomi Kritzer - like the above: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... / http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritz...
I and many others have read just these stories and rated as such. Now there is the entire magazine instead of just the story. Is this merging normal?
from msg 6 example 4 got re-added. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... seems like its going to be a constant chase. its url brings you to the online mag
Edit: This has now been merged into an anthology of hers.
Edit: This has now been merged into an anthology of hers.
Claudia wrote: "There are a lot of short stories merged into anthologies lately, which are individually published. Examples below:Little Wren and the Big Forest, by Michael J. Sullivan: https://www.goodreads.com..."
If a book is not freely available to purchase and/or requires a subscription to a mailing list or log-in then that is not considered published by Goodreads standards. The same goes if the story was never published outside of an anthology, etc. There's a thread for the Clarkesworld story project here- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Non-book items per the librarian's manual- https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3....
Claudia wrote: "I and many others have read just these stories and rated as such. Now there is the entire magazine instead of just the story. Is this merging normal? "None of those have been published separately. Published in an online magazine is not published separately.
"The Labours of Hercules" was the anthology and contained "The Augean Stables". I don't think it was published on its own, except for the Amazon.com listing of the story in a magazine (both in the 1940's). And they are considered two different editions of the same book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Gloria wrote: ""The Labours of Hercules" was the anthology and contained "The Augean Stables". I don't think it was published on its own, except for the Amazon.com listing of the story in a magazine (both in the ..."Then it should be merged into the anthology.
As well as, slightly different facts: Problem at Pollensa Bay is both an anthology and a short story (published on Kindle separately). Both considered the same edition.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Gloria wrote: "As well as, slightly different facts: Problem at Pollensa Bay is both an anthology and a short story (published on Kindle separately). Both considered the same edition.https://www.goodreads.com/b..."
Those should be separated.
Cassandra wrote: "Those should be separated. "I think someone has done this now.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Cassandra wrote: "Those should be separated. "I think someone has done this now."
It was me :) Although I think there are still some editions combined that shouldn't be; some have 3 short stories, and some look like they have 7 (or more?). I separated what was apparent as one story, and may go back to the others when I have a little time for a project. Thanks, Elizabeth!
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Most do not. In which case, if they are listed separately on Goodreads, they will be merged into the most appropriate merge target (such as an anthology) available.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Chimes at Midnight (other topics)Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions (other topics)
Specifically, it looks like one user added every story from Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors. Now, a few of these stories were okay, because many of them have been published as standalones in other ways (comics, ebooks, audiobooks, etc.) But I'm guessing the following need to be deleted:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
(And then I had these, which I wasn't sure about. I'm thinking they should be left alone - they have lots of people who have added them - but they seem based on the stories being published for free online, but not in any official way.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Anyway, I figured this was best left to a super-librarian to figure out :)