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Serieses! > [Done] Missing from series: (Dungeon Academy 2) Tourney of Terror by Madeleine Roux

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message 1: by Zaltys (last edited Dec 17, 2022 11:05AM) (new)

Zaltys | 104 comments Series: Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy
https://www.goodreads.com/series/3364...

Missing:
1.5. Dungeons & Dragons: A Goblin Problem (Same cast and setting, I'd consider this part of the same series. Not to mention that the cover and front page list the full title as 'Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: A Goblin Problem!'. Same author - Madeleine Roux is Diane Walker's pseudonym. Chronologically takes place after the first book, but is more of a side story than the next entry. Also aimed for younger readers. ...I don't know what's Goodreads' convention in cases such as this.)
2. Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror (hardcover) / Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror (Kindle) / Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror (audio)


message 2: by Dana (last edited Dec 17, 2022 02:05PM) (new)

Dana | 148 comments Hey, Zaltys! I'm on it. Some editions need to be combined as well, so I'm doing that now.
I'm not completely sure about the 1.5, but I'm looking into it :)

EDIT: I added it as 1.5, but apparently it's an "Early Chapters" publishing, which is a Harper Collins imprint specifically for ages 5-8. It belongs in the universe, though I'm not sure it should be 1.5 instead of an unnumbered standalone? I'm referring to this section of the librarian manual:
Series numbering and order

Novellas and short stories should be listed using decimals. For instance, if a series contains five primary books (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5) and a novella was published in between Book 1 and Book 2, it should be listed as 1.5. If there are multiple novellas or short stories between Book 1 and Book 2, they can be numbered as 1.4 and 1.5; or 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7; and so on.

Note: These novellas should not be listed as primary, regardless of numbering used on other sites.

[...]

Please place anthologies and omnibus volumes/collections, as well as any other special works (such as individual volumes republished in multiple parts), after all primary works, not mixed in with them.

If novellas or shorts are published individually and also included in anthologies and omnibuses, please list the individually published novellas with decimals in the series order. At the end of the series, list anthologies, and finally omnibus editions (https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...)

I haven't read the book, so what do you think?


message 3: by Zaltys (last edited Dec 24, 2022 08:03AM) (new)

Zaltys | 104 comments I haven't read the book, so what do you think?

Oops, sorry — I didn't see the edit until now.
The reason I suggested 1.5 is because it is clearly chronologically between those two: the protagonist already knows the characters she met in No Humans Allowed!, while the new characters from Tourney of Terror are not mentioned at all.

Due to the length, I'd consider A Goblin Problem a short story. It does work as a standalone, but the current order is probably best. If someone wants to read the whole series, No Humans Allowed! is the one to start with, as A Goblin Problem spoils some (minor) things from it.


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