Talk:Child of Fortune

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I don't see why this article is notable. /\ talk←   Aviyal   →track ) /\ 22:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --Puddytang (talk) 23:16, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I created this page because it was red linked in the article on Norman Spinrad. That article is in pretty poor shape, but Spinrad is a notable author who has won multiple awards. I can link to a couple of places where Spinrad mentions A Child of Fortune as one of his favorite books (that he has written).

In addition, I think the fact that there was a scholarly article discussing this book increases its notability.

My understanding is that the critical reception of the book was extremely positive, but I haven't had a chance to look for book reviews or anything yet.

I understand if you think this article is poor quality, but it has to start somewhere. I believe this article should not be deleted without a legitimate AFD discussion. Puddytang (talk) 23:16, 24 January 2012 (UTC)



NS: Hard to say, because it depends on the tastes of the reader in question. I think He Walked Among Us is my very best, or among my very best at least, and quite accessible to the general reader who has never read SF. Child of Fortune and The Void Captain’s Tale I think are on the highest literary and stylistic level I’ve so far achieved, but may require some familiarity with science fiction. If you’re into rock and roll, by all means Little Heroes. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

From the Wikipedia CFD: "The following are not by themselves sufficient to justify speedy deletion...Notability. Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a reasonable indication of why the subject might be important or significant."

Puddytang (talk) 23:26, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

References to this book From Google Scholar Dennett and the Deep Blue Sea Burton Voorhees - 2000 - Journal of Consciousness Studies

Project MUSE Journals The Lion and the Unicorn Volume 11, Number 1 ... Ian Hancock, CiteULike Connotea - 1987 - The Lion and the Unicorn

The Origin and Function of the Gypsy Image Ian Hancock Puddytang (talk) 23:37, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Best novel nominee for 1986 Locus Award and 1987 Prometheus Award. Puddytang (talk) 23:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Another article to discuss this book: Steven Foster (1998): The yellow brick road: Coming of age in the wilderness, The Humanistic Psychologist, 26:1-3, 199-216

Puddytang (talk) 00:06, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikification
I put non-english words in italics. When I used English phrases from the book I retained Spinrad's capitalization. Do all these phrases need to be in italics? quotes? italics and quotes for the non-english words? Puddytang (talk) 03:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I added the category 1980s science fiction novels Transcendentalist01 (talk) 16:55, 2 March 2014 (UTC)