Talk:Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

A handful of copy changes and, if possible, the book cover would cap this GA off. That's about it. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The stories are arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically for each author Comma not needed. See User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences (CinS)
 * Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * a list of anthologies the stories have been reprinted in Maybe avoid prepositional ending by writing a list of anthologies in which the stories have been reprinted
 * Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * one for motifs and themes, containing entries like "High civilizations of the past, non-human" and "Mad scientist, motivations, purposes", one for titles, and one for authors The last two commas should be semicolons, as the list entry ending in "purposes" contains a comma.
 * Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * He nevertheless found himself inspired by the book to revisit some of the more obscure works discussed, and suggested readers Remove comma (CinS). "He" is the subject on both sides.
 * Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ...the book "An essential companion... Consider "[a]n essential to conform it a bit better to the sentence grammar.
 * Done. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Spot checks
I selected three sources to spot check at random:


 * 1: Gunn review in Utopian Studies, which is used ten times. ✅
 * Quote reproduction is accurate.
 * Praise for the magazine section.
 * Amazing Stories as the first SF mag.
 * Preface: preface and the introduction in which Bleiler puts the scholar's task and the period into perspective...
 * each story summary is followed by a one-phrase evaluation
 * story descriptions occupy the first 522 pages
 * These are reinforced by a list of the anthologies in which these stories have been reprinted, a valuable motif and theme index, a title index, and an author index.
 * 8: ✅
 * "detailed plot summaries ... each summary hundreds of words long"
 * Appendices; the sample indices are mentioned here.
 * Silverberg's quote is accurately reproduced.
 * 9: Are Booklist blurbs typically written by the author? This would at least be a reliable source for the claim, drawing from This provides summaries for each of the 1,835 stories in early American and English science-fiction magazines. ✅
 * I don't know if they typically are, but this one is apparently written by the younger Bleiler. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Images

 * An image of the cover of this work would be an appropriate fair use addition if it is available.
 * I'll admit to lacking the know-how for this. I also don't think it would add much—the images I am able to find online are of rather poor quality and the cover is just black text on a red background anyway. TompaDompa (talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC)