Talk:The Book of Sand

Internet references
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The web browser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_%28web_browser%29

The phone Arena KM900

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yyyy Books
I see this has been categorized under "1975 books". Is that appropriate for a short story? -- Jmabel 02:16, Jun 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * this has been fixed. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  13:35, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Text available online?
Is the text of the short story available online anywhere for free? In plain text, preferably, not some crazy falling sand thing.
 * nevermind, found it at http://artificeeternity.com/bookofsand/index.htm . That was more roundabout that it needed to be.

An External Link
I think this url (http://www.chronotext.org/bookOfSand/cover.htm) is active so I want to put it into external link. Why do you think it cannot be opened? Sendoh 10:36, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Very weird. It seems to give me a 404 error when I click it in the article, but not here. No idea why. I'll restore it. Sorry. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:10, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I reverted myself, restoring your text (which seems to be identical to what you have on this page), and now it's failing consistently again. Could you please also check this out? (that is, click on the link in the article and see if it's working for you?) -- Jmabel | Talk 22:14, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Interesting: someone removed the terminal slash, now it works fine. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:38, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, some smart guy, hm. Sendoh 18:15, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

And to answer your question
To Jmabel: "The Book of Sand" is the name of a short story, as well as the name of a book contains several short stories. Is this explanation OK for you? Sendoh 10:36, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Usually, if we have two different things with the same name and want articles about both we disambiguate instead of lumping them in one article. So, I'd expect, for example, a separate article The Book of Sand (book) (which we would then reference as The Book of Sand, which displays as The Book of Sand) if we were going to write about the book. No real harm done, though, unless someone actually wants to write an article about the book. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:20, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

Confusing
because i have never read the book i find the plot summary to be highly confusing, i would try to edit it myself if i had read the story, but because i haven't i don't think i could do a good enough job. Is the plot summary something i would be able to understand if i had read the book already?Killemall22 18:38, 9 July 2007 (UTC)killemall22Killemall22 18:38, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * In fact a large chunk of the plot summary isn't a summary of the plot at all but some kind of critique of the work. As Killema says, I've not read the book either and so would rather not re-write the summary myself, but it definitely needs dealing with. d a n n o 15:14, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Rewrote the Summary
Okay, I just read an online copy of the story, and I went through and replaced it with a much more clearer version that does away with the rambling commentary.Rex Imperator (talk) 02:44, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Removing the OR tag
I don't see what this is referring to; the article seems sufficiently cited to me. Would anyone object to the tag being removed? —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 22:50, 31 July 2014 (UTC)