Re: Nebula Finalists 2000

On 9/9/2024 1:42 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-09-09, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
 

The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski

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Well, crap. I forgot the ISFDB deadnames people.

 So do the credits of the movie.
 

That should be Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.

 Was Vladimir Putin born in Leningrad or Saint Petersburg?

The fact that authors, editors and artists may have multiple professional used names, legal names and socially used names -- either simultaneously or consecutively -- creates a number of challenges for bibliographers. The ISFDB FAQ discusses how the ISFDB project handles this issue (https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:FAQ#How_does_the_ISFDB_deal_with_author_name_changes.3F) :
A title's author name(s) are entered into the ISFDB database the way they appear on the publication's title page -- see Template:PublicationFields:Author for details. If another version of a publication credits the author(s) differently, then we create a separate publication record for it.
Once it has been confirmed that two or more author names refer to the same person and that the connections are publicly known, one name is selected as the author's "canonical" name and the rest are designated "alternate names". The name chosen to be the canonical name is the most recognized name for the author within the SF genre.
Note that the canonical name need not be the same as any of the author's legal names or socially used names. For example, Alice Bradley Sheldon's most recognized in-genre name is James Tiptree, Jr. and Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger's most recognized in-genre name is Cordwainer Smith -- see Template:AuthorFields:CanonicalName for details. All of the author's names are then linked within the ISFDB software to display the author's bibliography on the canonical name page -- see Help:How to record an alternate name for details. If the most recognized in-genre name changes, the software connection is changed to use the new name as the canonical name.