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dfr1973 OK, so I am on my second mug of coffee, the goats are milked and the pigs, rabbits, and chickens fed ... there is a reason we get up early here! A couple random notes: first, I am allowing anonymous comments here, so if you don't want (or have trouble starting) a DW account you can still chime in. All comments are screened ... even my replies, apparently. I decided to adopt the Archdruid's comment policy, so no cussing, no flaming, no off-topic screeds, and no proselytizing of any kind (that's my pet peeve). I am on Eastern (US) time zone, unfortunately doing Daylight Stupid Time right now, but I go to bed early to wake up early to have enough coffee to deal with goats who are really just cats in disguise who try to get over any chance they can.
We've been joined by jcp_w who is blogging on his own journal, so cruise over there to subscribe. If I understand correctly, he has access to a hard copy of Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering, and Recalling through the Toronto library. It ought to be interesting to see what changed for WWA in the six years between that book and the memory book I'm reading.
Syfen, who originally brought the topic up this past Magic Monday, is doing Mind Power, and a couple others have signaled an interest, so I suppose we'll start things rolling. Everyone at their own pace and distance ... to mix metaphors, as long as the ball is making forward progress, we won't whistle it dead.
We've been joined by jcp_w who is blogging on his own journal, so cruise over there to subscribe. If I understand correctly, he has access to a hard copy of Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering, and Recalling through the Toronto library. It ought to be interesting to see what changed for WWA in the six years between that book and the memory book I'm reading.
Syfen, who originally brought the topic up this past Magic Monday, is doing Mind Power, and a couple others have signaled an interest, so I suppose we'll start things rolling. Everyone at their own pace and distance ... to mix metaphors, as long as the ball is making forward progress, we won't whistle it dead.
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Date: 2018-04-26 05:55 pm (UTC)Atkinson's bibliography
Date: 2018-04-28 01:16 pm (UTC)Atkinson's bibliography is far more complex than that of many other authors. Sometimes he merged two earlier works of his to create a new title that doesn't contain much (or any) new material. Often he tweaks the title and subtitle of a work from one printing to the next, usually tinkering a little with the text as he does so.
And then there are all the works written under various pseudonyms and published by Atkinson's publishers. Some of them are certainly by Atkinson himself. Others are definitely pseudonymous, but the hidden author may be one of Atkinson's followers or colleagues rather than Atkinson himself. In some cases (e.g. Theodore Sheldon) the author's name might not be a pseudonym at all, but the real name of an otherwise unknown writer.
In view of all this, I wouldn't venture to claim that my own bibliography is anything more than a first draft in need of many further revision. Even so, I hope it may prove helpful.
Re: Atkinson's bibliography
Date: 2018-04-28 01:32 pm (UTC)