Talk:Roberto Quaglia

Quaglia???

I am an Italian sf scholar and expert, and I have to admit that I have never heard of this individual. I find it rather odd that there are no clear publishing data about several of his works, and that some of them have been published in Romenian but not in Italian. One wonders what this may mean; I suspect this is more a vanity page than a real article on a writer.--93.40.115.249 (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

This self-proclaimed "sf scholar and expert" who didn't even bother to sign with his own name, should take a look at who has won the 2010 British Science Fiction Association Award. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.218.206 (talk) 08:25, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Did you sign with your own name? --93.40.141.225 (talk) 18:04, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I am signing with my own name, unlike other people who wrote on this page, and I have visited the website of the BSFA:

http://www.bsfa.co.uk/BSFAAward.aspx

Where one discovers that the 2010 BSFA Award have not been awarded yet, unless that website is not bogus. I wonder what is going on here, and why someone is posting false information.--James.kerans (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Check this article in the Guardian: [1], which reports the 2010 BSFA winners, including Quaglia as co-author of the short story winner. Clearly the BSFA website just hasn't been updated. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:23, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, now that's a reliable source, which means the Quaglia article may be kept. I am going to add a link to the text of the short story, since it's public domain...--James.kerans (talk) 12:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Yet I find it odd that this writer's fiction has not been published in his own country. Though I have to admit that winning the BSFA Award qualifies him as someone that may have his little entry on the Wikipedia. I suspect that he's actually more important as a member of the SF fandom than as an author, and something about this should be inserted in the article--avoiding judgement in terms of value, of course.--93.40.82.224 (talk) 18:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure, you can insert something like that -- if you have a citation from a reliable source that says it, otherwise, please don't.

BTW, there are plenty of authors who sell like hotcakes in countries other than their own, but can't get any traction at home, not unusual at all. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:15, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Worth Mentioning?

Nothing to object about the rest, but--are these two texts worth mentioning?

1. Somebody up there somebody is lusting for me (1992) on English - SF play (this book has been distributed as a free gift to all attenders of Eurocon 1993 in Jersey)
2. The future of science fiction (1995) in English - essay - published in the official Souvenir Book of Intersection, the 53rd World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow

Just asking. I have not seen anything like this in other webpages on living authors.--93.40.100.53 (talk) 21:19, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

What's the Use of the Italian Title?

Bread, Butter and Paradoxine is a novel in English that has been published in Italy. But there is no Italian edition of this book. What's the use of adding the translation of the title in Italian if we are on the English Wikipedia? Could be useful in the Italian Wiki, but here?--93.40.100.53 (talk) 21:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Was it published in Italy under an English title or an Italian title? Also, I couldn't find the ISBN you listed, so I removed it, could you check it, and restore it/correct it? Thanks.

BTW, new comments at the bottom of the page please. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

It was published in Italy in English under an English title (it may seem strange but that's the way it is) and the ISBN was the one I found on the webpage of the publishing house, which you could visit and check if you don't believe me:

http://www.delosstore.it/delosbooks/scheda.php?id=15

"In lingua inglese" should be easy to understand, however it means IN ENGLISH. So, once again, ok for putting the book in the article, and the ISBN should be restored, BUT: what's the use of that Italian title?--93.40.55.240 (talk) 12:09, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

None, in fact I have deleted it. I have also eliminated the two volumes, because, though the author informs its readers that the two parts of the novel have been written in different years, it is quite clear that they were both published in 2002, and that's the date that should be in the bibliographic page. --James.kerans (talk) 12:35, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Non-existent book

I have found no trace of this book:

• The Vagabond of Ether (1990; Italian title Il vagabondo dell'etere)

I could find no trace of it even in the webpage of the author. --93.40.100.53 (talk) 21:11, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, probably should be removed until there's some indication of its existence. Actually it is listed on the author's website, on this page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

No it isn't, this is not what the website says. Here is what it really says:

"You still can't read Romanian? Hm, that's a pitty. "The Vagabond of Ether" it's a surreal and humouristic SF novel that I wrote in 1990. 130.000 words. This is the Romanian edition, of 1994, which at the time happened to be also quite a good bestseller."

So the English edition cannot be listed among his works because it does not exist (if it existed the joke about being able to read Romanian would be totally meaningless), and I am removing it, replacing it with the Romanian edition--which exists.--93.40.55.240 (talk) 12:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Essay confirmation needed

In cleaning up the Works section, I commented out one item, which needs further confirmation.

This is the entry as it existed:

• All what you know is wrong (2003), the Italian version of the American bestseller, published by it: NuoviMondiMedia, author of the first essay, the controversial All what you wanted to know about September 11, but you have never dared to ask yourself

This is as close as I can come to a cleaned-up version:

• 2003: "Everything you wanted to know about September 11, but have never dared to ask yourself" – essay, in Tutto quello che sai è falso. NuoviMondiMedia. ISBN 978-88-89091-50-0 (Italian edition of Everything You Know Is Wrong Russ Kick, ed.)

What needs to be confirmed is the actual title of the essay as published (not translated), and the language of the essay (English or Italian). Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:08, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Done. Ah, on the Italian page The Adventures of James Vagabond is presented as a revised edition of Bread, butter and paradoxine.--93.40.138.133 (talk) 19:53, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I've made some slight adjustments. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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