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message 1: by Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) (last edited Jun 26, 2013 06:58PM) (new)

Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) | 6327 comments I don't think this is the correct book title and information for isbn 9782724239836 ( Foundation Series: Prelude to Foundation/Foundation/Foundation & Empire/Second Foundation/Foundation's Edge/Robots & Empire/The Robots of Dawn/Foundation & Earth/Forward the Foundation ) -- if it is, then the omnibus needs to be added to several series.

I think instead that isbn 9782724239836 belongs to a French language edition of Robots of Dawn.

Worldcat agrees at http://www.worldcat.org/title/robots-...
Amazon agrees at http://www.amazon.fr/Les-Robots-laube...

(I don't actually have the book) the omnibus of entire seven book series may exist with a different isbn but also not likely to only be 522 pages as most editions of Robots of Dawn alone are over 480 pages.


message 2: by vicki_girl (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments I would agree that it is likely the French book (book ISBNs starting with 2 are supposed to be published in France, though that does not preclude them from being in the English language, or other anomalies).

Most people seem to be rating/reviewing the whole series (which doesn't seem to exist as a single omnibus). I would merge the entry with an edition of the following:

http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...

Then I would re-add the ISBN with the correct data. However, as I have been away for awhile, I may be behind on the most recent policies.


message 3: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Sounds like a plan to me, vicki.


message 4: by vicki_girl (last edited Jun 27, 2013 12:53PM) (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments Due to the number of ratings it required a Super, so I went ahead and took care of it.

ETA: I also re-added the ISBN

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...


Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) | 6327 comments Thanks! It just looked odd and I had no clue what needed to be done.


Topher | 6 comments I think there is also problem with ISBN 9781568650593 which is the number as it appears on my hardcover SFBC edition of The Foundation Trilogy. On the Goodreads page that ISBN corresponds to an "audio adaptation of the three novels by the BBC."


message 7: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments re 6, worldcat agrees. looks like there was a bad description floating around, which I've gotten rid of.


message 8: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
It gets confusing when a thread linked to a specific book or author is also used for other books or authors. I am closing this thread. Start new ones for other books.


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