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Drace (dracenines) | 7606 comments The newest edition of Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher has problems with its title and authors.

First, the book's title has a parenthetical in it and the capitalization is wrong. The book's actual title should be Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? I am unsure if the "(New Edition)" parenthetical needs to be removed or not based on Goodreads policy, but if not, it should be moved to after the question mark. New Edition should also probably be added to the Edition section of the book.

Second, other authors contributed material to the new edition and need to be added. They are:
Zoe Fisher (Foreword) [note: this is not the Zoe Fisher who already has a page on Goodreads]
Alex Niven (Introduction)
Tariq Goddard (Afterword)

[Belated edit to include a link to this book for ease of access in case anyone revisits this thread: [book:Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?|65925479]]


Taylor (taylordiken) | 2 comments I have updated the information for the new edition on this page, including the title, edition info, and authors/contributors.


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Drace (dracenines) | 7606 comments Taylor wrote: "I have updated the information for the new edition on this page, including the title, edition info, and authors/contributors."

Thanks so much. Before I mark the topic as complete, is there any chance you could give the contributors their respective foreword/introduction/afterword roles?


Taylor (taylordiken) | 2 comments Done! I was under the impression that all contributors needed to be listed as Contributor for standardization, but I looked at other titles on GR and have changed it to reflect the foreword/introduction/afterword attributions following those examples. I appreciate you flagging that for me! Let me know if there's anything else I can help with on this title.


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Drace (dracenines) | 7606 comments Taylor wrote: "Done! I was under the impression that all contributors needed to be listed as Contributor for standardization, but I looked at other titles on GR and have changed it to reflect the foreword/introdu..."

The only other thing I could think of is creating a new author page for Zoe Fisher since this is Mark Fisher's wife and not the previously-existing Zoe Fisher that's on Goodreads and wrote an independently published fantasy novel, but besides that I think everything is covered. Marking as complete.


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