Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

There are errors to clean up on the novel Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner.

1. US Hardcover: Heat 2 (ISBN 9780062653314)

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed directly from the book jacket:
Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie

One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna’s determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley’s crew, before he ghosts out of the city.

In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they’re pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna—a man unreconciled with his history—is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.

Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley’s scores and Hanna’s pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat.

Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds—from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann’s Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.

Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic—a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

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2. US Paperback: Heat 2: A Novel (ISBN 9780062653376)

- “A Novel” needs to be removed from the title.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back cover of the book:
From four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director Michael Mann and Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner, the #1 New York Times bestselling original novel set in the universe of Mann’s classic crime film masterpiece Heat

Chris Shiherlis is holed up in LA’s Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape the city. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna. Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother-in-arms Neil McCauley in a gunfight under an LAX runway’s strobe lights. Hanna’s determined to bring in Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley’s crew, before he ghosts out of the city . . .

Flash back seven years. McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking a daring bank score in Chicago. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna is hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.

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3. US Kindle: Heat 2 (ASIN B075WQM6PR)

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 1.

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4. US Mass Market Paperback: Heat 2: A Novel (ISBN 9780062653345)

- “A Novel” needs to be removed from the title.

- The cover art is missing. Available here: https://www.harpercollins.com/cdn/sho... // https://www.harpercollins.com/product...

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 2.

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5. US Large Print Paperback: Heat 2: A Novel (ISBN 9780063241985)

- “A Novel” needs to be removed from the title.

- The page count is incorrect. I’m holding a copy and it should be 756.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed directly from the back cover:
Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie

One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis is holed up in Koreatown, desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna. Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms Neil McCauley. Now Hanna’s determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley’s crew.

In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men.

Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley’s scores and Hanna’s pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat.

Moving from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia, Heat 2 is a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

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6. Missing Edition: US Digital Audiobook

TITLE: Heat 2
AUTHOR: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
NARRATOR: Peter Giles
ISBN-10: 006265358X
ISBN-13: 9780062653581
ASIN: 006265358X
PUBLISHER: HarperAudio
DATE PUBLISHED: August 9, 2022
NUMBER OF PAGES: 19
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 1]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://www.harpercollins.com/cdn/sho... // https://www.harpercollins.com/product...

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7. Missing Edition: US Audible

TITLE: Heat 2
AUTHOR: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
NARRATOR: Peter Giles
ASIN: B09QQR9X7D
PUBLISHER: HarperAudio
DATE PUBLISHED: August 9, 2022
NUMBER OF PAGES: 19
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 1]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7... // https://a.co/d/fggOfdy

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8. CD Audiobook Edition: Heat 2 (ISBN 9780062653598)

- Peter Giles needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 19.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 1.

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9. UK Hardcover: Heat 2 (ISBN 9780008222741)

- The description is incorrect. The UK edition has the same description on its jacket as the US hardcover. It should be the same as Entry 1.

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10. UK Paperback: Heat 2 (ISBN 9780008222772)

- The Michael Mann author page linked on this book leads to a 404. The correct Michael Mann is here: Michael Mann

- Meg Gardiner needs to be added to the author list.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 480. WorldCat page as a source: https://search.worldcat.org/title/137...

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11. UK Kindle: Heat 2 (ASIN B073T778LX)

- The wrong Michael Mann is listed on the book. This is the correct author page: Michael Mann

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:

Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat – an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film.

Described by Michael Mann as both a prequel and sequel to the renowned, critically acclaimed film of the same name, HEAT 2 covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna (Oscar winner Al Pacino) and elite criminals Neil McCauley (Oscar winner Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), and Nate (Oscar winner Jon Voight), and features the same extraordinary ambition, scope, rich characterizations, and attention to detail as the epic film.

This new story leads up to the events of the film and then moves beyond it, featuring new characters on both sides of the law, new high-line heists, and breathtakingly cinematic action sequences. Ranging from the streets of L.A. to the inner sancta of rival Taiwanese crime syndicates in Paraguay to a massive drug cartel money-laundering operation just over the border in Mexico, HEAT 2 illuminates the dangerous workings of international crime organizations and the agents who pursue them as it provides a full-blooded portrait of the men and women who inhabit both worlds.

Operatic in scope, HEAT 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic – a masterpiece of crime fiction from one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema.

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12. UK Ebook: Heat 2 (ISBN 9780008222765)

- The ASIN is missing. As per Goodreads policy, it should be 0008222762.

- The wrong Michael Mann is listed on the book. This is the correct author page: Michael Mann

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13. Missing Edition: UK Digital Audiobook

TITLE: Heat 2
AUTHOR: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
NARRATOR: Peter Giles
ISBN-10: 0008222789
ISBN-13: 9780008222789
ASIN: 0008222789
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
DATE PUBLISHED: August 18, 2022
NUMBER OF PAGES: 19
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 11]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://harpercollins.co.uk/cdn/shop/... // https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/...

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14. Missing Edition: UK Audible

TITLE: Heat 2
AUTHOR: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
NARRATOR: Peter Giles
ASIN: B0B1VTY8YL
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
DATE PUBLISHED: August 18, 2022
NUMBER OF PAGES: 19
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 11]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7... // https://amzn.eu/d/cIKnHTm

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Entry #1-5 done

Thanks for your help, Patricia.

Bumping the thread so the rest can get taken care of.

Entry #7 is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Entry #6-10 done!

In entry #10, I can't linked the book to the real author.

Thank you again, Patricia. The author issue is weird - I'll start a new thread elsewhere if needed.

Bumping for #11-#14.

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It looks like the author issue on #10 was cleaned up, but #11-#14 still need to be finished.

#11-12 Corrected
It looks like the bot added ASIN. Librarians can't add ASIN or ISBN to an existing edition anyway (even it's blank), the support can correct ISBN but not ASIN.
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#14 Librarians cannot add Audible and Kindle editions anymore, only the bot has the right to do this. Maybe the support can.
(https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

Thanks for your help with 11-12. Bumping for #13.

That librarian rule change is ridiculous and insane. Everyone on the site knows that the bot is a complete disaster, and now they're delegating more of the site's functionality to it? Anyone can plainly see that it oftentimes completely neglects international Kindle/Audible editions, and it sure as hell doesn't know how to follow the site's own policy re: alternate cover editions. And we all saw the insane rampage it went on in Autumn 2024 where it deleted hundreds of thousands of ebook editions and staff didn't stop it for weeks. Congratulations to them for finding even more terrible ways to run the site, I guess.

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Audible edition is here (with ASIN from amazon.com). I moved it to correct author and combined with other editions.
Heat 2

All the Audibles from amazon.com should be added by the bot. Looks like the support cannot add them too. I'm not sure how to deal with Audibles from other amazons.
Waiting for answer here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Let this thread slip, but bumping again to add #13.

Drace wrote: "Let this thread slip, but bumping again to add #13."

Done:)

Thank you!