Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

There are errors to clean up with the book The Night Ocean.

1. Hardcover: The Night Ocean (ISBN 9781101981085)

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the jacket:

Marina Willett, MD, has a problem. Her husband, Charlie, has become obsessed with the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, and in particular with the events of the summer of 1934, when the reclusive Lovecraft lived for two months with a young fan named Robert Barlow and his family in central Florida. Lovecraft was forty-three that summer, and Barlow was sixteen. What were the two of them up to, and what did they feel for each other? Just when Charlie thinks he's solved the puzzle, a scandal erupts, and he disappears. The police call it a suicide, but Marina doesn't believe them.

As Marina follows her husband’s trail in an attempt to learn the truth, The Night Ocean moves across the decades and along the length of the continent, from a remote Ontario town, through New York and Lovecraft’s native Providence, to Mexico City. Along the way, we meet Lovecraft and Barlow, who went on to become a well-known authority on the civilization of the Aztecs; the Futurians, a group of brilliant young science fiction writers; William S. Burroughs; Roy Cohn; and L. C. Spinks, a kindly Canadian appliance salesman, and the only person who knows the origins of The Erotonomicon, which may be the intimate diary of Lovecraft himself.

A historical tour de force, The Night Ocean is about love and deception; it’s about the way that stories earn our trust, and betray it.

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2. Kindle Edition: The Night Ocean (ASIN B01HNJIJYE)

- “Reprint” should be removed from the Editions field. The Kindle was published alongside the first edition.

- The description is missing paragraph breaks. It should read as follows:

From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scandals, psychiatry and pulp fiction, inspired by the lives of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle.

Marina Willett, M.D., has a problem. Her husband, Charlie, has become obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft, in particular with one episode in the legendary horror writer's life: In the summer of 1934, the "old gent" lived for two months with a gay teenage fan named Robert Barlow, at Barlow's family home in central Florida. What were the two of them up to? Were they friends--or something more? Just when Charlie thinks he's solved the puzzle, a new scandal erupts, and he disappears. The police say it's suicide. Marina is a psychiatrist, and she doesn't believe them.

A tour-de-force of storytelling, The Night Ocean follows the lives of some extraordinary people: Lovecraft, the most influential American horror writer of the 20th century, whose stories continue to win new acolytes, even as his racist views provoke new critics; Barlow, a seminal scholar of Mexican culture who killed himself after being blackmailed for his homosexuality (and who collaborated with Lovecraft on the beautiful story “The Night Ocean”); his student, future Beat writer William S. Burroughs; and L.C. Spinks, a kindly Canadian appliance salesman and science-fiction fan -- the only person who knows the origins of The Erotonomicon, purported to be the intimate diary of Lovecraft himself.

As a heartbroken Marina follows her missing husband's trail in an attempt to learn the truth, the novel moves across the decades and along the length of the continent, from a remote Ontario town, through New York and Florida to Mexico City. The Night Ocean is about love and deception -- about the way that stories earn our trust, and betray it.

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3. Paperback Edition: The Night Ocean: A Novel (ISBN 9781101981092)

- A Novel needs to be removed from the title.

- The page count is incorrect. WorldCat says it should be 389: https://search.worldcat.org/title/993...

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back cover:

From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scandals, psychiatry and pulp fiction

Marina Willett has a problem. Her husband, Charlie has become obsessed with H. P. Lovecraft, and in particular with the events of the summer of 1934, when the reclusive Lovecraft lived for two months with a young fan named Robert Barlow and his family in central Florida. Lovecraft was forty-three that summer, and Barlow was sixteen. What were the two of them up to, and what did they feel for each other? Just when Charlie thinks he's solved the puzzle, a scandal erupts, and he disappears. The police call it a suicide, but Marina doesn't believe them. Heartbroken, she follows her missing husband's trail to learn the truth.

Moving across the decades and along the length of the continent, from a remote Ontario town, through New York and Lovecraft's native Providence, to Mexico City, The Night Ocean is a historical tour de force about love and deception; it's about the way stories earn our trust, and betray it.

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4. Audible: The Night Ocean (ASIN B06XC5CKBR)

- The page count is missing. It should be 14.

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

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5. Missing Edition: Digital Audiobook

TITLE: The Night Ocean
AUTHOR: Paul La Farge
NARRATOR: Elisabeth Rogers
ISBN-10: 1501945602
ISBN-13: 9781501945601
ASIN: 1501945602 [THE ASIN FIELD MUST BE GIVEN THE ISBN-10 NUMBER AS WELL. GOODREADS POLICY REQUIRES A BOOK’S ISBN-10 TO GO IN THE ASIN FIELD; NOT ADDING IT IS A VIOLATION OF GOODREADS SITE POLICY]
PUBLISHER: Recorded Books, Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED: March 7, 2017
NUMBER OF PAGES: 14
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as #2]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://rb-sample-assets.s3.amazonaws... // https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9...

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6. CD Audiobook: The Night Ocean (ISBN 9781664459601)

- Elisabeth Rogers needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Recorded Books, Inc.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 14.

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7. Missing Edition: Library Edition CD Audiobook

TITLE: The Night Ocean
AUTHOR: Paul La Farge
NARRATOR: Elisabeth Rogers
ISBN-10: 1664567437
ISBN-13: 9781664567436
ASIN: 1664567437 [THE ASIN FIELD MUST BE GIVEN THE ISBN-10 NUMBER AS WELL. GOODREADS POLICY REQUIRES A BOOK’S ISBN-10 TO GO IN THE ASIN FIELD; NOT ADDING IT IS A VIOLATION OF GOODREADS SITE POLICY]
PUBLISHER: Recorded Books, Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED: March 15, 2017
NUMBER OF PAGES: 14
FORMAT: Audio CD
EDITION: Library Edition
DESCRIPTION: [same as #2]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://dsxuu8etcj8kw.cloudfront.net/... // https://www.blackstonelibrary.com/the...

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8. MP3 CD Audiobook: The Night Ocean (ISBN 9781664728837)

- Elisabeth Rogers needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Recorded Books, Inc.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 14.

- The format is incorrect. It should be MP3 CD.

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9. Invalid Editions

All of the following editions need to be marked invalid.

A. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
B. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
C. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
D. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Bump.

Bumping.