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Robin Whittleton
Jun 23, 2026, 2:34:57 AM (7 days ago) Jun 23
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Gutenberg’s got a set of PD-OKed Harry Harrison shorts, so I’ll do a compilation of those next. I’ve put together a spreadsheet tracking his short fiction (according to Wikipedia) along with a few of his novels at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?usp=sharing.
It looks like the collection will be 8 shorts in total at the moment. PG also have “The Stainless Steel Rat” and “The Misplaced Battleship” but those were edited together and fleshed out to make The Stainless Steel Rat novel which I’ve already done, so I plan to omit them. I’ll note that in the description. The other works that PG has tip over the word count into novels, so they can be for another day.
-Robin
Alex Cabal
Jun 23, 2026, 4:14:39 PM (6 days ago) Jun 23
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OK, great. I've made a copy of the spreadsheet and added you as an
editor. Emma will manage with Weijia reviewing.
On 6/23/26 1:34 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> Gutenberg’s got a set of PD-OKed Harry Harrison shorts, so I’ll do a
> compilation of those next. I’ve put together a spreadsheet tracking his
> short fiction (according to Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> List_of_short_stories_by_Harry_Harrison>) along with a few of his novels
> at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?usp=sharing
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?usp=sharing>.
> Rat/ novel which I’ve already done, so I plan to omit them. I’ll note
>
> -Robin
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editor. Emma will manage with Weijia reviewing.
On 6/23/26 1:34 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> Gutenberg’s got a set of PD-OKed Harry Harrison shorts, so I’ll do a
> compilation of those next. I’ve put together a spreadsheet tracking his
> List_of_short_stories_by_Harry_Harrison>) along with a few of his novels
> at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?usp=sharing
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?usp=sharing>.
>
> It looks like the collection will be 8 shorts in total at the moment. PG
> also have “The Stainless Steel Rat” and “The Misplaced Battleship” but
> those were edited together and fleshed out to make /The Stainless Steel
> It looks like the collection will be 8 shorts in total at the moment. PG
> also have “The Stainless Steel Rat” and “The Misplaced Battleship” but
> Rat/ novel which I’ve already done, so I plan to omit them. I’ll note
> that in the description. The other works that PG has tip over the word
> count into novels, so they can be for another day.
>
> Repo at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
> <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction>.
> count into novels, so they can be for another day.
>
> Repo at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
>
> -Robin
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Robin Whittleton
Jun 23, 2026, 4:23:50 PM (6 days ago) Jun 23
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Thanks!
Emma: what do we think about “ID” as an exception to the usual rule that initialisms are separated by periods? The etymology seems a bit confused as to whether it stands for “Identity” or “Identity Document”.
-Robin
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Emma: what do we think about “ID” as an exception to the usual rule that initialisms are separated by periods? The etymology seems a bit confused as to whether it stands for “Identity” or “Identity Document”.
-Robin
> On 23 Jun 2026, at 22:14, 'Alex Cabal' via Standard Ebooks <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> OK, great. I've made a copy of the spreadsheet and added you as an editor. Emma will manage with Weijia reviewing.
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Weijia Cheng
Jun 23, 2026, 7:32:09 PM (6 days ago) Jun 23
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Ok, noted.
Emma Sweeney
Jun 23, 2026, 10:18:52 PM (6 days ago) Jun 23
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It looks like other instances in the corpus have been formatted as <abbr epub:type="z3998:initialism">I.D.</abbr>. I'm recommend doing the same here.
Emma
Robin Whittleton
Jun 24, 2026, 2:49:08 AM (6 days ago) Jun 24
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Sounds good, done.
-Robin
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David
Jun 24, 2026, 3:41:01 AM (6 days ago) Jun 24
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I wonder if this is a case where "modernization" comes into play? There is a MW entry for "ID" as a noun(!) meaning: `a document (such as a card) bearing identifying information about and often a photograph of the individual whose name appears on it -> called also ID card, identification card, identity card`.
Or maybe this contextual? e.g, "She showed her <abbr epub:type="z3998:initialism">I.D.</abbr> to the guard." But "He lost his ID card in the bus."
But MW, at least, regards "ID" as a "noun", not an abbreviation....
On Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at 07:49:08 UTC+1 robin wrote:
Sounds good, done.-Robin
On 24 Jun 2026, at 04:18, Emma Sweeney wrote:
It looks like other instances in the corpus have been formatted as <abbr epub:type="z3998:initialism">I.D.</abbr>. I'm recommend doing the same here.Emma
Robin Whittleton
Jun 24, 2026, 7:43:40 AM (5 days ago) Jun 24
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Robin Whittleton
Jun 25, 2026, 5:40:48 AM (5 days ago) Jun 25
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OK Weijia, over to you. Nothing much to note, apart from that typogrify wants to make one incorrect change. Repo at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction.
-Robin
On 24 Jun 2026, at 13:43, Robin Whittleton <ro...@reala.net> wrote:
Cover art will be The City (thanks Emma!). I’ve assigned it.
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Weijia Cheng
Jun 25, 2026, 1:28:30 PM (4 days ago) Jun 25
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Looks good as usual. I filed a review with a few minor nitpicks.
Weijia Cheng
Jun 25, 2026, 2:06:29 PM (4 days ago) Jun 25
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OK Alex, this is ready for you.
Alex Cabal
Jun 25, 2026, 3:03:18 PM (4 days ago) Jun 25
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Looks good as always, I've released it, thanks!
On 6/25/26 1:06 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> OK Alex, this is ready for you.
>
> On Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 1:28:30 PM UTC-4 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> Looks good as usual. I filed a review with a few minor nitpicks.
>
> On Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 5:40:48 AM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>
> OK Weijia, over to you. Nothing much to note, apart from that
> typogrify wants to make one incorrect change. Repo at https://
> github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
> <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction>.
>> Cover art will be /The City/ <https://standardebooks.org/
>> artworks/leon-chwistek/the-city> (thanks Emma!). I’ve assigned it.
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>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/>
>>> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?
>>> github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
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On 6/25/26 1:06 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> OK Alex, this is ready for you.
>
> On Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 1:28:30 PM UTC-4 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> Looks good as usual. I filed a review with a few minor nitpicks.
>
> On Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 5:40:48 AM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>
> OK Weijia, over to you. Nothing much to note, apart from that
> typogrify wants to make one incorrect change. Repo at https://
> github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
>> Cover art will be /The City/ <https://standardebooks.org/
>> artworks/leon-chwistek/the-city> (thanks Emma!). I’ve assigned it.
>>
>> <thumbnail_c900711dc1b30bb6bb0c7973c01416b5a2de85b6_EBOK_portrait.jpeg>
>>
>>> On 24 Jun 2026, at 01:32, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks
>>> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, noted.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 4:23:50 PM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Emma: what do we think about “ID” as an exception to the
>>> usual rule that initialisms are separated by periods? The
>>> etymology seems a bit confused as to whether it stands
>>> for “Identity” or “Identity Document”.
>>>
>>> -Robin
>>>
>>> > On 23 Jun 2026, at 22:14, 'Alex Cabal' via Standard
>>> Ebooks <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > OK, great. I've made a copy of the spreadsheet and
>>> added you as an editor. Emma will manage with Weijia
>>> reviewing.
>>> >
>>> >> On 6/23/26 1:34 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
>>> >> Gutenberg’s got a set of PD-OKed Harry Harrison
>>> shorts, so I’ll do a compilation of those next. I’ve put
>>> together a spreadsheet tracking his short fiction
>>> (according to Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>
>>> List_of_short_stories_by_Harry_Harrison>) along with a
>>> few of his novels at https://docs.google.com/
>>> spreadsheets/ <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/>
>> <thumbnail_c900711dc1b30bb6bb0c7973c01416b5a2de85b6_EBOK_portrait.jpeg>
>>
>>> On 24 Jun 2026, at 01:32, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks
>>> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, noted.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 4:23:50 PM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Emma: what do we think about “ID” as an exception to the
>>> usual rule that initialisms are separated by periods? The
>>> etymology seems a bit confused as to whether it stands
>>> for “Identity” or “Identity Document”.
>>>
>>> -Robin
>>>
>>> > On 23 Jun 2026, at 22:14, 'Alex Cabal' via Standard
>>> Ebooks <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > OK, great. I've made a copy of the spreadsheet and
>>> added you as an editor. Emma will manage with Weijia
>>> reviewing.
>>> >
>>> >> On 6/23/26 1:34 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
>>> >> Gutenberg’s got a set of PD-OKed Harry Harrison
>>> shorts, so I’ll do a compilation of those next. I’ve put
>>> together a spreadsheet tracking his short fiction
>>> (according to Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>
>>> List_of_short_stories_by_Harry_Harrison>) along with a
>>> few of his novels at https://docs.google.com/
>>> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?
>>> usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/>
>>> d/1HKHyFlM6sbBu8ZsEzRDKGET8Y2BmBLPmbeble8jjT1M/edit?
>>> usp=sharing>.
>>> >> It looks like the collection will be 8 shorts in total
>>> at the moment. PG also have “The Stainless Steel Rat” and
>>> “The Misplaced Battleship” but those were edited together
>>> and fleshed out to make /The Stainless Steel Rat/ novel
>>> which I’ve already done, so I plan to omit them. I’ll
>>> note that in the description. The other works that PG has
>>> tip over the word count into novels, so they can be for
>>> another day.
>>> >> Repo at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-
>>> harrison_short-fiction <https://github.com/
>>> robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction> <https://
>>> >> It looks like the collection will be 8 shorts in total
>>> at the moment. PG also have “The Stainless Steel Rat” and
>>> “The Misplaced Battleship” but those were edited together
>>> and fleshed out to make /The Stainless Steel Rat/ novel
>>> which I’ve already done, so I plan to omit them. I’ll
>>> note that in the description. The other works that PG has
>>> tip over the word count into novels, so they can be for
>>> another day.
>>> >> Repo at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-
>>> harrison_short-fiction <https://github.com/
>>> github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-fiction
>>> <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/harry-harrison_short-
>>> fiction>>.
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