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Reviewer: Sammi Brie ( talk · contribs) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b ( MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c ( OR): d ( copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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A handful of copy changes and, if possible, the book cover would cap this GA off. That's about it. Sammi Brie (she/her •  t • c) 01:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply

• The stories are arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically for each author Comma not needed. See User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences (CinS)
  • Done. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply
• a list of anthologies the stories have been reprinted in Maybe avoid prepositional ending by writing a list of anthologies in which the stories have been reprinted
  • Done. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply
• one for motifs and themes, containing entries like "High civilizations of the past, non-human" and "Mad scientist, motivations, purposes", one for titles, and one for authors The last two commas should be semicolons, as the list entry ending in "purposes" contains a comma.
  • Done. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply
• He nevertheless found himself inspired by the book to revisit some of the more obscure works discussed, and suggested readers Remove comma (CinS). "He" is the subject on both sides.
  • Done. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply
• ...the book "An essential companion... Consider "[a]n essential to conform it a bit better to the sentence grammar.
  • Done. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Spot checks

I selected three sources to spot check at random:

• 1: Gunn review in Utopian Studies, which is used ten times. Y
  • Quote reproduction is accurate.
  • Praise for the magazine section.
  • Amazing Stories as the first SF mag.
  • Preface: preface and the introduction in which Bleiler puts the scholar's task and the period into perspective...
  • each story summary is followed by a one-phrase evaluation
  • story descriptions occupy the first 522 pages
  • These are reinforced by a list of the anthologies in which these stories have been reprinted, a valuable motif and theme index, a title index, and an author index.
• 8: Y
  • "detailed plot summaries ... each summary hundreds of words long"
  • Appendices; the sample indices are mentioned here.
  • Silverberg's quote is accurately reproduced.
• 9: Are Booklist blurbs typically written by the author? This would at least be a reliable source for the claim, drawing from This provides summaries for each of the 1,835 stories in early American and English science-fiction magazines. Y
  • I don't know if they typically are, but this one is apparently written by the younger Bleiler. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Images

• An image of the cover of this work would be an appropriate fair use addition if it is available.
  • I'll admit to lacking the know-how for this. I also don't think it would add much—the images I am able to find online are of rather poor quality and the cover is just black text on a red background anyway. TompaDompa ( talk) 06:34, 12 August 2023 (UTC) reply