• Gaping hole in isfdb re: Jack London

    From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Mon Feb 2 21:09:18 2026
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    Rediscovering this site, I looked at Jack London, and
    wondered whether I had the Dreams Of Debs, like there's
    something of his I don't have. Well, I do, the
    cornerstone of my Jack London collection is the
    Complete Short Stories published in 3 volumes by
    Stanford, in 1993, and in-print in the early 21st
    century, at least, when i bought mine. It is more
    than complete, beginner unpublished stories as well.

    It is properly paginated through the three books,
    so you only need the page number to find something,
    and there's little ambiguity in whether a volume
    could be mistaken as the complete book. It is
    chronological. What it fails to do, is to list the
    original books these were published, like Moonface,
    or Turtles of Tasman, etc., with page numbers to
    the individual stories, to get a better grasp on
    the context of the original story collections.

    Not much si-fi here, in the contemporary sense,
    but I recall, Goliah, Scarlet Plague, and some
    early ghost stories, with humor.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804720584


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  • From Bobbie Sellers@bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Mon Feb 2 22:41:31 2026
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    On 2/2/26 21:09, Pluted Pup wrote:
    Rediscovering this site, I looked at Jack London, and
    wondered whether I had the Dreams Of Debs, like there's
    something of his I don't have.-a-a Well, I do, the
    cornerstone of my Jack London collection is the
    Complete Short Stories published in 3 volumes by
    Stanford, in 1993, and in-print in the early 21st
    century, at least, when i bought mine.-a It is more
    than complete, beginner unpublished stories as well.

    It is properly paginated through the three books,
    so you only need the page number to find something,
    and there's little ambiguity in whether a volume
    could be mistaken as the complete book.-a It is
    chronological.-a What it fails to do, is to list the
    original books these were published, like Moonface,
    or Turtles of Tasman, etc., with page numbers to
    the individual stories, to get a better grasp on
    the context of the original story collections.

    Not much si-fi here, in the contemporary sense,
    but I recall, Goliah, Scarlet Plague, and some
    early ghost stories, with humor.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804720584


    Look for London's "Iron Heel" which is about the
    triumph of capital over labor.

    bliss

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  • From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 3 01:58:26 2026
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    On 2/2/26 10:41 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 2/2/26 21:09, Pluted Pup wrote:
    Rediscovering this site, I looked at Jack London, and
    wondered whether I had the Dreams Of Debs, like there's
    something of his I don't have.-a-a Well, I do, the
    cornerstone of my Jack London collection is the
    Complete Short Stories published in 3 volumes by
    Stanford, in 1993, and in-print in the early 21st
    century, at least, when i bought mine.-a It is more
    than complete, beginner unpublished stories as well.

    It is properly paginated through the three books,
    so you only need the page number to find something,
    and there's little ambiguity in whether a volume
    could be mistaken as the complete book.-a It is
    chronological.-a What it fails to do, is to list the
    original books these were published, like Moonface,
    or Turtles of Tasman, etc., with page numbers to
    the individual stories, to get a better grasp on
    the context of the original story collections.

    Not much si-fi here, in the contemporary sense,
    but I recall, Goliah, Scarlet Plague, and some
    early ghost stories, with humor.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804720584


    -a-a-a-aLook for London's "Iron Heel" which is about the
    triumph of capital over labor.

    No, that wasn't the plot of the novel Iron Heel, it
    was about the struggle of labor against capital.
    I don't recall the ending being pessimistic,
    saying "oh well, we lost, and that's the end
    of the story".


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  • From Bobbie Sellers@bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 3 08:41:11 2026
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    On 2/3/26 01:58, Pluted Pup wrote:
    On 2/2/26 10:41 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 2/2/26 21:09, Pluted Pup wrote:
    Rediscovering this site, I looked at Jack London, and
    wondered whether I had the Dreams Of Debs, like there's
    something of his I don't have.-a-a Well, I do, the
    cornerstone of my Jack London collection is the
    Complete Short Stories published in 3 volumes by
    Stanford, in 1993, and in-print in the early 21st
    century, at least, when i bought mine.-a It is more
    than complete, beginner unpublished stories as well.

    It is properly paginated through the three books,
    so you only need the page number to find something,
    and there's little ambiguity in whether a volume
    could be mistaken as the complete book.-a It is
    chronological.-a What it fails to do, is to list the
    original books these were published, like Moonface,
    or Turtles of Tasman, etc., with page numbers to
    the individual stories, to get a better grasp on
    the context of the original story collections.

    Not much si-fi here, in the contemporary sense,
    but I recall, Goliah, Scarlet Plague, and some
    early ghost stories, with humor.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804720584


    -a-a-a-a-aLook for London's "Iron Heel" which is about the
    triumph of capital over labor.

    No, that wasn't the plot of the novel Iron Heel, it
    was about the struggle of labor against capital.
    I don't recall the ending being pessimistic,
    saying "oh well, we lost, and that's the end
    of the story".


    That is not the end. The end is the
    statement of the Future as being an Iron Heel grinding
    into the face of Humanity. The struggle will go on.

    bliss

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