Talk:The Stars, Like Dust

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Cleanup

I feel that this article should be rewritten. It contains three sections that are more or less talking about the same thing. I think they should be merged together. Stephenchou0722 22:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editions

I own the Doubleday Edition which is pictured on the 'The Stars, Like Dust' page (as of 7 Jul 2009). The verso reads:

COPYRIGHT, 1950, 1951, BY WORLD EDITIONS INC.

COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY ISAAC ASIMOV.

So, this would suggest two changes to the TSLD page: 1) the book was first published in 1950, not 1951 as indicated in the text; 2) the Doubleday Edition is not the First Edition. Both of these suggested changes are unless the "WORLD EDITIONS INC." publication was a serialized publication in a magazine-- if this is true, the text can stand as at present.SaturnCat (talk) 22:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aratap

The article does not mention the novel's most interesting feature -- the inversion of the villain and hero. The Tyrann official Aratap, the ostensible villain, is a likeable and complex character, who dislikes violence and almost succeeds in thwarting the dull, sterotypical "hero" Biron by diplomacy and superior intelligence. CharlesTheBold 05:31, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Series box

Here is how to do the series box using the sucession templates:

Preceded by Isaac Asimov's Utopia by Roger MacBride Allen	Empire Series Foundation Series	Succeeded by The Currents of Space

--— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 18:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is also Template:AsimovStory. Or is that outdated? —Scouter Sig 18:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comma in title?

My copy (Grafton) does not have a comma in the title. Is this something that was changed from the original? Is it worth mentioning in the article? RoscoHead (talk) 11:40, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of ISBN from Wikidata

Please note that this article's infobox is retrieving an ISBN from Wikidata currently. This is the result of a change made to {{Infobox book}} as a result of this RfC. It would be appreciated if an editor took some time to review this ISBN to ensure it is appropriate for the infobox. If it is not, you could consider either correcting the ISBN on Wikidata (preferred) or introducing a blank ISBN parameter in the infobox to block the retrieval from Wikidata. If you do review the ISBN, please respond here so other editors don't duplicate your work. This is an automated message to address concerns that this change did not show up on watchlists. ~ Rob^Talk 01:26, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Original research?

“The ruler of Tyrann in the story is called the "Khan," suggesting that Asimov took the Mongol dominion over the Russian principalities as a model, much as he used the declining Roman Empire for his Foundation series. (See the "Golden Horde" for the real-world history that Asimov drew upon and adapted.)” Source? --ExperiencedArticleFixer (talk) 14:45, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]