Staging Server For: The Internet Speculative Fiction Database

This is the staging server for the ISFDB. This server runs features that are broad in scope, and generally too risky to run on the main server, or impossible for multiple people to test on a home server. The kinds of projects running here include moving all components up to their lastest revisions (MySQL, Apache, Python, MediaWiki etc), support for https, moving to Python3, mobile support, moving charsets to UTF-8, and UI redesign. This server may be unstable, and data entered here will be lost.

Use: isfdb.org for normal use.

Current Release Version: r917.
Database Backup from: 05/19/22.
Current Projects:

Update to MediaWiki 1.35.6 - Ongoing, but stable
Setup Postfix mail service - Complete 5/21/22
Implement HTTPS - Complete 5/16/22
Update to PHP 7.4.19 - Complete 5/10/22
Update to Python 2.7.18 - Complete 5/9/22
Update to MySQL 8.0.26 - Complete 5/9/22
Update to Apache 2.4.37 - Complete 5/9/22
Update to Linux 4.18.0 - Complete 5/9/22

Authors Born On This Day:	Authors Who Died On This Day:
Albrecht Dürer^?Albrecht Duerer (1471-1528) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Ernst Raupach (1784-1852) T. A. Bland, M.D. (1830-1908) Dr. Tony Moilin (1832-1871) Gordon Stables (1840-1910) Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) C. Rochling (1855-1920) Émile Verhaeren (1855-1916) G. F. Bradby (1863-1947) Virginia Terhune van de Water (1865-1945) John Hassall (1868-1948) Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967) Marion Heidt Mimms (1882-1972) Bohun Lynch (1884-1928) Reinhold Eichacker (1886-1931) Desiderius Papp (1895-1993) Charles Gesmar (1900-1928) J. G. Brown (1901-1990) Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986) Giorgio Monicelli (1910-1968) Virginia Haviland (1911-1988) Leonard Cottrell (1913-1974) Alan Wykes (1914-1993) Wayne Arthur Proell (1915-2007) Harold Robbins (1916-1997) Frank Bellamy (1917-1976) Margaret J. Baker (1918-2010) Fehér Klára (1919-1996) J. V. Luce (1920-2011) Lee Elias (1920-1998) Cledwyn Hughes (1920-1978) Ivo Košutić^?Ico Kosutic (1921-1998) Leslie Norris (1921-2006) Peter Albano (1922-2006) Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) Derek Marlowe (1938-1996) Peter Tanous (1938) Urs Widmer (1938-2014) Peter Phillips (1939-) (1939) Victor Linford (1940-2002) Scott Ely (1944-2013) Kim Deitch (1944) Anne C. Petty (1945-2013) Richard Hatch (1945-2017) Nikki Patrick (1946-2014) Владимир Малов^?Vladimir Malov (1947) Broeck Steadman (1951) Corey Wolfe (1953) Stanley Wiater (1953) Paul Collins (1954) Jeffrey Kluger (1954) Robert A. Metzger (1956) Brooke Stevens (1957) Jeff Canfield (1958-2014) 芦辺拓^?Taku Ashibe (1958) Lowell Cunningham (1959) Donovan K. Loucks (1964) Mark Crilley (1965) Mark Teppo (1968) Gwendolyn Womack (1970) Joely Sue Burkhart (1970) Antje Leser (1970) Pablo Dobrinin (1970) Nicole Luiken (1971) Леонид Каганов^?Leonid Kaganov (1972) Mandy Ord (1974) Brandy D. Miller (1974) David Prieto Ruiz (1977) Marian Coman (1977) James Phelan (1979) Jes Battis (1979) Monique Dorst (1981) Jackson Pearce (1984) Kira Peikoff (1985)	Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) John Kirkby (1705-1754) Parker Gillmore (1835-1900) Edgar Henry (1838-1905) Tom Greer (1846-1904) Frank Barrett (1846-1926) Alfred Nutt (1856-1910) Sir George Frampton (1860-1928) Mary S. Watts (1868-1958) Martin H. Potter (1871-1955) Pauline Mackie (1873-1956) E. Charles Vivian (1882-1947) E. L. Grant Watson (1885-1970) Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) Morris L. Ernst (1888-1976) Erik J. Certön^?Erik J. Certoen (1893-1981) Arthur Lee Gould (1894-1975) Mary Kawena Pukui (1895-1986) Truman Bethurum (1898-1969) Jo Spier (1900-1978) Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) Arthur Tofte (1902-1980) Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985) Klaus Mann (1906-1949) René Daumal (1908-1944) Desilo (1909-1985) Dr. Arch Carr (1909-1987) Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911-1995) Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. (1913-1990) Millen Cooke (1915-1995) Ruth M. Eddy (1921-2009) Stan Fine (1922-2009) Rubimor (1922-1984) Р. Авотин^?R. Avotin (1928-1997) Margot Zemach (1931-1989) Barry England (1932-2009) Rex Miller (1939-2004) Maurizio Viano (1939-1997) Gudule (1945-2015) Gordon Wolfe (1947-2010) Pat York (1949-2005) Christina Skye (1950-2018) Bernard Simonay (1951-2016) Dave Mooring (1961-2003)

Authors Born On This Day:

Authors Who Died On This Day:

Albrecht Dürer^?Albrecht Duerer
(1471-1528)
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Ernst Raupach (1784-1852)
T. A. Bland, M.D. (1830-1908)
Dr. Tony Moilin (1832-1871)
Gordon Stables (1840-1910)
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913)
C. Rochling (1855-1920)
Émile Verhaeren (1855-1916)
G. F. Bradby (1863-1947)
Virginia Terhune van de Water (1865-1945)
John Hassall (1868-1948)
Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967)
Marion Heidt Mimms (1882-1972)
Bohun Lynch (1884-1928)
Reinhold Eichacker (1886-1931)
Desiderius Papp (1895-1993)
Charles Gesmar (1900-1928)
J. G. Brown (1901-1990)
Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
Giorgio Monicelli (1910-1968)
Virginia Haviland (1911-1988)
Leonard Cottrell (1913-1974)
Alan Wykes (1914-1993)
Wayne Arthur Proell (1915-2007)
Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
Frank Bellamy (1917-1976)
Margaret J. Baker (1918-2010)
Fehér Klára (1919-1996)
J. V. Luce (1920-2011)
Lee Elias (1920-1998)
Cledwyn Hughes (1920-1978)
Ivo Košutić^?Ico Kosutic
(1921-1998)
Leslie Norris (1921-2006)
Peter Albano (1922-2006)
Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002)
Derek Marlowe (1938-1996)
Peter Tanous (1938)
Urs Widmer (1938-2014)
Peter Phillips (1939-) (1939)
Victor Linford (1940-2002)
Scott Ely (1944-2013)
Kim Deitch (1944)
Anne C. Petty (1945-2013)
Richard Hatch (1945-2017)
Nikki Patrick (1946-2014)
Владимир Малов^?Vladimir Malov
(1947)
Broeck Steadman (1951)
Corey Wolfe (1953)
Stanley Wiater (1953)
Paul Collins (1954)
Jeffrey Kluger (1954)
Robert A. Metzger (1956)
Brooke Stevens (1957)
Jeff Canfield (1958-2014)
芦辺拓^?Taku Ashibe
(1958)
Lowell Cunningham (1959)
Donovan K. Loucks (1964)
Mark Crilley (1965)
Mark Teppo (1968)
Gwendolyn Womack (1970)
Joely Sue Burkhart (1970)
Antje Leser (1970)
Pablo Dobrinin (1970)
Nicole Luiken (1971)
Леонид Каганов^?Leonid Kaganov
(1972)
Mandy Ord (1974)
Brandy D. Miller (1974)
David Prieto Ruiz (1977)
Marian Coman (1977)
James Phelan (1979)
Jes Battis (1979)
Monique Dorst (1981)
Jackson Pearce (1984)
Kira Peikoff (1985)

Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639)
John Kirkby (1705-1754)
Parker Gillmore (1835-1900)
Edgar Henry (1838-1905)
Tom Greer (1846-1904)
Frank Barrett (1846-1926)
Alfred Nutt (1856-1910)
Sir George Frampton (1860-1928)
Mary S. Watts (1868-1958)
Martin H. Potter (1871-1955)
Pauline Mackie (1873-1956)
E. Charles Vivian (1882-1947)
E. L. Grant Watson (1885-1970)
Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)
Morris L. Ernst (1888-1976)
Erik J. Certön^?Erik J. Certoen
(1893-1981)
Arthur Lee Gould (1894-1975)
Mary Kawena Pukui (1895-1986)
Truman Bethurum (1898-1969)
Jo Spier (1900-1978)
Barbara Cartland (1901-2000)
Arthur Tofte (1902-1980)
Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985)
Klaus Mann (1906-1949)
René Daumal (1908-1944)
Desilo (1909-1985)
Dr. Arch Carr (1909-1987)
Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911-1995)
Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. (1913-1990)
Millen Cooke (1915-1995)
Ruth M. Eddy (1921-2009)
Stan Fine (1922-2009)
Rubimor (1922-1984)
Р. Авотин^?R. Avotin
(1928-1997)
Margot Zemach (1931-1989)
Barry England (1932-2009)
Rex Miller (1939-2004)
Maurizio Viano (1939-1997)
Gudule (1945-2015)
Gordon Wolfe (1947-2010)
Pat York (1949-2005)
Christina Skye (1950-2018)
Bernard Simonay (1951-2016)
Dave Mooring (1961-2003)

View All Forthcoming Books View Top Forthcoming Note: Forthcoming books may be delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Selected Forthcoming Books:

	05/21 - In Pursuit of Freedom (Moonclipse, $5.99^?$: US dollar , ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. , novel) by Daniel Arenson		05/24 - Brand New Boy (Candlewick Press, 978-1-5362-2270-8, $18.99^?$: US dollar , 320pp, hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. , novel) by David Almond
	05/24 - Empire (Podium Audio, $44.99^?$: US dollar , digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. , novel) by Joshua Dalzelle		05/24 - Isolate (Tor, 978-1-250-77742-3, $11.99^?$: US dollar , 864pp, pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. , novel) by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
	05/24 - Lord of Light (Recorded Books, $27.99^?$: US dollar , digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. , novel) by Roger Zelazny		05/24 - Murder at Sunrise Lake (Berkley Books, 978-0-593-33315-0, $8.99^?$: US dollar , 432pp, pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. , novel) by Christine Feehan
	05/24 - Play (Tantor Audio, $17.49^?$: US dollar , digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. , novel) by Kevin J. Anderson		05/24 - Sound of Darkness (Mira, 978-0-7783-8612-4, $9.99^?$: US dollar , 320pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by Heather Graham
	05/24 - Starlight Enclave (Harper Voyager, 978-0-06-308588-6, $16.99^?$: US dollar , 464pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by R. A. Salvatore		05/24 - The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume Two (Games Workshop, 978-1-80026-139-6, $18.00^?$: US dollar , 704pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , omnibus) by Dan Abnett, Mike Lee, C. L. Werner
	05/24 - The Eyes of the Dragon (Pocket Books, 978-1-982197-08-7, $9.99^?$: US dollar , 400pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by Stephen King		05/24 - The House of Styx (Solaris, 978-1-78108-877-7, $14.99^?$: US dollar , 448pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by Derek Künsken^?Derek Kunsken Derek Kuensken
	05/24 - The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1 (Games Workshop, 978-1-80026-135-8, $18.99^?$: US dollar , 240pp, hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. , novel) by Dan Abnett		05/26 - Eversion (Gollancz, 978-0-575-09079-8, £20.00^?£: UK pound , ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. , novel) by Alastair Reynolds
	05/26 - Joker Moon (Harper Voyager (UK), 978-0-00-823972-5, £9.99^?£: UK pound , 368pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , anthology) by George R. R. Martin		05/26 - Weaponized (Night Shade Books, $26.99^?$: US dollar , ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. , novel) by Neal Asher
	05/31 - A Rip Through Time (Minotaur Books, 978-1-250-82000-6, $27.99^?$: US dollar , 352pp, hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. , novel) by Kelley Armstrong		05/31 - Explosive Negotiations (Tantor Audio, $20.99^?$: US dollar , digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. , novel) by Michael Anderle
	05/31 - For Fear of Little Men (Valancourt Books, 978-1-954321-68-7, $16.99^?$: US dollar , 184pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by John Blackburn		05/31 - Gwendy's Final Task (Gallery Books, 978-1-982191-55-9, $17.99^?$: US dollar , 288pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King
	05/31 - Reaper for Hire (LMBPN Publishing, $4.99^?$: US dollar , ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. , novel) by Michael Anderle, Theophilus Monroe		05/31 - Six Crystal Princesses (Open Road Integrated Media, 978-1-5040-6690-7, $16.99^?$: US dollar , 292pp, tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. , novel) by Piers Anthony