Talk:Sternenkristall

I don't know German. Can someone who does help with this page? Some questions: 1) does the website give any hint as to the dates of these zines? 2) I've figured out what three of the four pieces by MZB, but am stumped as to what "Wie man ein Manuskript vorbe­reitet" refers to in her work -- if the pattern follows, it will be an article she wrote in an earlier zine 3) and those odd symbols on this page need to be corrected 4) and is there anything else that should be on this article that I've missed so far? --Mrs. Potato Head 15:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I dont't see any odd symbols. --Doro 15:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I replaced the symbols with the German letters a few minutes ago. The only information about dates I could find is that the last issue was apparently published 1992. --Tiyire 16:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

The date 1992 is quite odd, though. That means they were publishing long before "the controversy" which came to a head in 1992, and therefore they had less need to be wary. --Mrs. Potato Head 16:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Here they write (translated): "Our story zines "Sternenkristall" were available for our members for their own Darkover stories, but sadly only until the year in which the copyright-affair with "Contraband" brought those fan activities to such a sad end!" That's all I found about this zine. --Tiyire 16:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

The original title of "Wie man ein Manuskript vorbereitet" is “How to Prepare a Manuscript.” The SFWA Handbook. Ed. Mildred Downey Broxon. Seattle: Science Fiction Writers of America, 1976. 28-33. from here --Tiyire 16:05, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for finding the article, Tiyire. The translator I used called it something quite silly! --Mrs. Potato Head 16:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)