Sho have you considered adding any kind of a publication date column? That way if you want to just see what the latest novel got, but aren't sure which book it is you can set it to be on top. It could also get confusing with so many old books now popping up amidst the new stuff, if you're only interested in one category or the other.
I'd think that would be difficult, since that would require drawing on information that isn't actually present in this forum's review threads, and I don't think the site is set up to do that.
Hmm no, haven't considered that yet - originally I was limited to the data that can be found in the threads themselves, which doesn't include the publication date. But now that I'm mapping the books to Goodreads entries (which seems to have proven pretty reliable) I could get the publication dates from Goodreads perhaps, if their data set is reasonably complete for that. A cursory examination suggests it may be.
Yeah, all of it runs fully automatically - the only hand-curated part is a blacklist of duplicate threads with two entries so far (and even that could possibly have been solved procedurally by preferring the thread with more votes or so).
Alright, we got a "Published" column now. It's still fairly untested first-cut code plus I'm pretty tired, but it seems to work for now.
Cheers! As this is my current 'reread' book in between reading new books I will be able to contribute in that poll as I will be able to remember details about the book.
As a couple of threads have been posted since the last schedule post, here's an updated one for the Rest of 2014: Week 13/2014: ENT: What Price Honor? * David Stern Week 14/2014: I.K.S. Gorkon: Honor Bound * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 15/2014: Titan: The Red King * Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin Week 16/2014: New Frontier: House of Cards * Peter David Week 17/2014: TOS: Federation * Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens Week 18/2014: TNG: Ship of the Line * Diane Carey Week 19/2014: DS9: Avatar, Book Two * S.D. Perry Week 20/2014: VOY: String Theory: Evolution * Heather Jarman Week 21/2014: ENT: Surak's Soul * J.M. Dillard Week 22/2014: I.K.S Gorkon: Enemy Territory * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 23/2014: Titan: Orion's Hound's * Christopher L. Bennett Week 24/2014: S.C.E.: Fatal Error * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 25/2014: TOS: Ishmael *Barbara Hambly Week 26/2014: TNG: Q&A * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 27/2014: DS9: Section 31 - Abyss * David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang Week 28/2014: Voyager: Homecoming * Christie Golden Week 29/2014: ENT: Daedalus * Dave Stern Week 30/2014: Klingon Empire: A Burning House * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 31/2014: Titan: Sword of Damocles * Geoffrey Thorne Week 32/2014: New Frontier: Into the Void * Peter David Week 33/2014: TOS: In the Name of Honor * Dayton Ward Week 34/2014: TNG: Before Dishonor * Peter David Week 35/2014: DS9: Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 36/2014: VOY: The Farther Shore * Christie Golden Week 37/2014: ENT: Daedalus' Children * Dave Stern Week 38/2014: Stargazer: Gauntlet * Michael Jan Friedman Week 39/2014: Titan: Over a Torrent Sea * Christopher L. Bennett Week 40/2014: S.C.E.: Hard Crash * Christie Golden Week 41/2014: TOS: My Enemy, My Ally * Diane Duane Week 42/2014: TNG: Greater than the Sum * Christopher L. Bennett Week 43/2014: DS9: Mission Gamma: Twilight * David R. George III Week 44/2014: VOY: Spirit Walk - Old Wounds * Christie Golden Week 45/2014: ENT: Rosetta * Dave Stern Week 46/2014: Stargazer: Progenitor * Michael Jan Friedman Week 47/2014: S.C.E.: Interphase, Book One * Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore Week 48/2014: New Frontier: The Two-Front War * Peter David Week 49/2014: TOS: The Romulan Way * Diane Duane & Peter Morwood Week 50/2014: TNG: Losing the Peace * William Leisner Week 51/2014: DS9: Mission Gamma - This Grey Spirit * Heather Jarman Week 52/2014: VOY: Spirit Walk - Enemy of my Enemy * Christie Golden
Small note: After I introduced the publication date column I forgot to adjust the default sort column so the page is still sorted by forum score initially - that's fixed now.
You might have noticed that the thread table is currently not reachable. I temporarily disabled my websites as a security precaution due to the Heartbleed bug that is currently causing pain for just about any server admin on the web - heavy-handed, but it was the easiest fix in the situation. I'm working on restoring things soon-ish.
I have fallen behind a week on my schedule so to get back on track I will most likely post another review thread on Monday after the one for The Red King I posted today.
Almost a dozen threads have been posted since my last posting of the "Classic Review" schedule, so I've added ten more to it (bolded). Week 24/2014: S.C.E.: Fatal Error * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 25/2014: TOS: Ishmael *Barbara Hambly Week 26/2014: TNG: Q&A * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 27/2014: DS9: Section 31 - Abyss * David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang Week 28/2014: Voyager: Homecoming * Christie Golden Week 29/2014: ENT: Daedalus * Dave Stern Week 30/2014: Klingon Empire: A Burning House * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 31/2014: Titan: Sword of Damocles * Geoffrey Thorne Week 32/2014: New Frontier: Into the Void * Peter David Week 33/2014: TOS: In the Name of Honor * Dayton Ward Week 34/2014: TNG: Before Dishonor * Peter David Week 35/2014: DS9: Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness * Keith R.A. DeCandido Week 36/2014: VOY: The Farther Shore * Christie Golden Week 37/2014: ENT: Daedalus' Children * Dave Stern Week 38/2014: Stargazer: Gauntlet * Michael Jan Friedman Week 39/2014: Titan: Over a Torrent Sea * Christopher L. Bennett Week 40/2014: S.C.E.: Hard Crash * Christie Golden Week 41/2014: TOS: My Enemy, My Ally * Diane Duane Week 42/2014: TNG: Greater than the Sum * Christopher L. Bennett Week 43/2014: DS9: Mission Gamma: Twilight * David R. George III Week 44/2014: VOY: Spirit Walk - Old Wounds * Christie Golden Week 45/2014: ENT: Rosetta * Dave Stern Week 46/2014: Stargazer: Progenitor * Michael Jan Friedman Week 47/2014: S.C.E.: Interphase, Book One * Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore Week 48/2014: New Frontier: The Two-Front War * Peter David Week 49/2014: TOS: The Romulan Way * Diane Duane & Peter Morwood Week 50/2014: TNG: Losing the Peace * William Leisner Week 51/2014: DS9: Mission Gamma - This Grey Spirit * Heather Jarman Week 52/2014: VOY: Spirit Walk - Enemy of my Enemy * Christie Golden Week 1/2015: ENT: The Good that Men do * Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin Week 2/2015: Stargazer: Three * Michael Jan Friedman Week 3/2015: S.C.E.: Interphase, Book Two * Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore Week 4/2015: New Frontier: End Game * Peter David Week 5/2015: TOS: Rihannsu - Swordhunt * Diane Duane Week 6/2015: TNG: Masks * John Vornholt Week 7/2015: DS9: Mission Gamma, Book Three - Cathedral * Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels Week 8/2015: VOY: Full Circle * Kirsten Beyer Week 9/2015: ENT: Kobayashi Maru * Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels Week 10/2015: Stargazer: Oblivion * Michael Jan Friedman