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  • I've been wondering about that book for decades and my google-fu is not up to finding a particular book without some configuration of author, title, publisher, date of publication.

    Making Light: Open thread 137 2010

  • My google-fu turns up nothing on the Bathtun bindery, and I'm wondering if snyone here knows of it.

    Making Light: Open thread 134 2010

  • Jim -- I *think* that was Gene WOlfe I was actually trying to find out because I used the quote in an interview I did, but my google-fu must be weak, since I was never able to actually find the quote with an attribution.

    Everybody was Kung Fu Writing jimhines 2010

  • OK, I know I'm being dense, and my google-fu is weak.

    Pseudonyms: A Chat with “Benjamin Tate” pandemonium_bks 2010

  • I'm looking for a gallery that specializes in works by Erte buying and selling, preferably in New York, and my google-fu is failing me.

    ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2009

  • Odd side effect of being fraught: I ahve lost my google-fu.

    even though I said I w gillpolack 2009

  • That said, if you want to find out who edited something, it is very often either in the acknowledgments, or you can buy a subscription to Publisher's Marketplace, or you can join the SCBWI or similar, or practice your google-fu - these methods are by no means surefire nor will they give you exhaustive results, but will go a long way toward your research.

    Some Editors Are More Anonymous Than Others Editorial Anonymous 2009

  • I thought it might be due to Sandy Faber, but decided to execute some google-fu to see if I could track down the provenance of the quote.

    Galaxies are like people Julianne 2008

  • However, I'll also admit to a certain amount of google-fu to get the specifics on the mystery plane.

    Mystery Plane Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • I found making the actual file for upload pretty easy and/or fun, but then I have a teeeeeny bit of experience with Photoshop already -- and enough google-fu to find help pages online for the stuff I didn't know how to do.

    June 2008 2008

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