Talk:Amelia Peabody

Novels: Crime Mid‑importance

	Novels portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.NovelsWikipedia:WikiProject NovelsTemplate:WikiProject Novelsnovel articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Crime task force.

Fictional characters

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Fictional characters, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of fictional characters on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Fictional charactersWikipedia:WikiProject Fictional charactersTemplate:WikiProject Fictional charactersfictional character articles

Women writers Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Time to split?

I've been considering for some time separating the series article from that for Amelia herself, as in Amelia Peabody series or Amelia Peabody mysteries. Any thoughts? ♥ Her Pegship♥ 18:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a bad idea - there's a bit more that could be added in an article on the series itself - real life inspirations for the characters, background on some of the digs and who really did them, etc. I like "series" better than "mysteries," but that's just a personal thing ... Khowaga 19:22, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further thought: maybe we should take what they've done with Harry Potter as a model, separating the main article from the article about Harry Potter (character). Khowaga 13:51, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely with Khowaga.Transcendentalstate 16:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

The reference to American English is to indicate how the phonetics would be pronounced by an American English speaker, not to indicate that Amelia and Emerson would have pronounced "Peabody" as an American would. (I don't know the phonetic alphabet and am therefore unable to "standardize" the phonetic reference).

Some of the subsequent edits suggest that this isn't made clear - perhaps someone can either help out with the phrasing, or include the IPA version of the name as Peters says it should be pronounced? Khowaga 20:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the Fictional writers category

I can't find any mention of this character being a writer of any kind in the article. I assume she is since she was added to the category (originally to Fictional authors), but the article have to say so explicitly if it is to remain IMHO (the categorisation guidelines says that if you reach an article from a category it should be obvious why the article was listed there. Currently that does not seem to be the case). --Sherool 30 June 2005 12:14 (UTC)

The books are presented internally as being edited versions of Amelia's diaries. Later volumes also incorporate journals and letters written by other characters. Maybe this is what was intended? HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 14:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Plus, Amelia translates and publishes "her little fairy tales" as well as (one presumes) scholarly works about Egyptology. Her Pegship 17:40, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ISBNs

Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975)
- US paperback ISBN 0445406518
- UK paperback ISBN 1841191086
- AudioCD ISBN 0786197919
Curse of the Pharaohs (1981)
- US paperback ISBN 0445406488
- UK paperback ISBN 1841191094
- AudioCD ISBN 0786198656
The Mummy Case (1985)
Lion in the Valley (1986)
Deeds of the Disturber (1988)
The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991)
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog (1992)
The Hippopotamus Pool (1996)
Seeing a Large Cat (1997)
The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998)
The Falcon at the Portal (1999)
He Shall Thunder in the Sky (UK: Thunder in the Sky) (2000)
Lord of the Silent (2001)
The Golden One (2002)
Children of the Storm (2003)
Guardian of the Horizon (2004)
The Serpent on the Crown (March 2005)
Tomb of the Golden Bird (April 2006)

New navigational template

I offer to anyone creating Amelia Peabody articles the template {{Amelia Peabody}}, which produces the following result when added to the bottom of a page:

- Cheers! Her Pegship 17:40, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

v t e Amelia Peabody novels by Elizabeth Peters
Fiction	Crocodile on the Sandbank The Curse of the Pharaohs The Mummy Case Lion in the Valley Deeds of the Disturber The Last Camel Died at Noon The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog The Hippopotamus Pool Seeing a Large Cat The Ape Who Guards the Balance The Falcon at the Portal He Shall Thunder in the Sky Lord of the Silent The Golden One Children of the Storm Guardian of the Horizon The Serpent on the Crown Tomb of the Golden Bird A River in the Sky The Painted Queen
Non-fiction	Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
Characters	Amelia Peabody Radcliffe Emerson Nefret Emerson Sethos Evelyn Emerson David Todros