So would I but actually it's the dot after the W in "Brian W. Aldiss", the search dumps it and fails.
This is the the search string it creates, notice it's dropped the dot after the W
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND
If you add the dot back to the search string, it's successful:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND
Here's another example:
Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Title: In the Box
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?414581
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND
With the dot added back:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND
And how about a search for author: J. R. R. Tolkien
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?...=J+R+R+Tolkien
Gives: "A search for J R R Tolkien found 0 matches"