Wrong author sort for brother authors

[theducks]

Originally Posted by rebl

Thanks all, so I guess storing full names should be the way to go.

I vote for that
I have run into Author pairs that also have done solo work. Using separate full names allows those works to be found along with the combined ones.

[dwig]

Originally Posted by theducks

I vote for that
I have run into Author pairs that also have done solo work. Using separate full names allows those works to be found along with the combined ones.

I agree. I carry it even further when an author pair uses a pen name.

I list 3 names on some books. As an example, if I had a copy of Gunner Cade, I would list it by the joint pen name "Cyril Judd" ("Cyril" for Kornbluth's real first name and "Judd" derived from Merril's pen name) and the names of the two co-authors, Judith Merril (actually a pen name itself) and C. M. Kornbluth. That way I find it searching for any of the three.

[Divingduck]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

AFAIK : The ability to override author_sort in Manage Authors is provided for the express purpose of dealing with corner cases such as yours, un-hyphenated double barrelled surnames, East Asian names etc etc.

BR

That's how I do it as well and very handy for company names too.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by lumpynose

a coworker whose last name was Blank, named his son Drew Arthur (Drew A. Blank).

Ooh, that's bordering on child abuse

[lumpynose]

Originally Posted by mbovenka

Ooh, that's bordering on child abuse

Remember or ever hear of Frank Zappa? He named his daughter Moon Unit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa