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==The Story of the Phantom== | |||
[[Spotlight on Adapted Novels: The Phantom - Flash Gordon - Mandrake the Magician|The Story of the Phantom]] is a series of 15 novels, published by Avon Publications in the U.S. from 1972 to 1975, based on Lee Falk's Phantom stories. When released the adaptor of issues 2 and 10 was not credited, and issue 15 was credited as Carson Bingham. Lee Falk did correct this using an ''"Author's note"'' in the books. | [[Spotlight on Adapted Novels: The Phantom - Flash Gordon - Mandrake the Magician|The Story of the Phantom]] is a series of 15 novels, published by Avon Publications in the U.S. from 1972 to 1975, based on Lee Falk's Phantom stories. When released the adaptor of issues 2 and 10 was not credited, and issue 15 was credited as Carson Bingham. Lee Falk did correct this using an ''"Author's note"'' in the books. | ||
{| {{table}} | {| {{table}} | ||
!Adapted by !!issues !!note | !Adapted by !!issues !!note | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Lee Falk]] || 1, 6, 9, 12, 15 || #15 is wrongly credited as Carson Bingham | ||
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| | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Copper Basil Copper] || 2, 3 || #2 The adaptor is not credited | ||
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| Frank S. Shawn || 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 || #10 The adaptor is not credited | | Frank S. Shawn ''(pen name of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Goulart Ron Goulart])'' || 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 || #10 The adaptor is not credited | ||
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| | | [http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=403 Warren Shanahan] || 13 || | ||
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| | | Carson Bingham ''(pen name of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cassiday Bruce Cassiday])'' || 14 || | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
===The Corpus=== | |||
The 15 novels | The 15 novels, from chapter 1 to the end of the novel. | ||
====Analysis using R==== | ====Analysis using R==== | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 29 November 2020
The Story of the Phantom
The Story of the Phantom is a series of 15 novels, published by Avon Publications in the U.S. from 1972 to 1975, based on Lee Falk's Phantom stories. When released the adaptor of issues 2 and 10 was not credited, and issue 15 was credited as Carson Bingham. Lee Falk did correct this using an "Author's note" in the books.
| Adapted by | issues | note |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Falk | 1, 6, 9, 12, 15 | #15 is wrongly credited as Carson Bingham |
| Basil Copper | 2, 3 | #2 The adaptor is not credited |
| Frank S. Shawn (pen name of Ron Goulart) | 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 | #10 The adaptor is not credited |
| Warren Shanahan | 13 | |
| Carson Bingham (pen name of Bruce Cassiday) | 14 |
The Corpus
The 15 novels, from chapter 1 to the end of the novel.
Analysis using R
Two analysis were done: first 100-1000 MFW 2-gram and the second 100-1000 MFC 3-grams, both using the Boostrap Consensus Tree.
The result grouping the novels according to the table above, confirming Lee Falk's correction in the "Author's note".
MFW 2-gram
MFC 3-gram
Interesting the analysis grouping issues 13 and 14 with statistic similar style.