Science Fantasy Novels Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-10 · 25 entries checked · 11 flagged · 29 issues confirmed · 11 corrected · 18 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Angel Island (novel) — The entry states the men cut off the women's wings, but in the actual novel, the men clip the women's wings (trim the feathers), not cut them off entirely.

Angel Island (novel) — The entry says the women's leader is named Julia, but in the novel, the winged women are not given names by the men; the men name them, and the leader is named 'Jule' (short for Julia), not simply Julia.

Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code — Root demands a mind-wipe of the three humans afterward, so Artemis leaves Butler in Ireland to preserve their memories: In the book, Butler is left behind to avoid being present for the mind-wipe, but he is still subject to it later, not left to preserve his m

Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code — The C Cube was constructed from stolen fairy LEPrecon helmets confiscated by Butler in the siege of Fowl Manor: The helmets were taken by Artemis and Butler during the events of the first book, not specifically 'confiscated by Butler in the siege of Fowl Manor

Being a Green Mother — The series has 7 books, not 8; Being a Green Mother is book 5 of 7 in the Incarnations of Immortality series.

Being a Green Mother — Natasha is not revealed to be Satan in disguise; the love interest is a man named Morton who is later revealed to be Satan, while Natasha is a different female character.

The Book of the Long Sun — The Outsider is described as a 'minor god'; in the canon, The Outsider is a major, transcendent deity, not a minor god.

The Book of the Long Sun — Patera Silk is said to be 'later discovered to be the rightful heir' to the position of Caldé; this is inaccurate—Silk is elected or acclaimed as Caldé, not discovered as a rightful heir by blood or inheritance.

The Book of the New Sun — The tetralogy was ranked number three in a 1998 Locus poll of all-time best fantasy novels before 1990 is incorrect; the poll was actually conducted in 1987, not 1998.

The Book of the Short Sun — The claim that the events of The Book of the New Sun commence just as the events of The Book of the Short Sun are ending is factually incorrect; the timeline is reversed, with Short Sun occurring in the far future relative to New Sun, and the Red Sun Whorl (Ur

Carson of Venus — The novel is the third book in the Venus series, but it is actually the fourth. The series order is: Pirates of Venus (1932), Lost on Venus (1933), Carson of Venus (1938), and Escape on Venus (1946).

Carson of Venus — The claim that the novel was nominated for the Retro-Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of 1939 is incorrect. The Retro-Hugo Awards were not established until 1996, and the 1939 Retro-Hugo for Best Novel was awarded to The Sword in the Stone by T. H. Wh

Chess Team — The entry states the series comprises 20 novels, but the actual count is 15 works (8 main novels, 1 prequel, and 6 novellas).

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