Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Long-running series

From: Joy Matkowski (jmatkowski1@comcast.net)
Date: 25 Aug 2008

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    That kind of overwhelms the Perry Masons and Nero Wolfes I was thinking of. Joy

    James Reasoner noted:
    > If you're talking about the Nick Carter, Killmaster paperback series,
    > there are either 261 or 263, I forget exactly. Throw in the Nick
    > Carter pulp novels and dime novels (same name, different characters)
    > and the number goes up a lot more.
    >
    > The Executioner series is still being published, but counting all the
    > Bolans and the various spin-off series, the total's got to be well over
    > 500 by now.
    >
    > Hank Janson and Sexton Blake have to figure into this discussion, too,
    > but I have no idea about the numbers on them.



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