I had no idea that Honey West had any existence outside of the TV series. The things you learn.... I don't recall ever hearing of the Ficklings before. Did they do any other writing in the genre?--Duane >---------- >From: James Stephenson[SMTP:James_E_Stephenson@umail.umd.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 2:40 PM >To: rara-avis@icomm.ca >Subject: RARA-AVIS: Honey West > >BaxDeal@aol.com wrote: >> >> I was wondering if the old HONEY WEST private eye TV series from the 60's >>was >> based on a series of books. > >Yep. Honey West was created by G.G. Fickling, the joint pseudonym of >Gloria Fickling and Forrest E. Fickling. The series started in 1957 >with _This Girl For Hire_; the last Honey West novel was published in >1972! They were all paperback originals published by Pyramid. I >*could* list all of the Honey West titles but, ah, my wrists are broken. >Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket. > >The Honey West TV show ran from Sept. 1965 to Sept. 1966, BTW. >-- >James Stephenson >Rare Books & Special Collections Cataloger >University of Maryland at College Park >Email: js272@umail.umd.edu >- ># RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" ># to majordomo@icomm.ca > - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca