a.n.smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:40:04 -0600
On series exhaustion:
Ian Rankin's Rebus is 11 books going now, and he's mostly on
the edge of unravelling. Good work. I'm always interested to
see if he will or not.
And John Harvey did ten Resnick books and that was all--so he
says. A good cycle that ended perfectly. Sometimes the thing
is being brave enough to end it, especailly when the
commodity is hot.
The rumors concerning Pelecanos's Nick Stefanos in the
upcoming book?
And I have to say that the new Stark books do seem, to me, to
be more interesting than the old. Nothing is so cut and dry
anymore. Stark could off Parker at any time now. Parker could
make big mistakes.
A series character should grow and change, but should
mercifully be put to rest when it's just an excuse for
another spinning of the wheels. Which usually happens about
the time the hero sobers up and falls in love....cynical,
yeah, but I wish there were a way to get around that
"comfort zone" and push ahead. One of these detectives needs
to get divorced. Needs that little corner of heaven he's
created for himself to be not enough anymore.
If only...if only...if only.
Neil Smith
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