BobT:
> No hits on Shane Stevens or J.W. Rider in The
Internet Movie Database. Any
> idea what films he's written?
From what I heard, he sold the film rights to BY REASON OF
INSANITY, wrote the screenplay, moved to Hollywood, and
failed to get it made. He stayed on as a script-doctor,
working on other people's scripts (hence no credit). There
are many screenwriters in Hollywood who make a very
compfortable living without having anything made.
> I have the sense of a major writer slipping away.
Mediocre pseudonymous PI
> novels and anonymous or unproduced screenplays after
some brilliant early work
> - -- although I didn't much care for THE ANVIL
CHORUS, the last book under his
> own name. But DEAD CITY and WAY UPTOWN IN ANOTHER
WORLD are real
> achievements,among the best crime novels ever
written, and I'm surprised
> they're not better known.
I have the same feeling. I also felt that THE ANVIL CHORUS
was weak compared to his previous novels. For me, the
derivative idea was an indication that Stevens' work was
going downhill - all his previous novels have a freshness,
vitality and cutting edge that made them stand apart. As I
said, I have not read WAY UPTOWN IN ANOTHER WORLD, but I look
forward to reading it based upon your recommendation.
- paul
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