A famous example of this approach is The Whole Family: A
Novel by Twelve Authors (including William Dean Howells and
Henry James) (1908):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Family:_a_Novel_by_Twelve_Authors
Another such novel of that era, The Sturdy Oak (1917), was
edited by Elizabeth Jordan and includes a chapter by Mary
Heaton Vorse -- both contributors to The Whole Family:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8435
The Affair at the Inn (1904) was by four authors:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02E0D81F3AE733A25754C1A96F9C946597D6CF
Here is an interesting web-page about literary
collaborations:
http://www.admit2.net/collaborative_archive.htm
Mark
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
> Browsing my neighborhood used bookstore today I came
across a book
> called The Black Moon, which is a collaboration
between Loren
> Estleman, Ed Gorman, W.R. Philbrick, Robert Randisi
and L.J. Washburn
> (This is the pseudonym James Reasoner and his wife
use writing
> together, isn't it?). It appears each author wrote a
section of the
> book. It looks like an interesting idea. Has anyone
else read it? The
> cover promises "A Spectacular New Direction in
Mystery." Was this a
> one off, or were there more books of this
sort?
>
>
-- Mark R. Harris 2122 W. Russet Court #8 Appleton WI 54914 (920) 470-9855 brokerharris@gmail.com
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