especially since Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin can be looked at as a pastiche on Sherlock Holmes and Watson. But still highly enjoyable books.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Brian Thornton <bthorntonwriter@...> wrote:
>
> Didn't Rex Stout do the same thing with FAMILY PLOT? I'm not as familiar
> with his canon as many of the other Rare Birds here are, but I was thinking
> he did.
>
> Speaking of Stout, an author's work, and "posthumous" works involving that
> author's characters, has anyone here read the quote Stout gave on the
> subject of other authors writing pastiches or "homages" using his characters
> once he'd departed this world? He said:
>
> "Let 'em roll their own."
>
> Of course it goes without saying that this statement did nothing to
> discourage any number of pastiche writers, including ones hired by Stout's
> estate after his death to complete novels he'd left unfinished.
>
> An irony that might have appealed to Nero Wolfe himself.
>
> All the Best-
>
> Brian
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Roy <chiun9@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > This recent talk about McBain reminded me of something. Many years ago
> > McBain did an interview (don't remember if it was NPR or online) where he
> > talked about writing a final 87th precinct novel and then having it
> > published posthumously. Since he passed about five years ago, I'm assuming
> > he never got around to writing it? Does anybody know about any authors
> > besides Agatha Christie who pulled this off?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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