Robert Parker's Sixkill - did he write it before he died?
tobymax43
in May 2011. He died over a year ago.
Did he write this novel or is this like the Don Pendleton/AC Andrews
books etc - written by another under Parker's estate. I kind of hate
this. They should use Parker's Spenser written by .... . I think
thats how they
handle the Lawrence Sander's McNally series.
J
> There is a new Parker - Spenser - novel called Sixkill to be published
> in May 2011. He died over a year ago.
> Did he write this novel or is this like the Don Pendleton/AC Andrews
> books etc - written by another under Parker's estate.
According to Parker's own blog, SIXKILL was in the works as long ago
as May 2009, so I think it's a reasonable assumption it's all his
work. This year's Jesse Stone novel, however, is by someone else.
Howard Duck
wrote:
> This year's Jesse Stone novel, however, is by someone else.
By Tom Selleck and Michael Brandman, so says IMDB. Brandman has
co-writing credits on most of the Jesse Stone films, although he is
mainly executive producer. Does he offer suggestions or what, I
wonder.
In the Jim Carrey movie, The Majestic, Carrey plays a screenwriter. We
hear all these suggestions being made by production people in the
background - do they count as co-writers?
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Howard
Dave in Toronto
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:05:54 -0700 (PDT), J <jmel...@verizon.net>
I know people in the publishing business who say that many books now
should have credits like movie credits. I think a clue is sometimes
given if there is a long list of names in the Thanks
to......foreword. I guess it's always been so. I have read that
Alexandre Dumas had at his peak up to thirty writers working with him
and Jack London used to buy plots from other writers - one of them
being Sinclair Lewis.
Dave M
Howard Duck
Ha! I kinda wondered. John Dunning commented on how hard it was to
finish his first book. I wonder if after he got his name on a book,
the others were largely by ghost writers. I'm sure Max Allan Collins
has to have a lot of research help on some of his books. John Grisham
- I do not appreciate the screenplay of "The Firm"? What did Dumas
write other than "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three
Musketeers" (did they use muskets or swords)? (rhetorical) All I know
by Sinclair Lewis is Elmer Gantry. Jack London, suicide at 40?
(sheesh)
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Howard
Dave in Toronto
What did Dumas write other than "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The
Three
> Howard-
Well you asked for it. Here's probably more than you want to know
about Alexandre Dumas and his writings:
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/adumas1.htm
A few surprises for me also in this article. I didn't know his
grandmother was black and that he had as many as 73 assistants in his
writng ..Busy man.
Dave M
Howard Duck
Amazing! He wrote 14 hours a day? Able to blend historical fact with
fiction (sounds like Max Allan Collins). I would like to have
witnessed when he told the general he was not paying attention to what
was going on. Very good!
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Howard
Nancy2
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:05:54 -0700 (PDT), J <jmel...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > This year's Jesse Stone novel, however, is by someone else.
>
> By Tom Selleck and Michael Brandman, so says IMDB. Brandman has
> co-writing credits on most of the Jesse Stone films, although he is
> mainly executive producer. Does he offer suggestions or what, I
> wonder.
> Howard
Are you talking about the Jesse Stone novel? Or TV movie?
N.
Barb NJ
I'm sure someone has already mentioned this, but I consider it highly
unlikely that RP wrote Sixkill after he died. <g>
Yes, it's true, I had nothing of value to add to the thread. I am
looking forward to another Jesse Stone. Should be interesting.
BarbH
Howard Duck
I was speaking about the line-up of movies. I assume Parker wrote the
books Stone Cold, Night Passage, Death in Paradise, and Sea Change
(though I haven't read them), but those that follow (Thin Ice, No
Remorse, and now Innocents Lost) don't appear to be based on novels,
and Parker is only credited for the characters. It leads me to wonder
why more of the Jesse Stone novels by Parker are not developed for
movies. But it is the screenplays I am really referring to.
--
Howard
Janet
<snip>
> Jack London used to buy plots from other writers - one of them
> being Sinclair Lewis.
>
> Dave M
Fascinating! It is hard to imagine Sinclair Lewis writing the scene in The
Call of the Wild where Buck wins the big bet for his man by breaking out and
pulling a sled loaded with a ton of something...flour sacks, if memory
serves. I love that scene. I will forgive London anything for having written
it. It brings tears to my eyes, just like when Penny and the Stink Dog win
the field trial in Nop's Trials. (A great book if anyone hasn't read it.)
Now I have to go cruise the book shelves and do a little self-indulgent
rereading. <G>
tobymax43
I hope this is then the last Spenser novel. I really, really want this
series to end with Parker.
I don't want another writer describing Spenser and Susan - it was
such a distinct relationship I doubt
(I believe it was based on his relationship with his exwife)
any writer could capture it.
I still despised Susan - her mess culminating in the Catskill Eagle
novel. I think only Parker
could describe Spenser's feelings towards her.
I am also not sure if any but a Bostonian could capture Parker's love
for this city.