I think Kevin's probably refering more to the impact the
Spenser series might've had on other PI works--more tough PIs
showing their sensitive side, for example, or having
Hawk-type sidekicks. Personally I'd have to think Lawrence
Block's Matt Scudder has had the most influence on the
genre--causing a small flood of PIs who are recovering
alcoholics/drug abusers. Of course, this might be hitting
Kevin and myself more because of the submissions we've both
probably have gotten over the years for our respective
web-zines.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith
<kvnsmith@>
> wrote:
>
> > And let's face it, there may be better or more
popular authors
out
> > there, but nobody has influenced the P.I. genre
-- for better or
worse
> > -- more in the last few decades -- for better
or worse -- than
Parker.
> >
>
> You really think he's that influential? I know he
sells a lot of
> books, and there was a successful television series,
but I rarely
find
> anybody who confesses to being a fan. Maybe I am not
talking to the
> right people. I do see lots of copies of his books,
so somebody's
> reading him.
>
> What is the attraction in the Spenser series, in
your opinion? I
mean,
> sociologically, who does it a appeal to?
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
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