--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <davezelt@...> wrote:
> I had no problem with that either, however as much as I liked the
> these series written by the original authors I could never get into
> the Robert Goldsborough Wolfe books, or the Lin Carter/L. Sprague Camp
> Conan books, John Gardner James Bond books, Robert Parker's Poodle
> Springs. Outside of Max Collins finishing up Dead Street, I can't
> think of any series that was taken over by a different author that I
> cared for.
>
> Btw. if I could've taken over the Nero Wolfe series, I would have had
> the books narrated by Wolfe--a losing battle trying to compete with
> Stout's voice and have Archie keep narrating them.
I'm sure that Gores, quite a veteran in the business, was aware of the
risks... Block completed a Woolrich novel, the Block-written part is
way better than Woolrich ever was... but he got soundly panned. Did I
just write Block-written part? Help, I have been taken over by a
Teutonic ancestor!!
Best,
mrt
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