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seawasp ([personal profile] seawasp) wrote2012-12-28 07:28 am
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Nero Wolfe...


... creation of author Rex Stout, is the subject of today's Under the Influence post!
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[identity profile] jeriendhal.livejournal.com 2012-12-28 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
While I've never read the Nero Wolfe stories (my mystery reading tended to be confined to Ed McBain's 37th Precinct series and obsessive re-reads of The Seven Percent Solution) I was rather fond of the AMC series based on them that aired a few years back.
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-12-28 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The Seven Percent Solution but not the original Holmes stories?

Me, I thought The Seven Percent Solution was clever and not mean spirited or utterly wrongheaded, but I didn't like its take on the Holmes canon AT ALL.

[identity profile] jeriendhal.livejournal.com 2012-12-28 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The Holmes canon tends to be something I enjoy one step removed. I have read the original stories, but I re-read them rarely, preferring adaptations in other media.

Yeah, I'm weird.

Oh, and Solution is definitely AU fanfic, but it's well written AU fanfic, like the earlier Mary Russell books.
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[personal profile] seawasp 2012-12-28 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's a good description. It's a good AU Fanfic.

My favorite "AU Fanfic" of Holmes of THAT type is undoubtedly "Young Sherlock Holmes".

[identity profile] rasmusb.livejournal.com 2012-12-29 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Did you ever watch the TV show (mini-series?) on what I think was A&E? If yes, did you think it captured the correct tone? I almost went digging for the books at the local library.

[identity profile] nuranar.livejournal.com 2013-01-02 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
AHA. I think I subconsciously picked up on the similarity of Jason Wood's voice to Archie Goodwin's. It's hard to describe, but definitely present.
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