Vancean influence on Wolfe

Adam Stephanides · 21 May 2002, 02:03 · from urth-v0205.mbox · original

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From: Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Vancean influence on Wolfe
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 21:03:12 -0500
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on 5/20/02 1:21 PM, Michael Andre-Driussi at mantis at siriusfiction.com wrote:

>> I seem to recall he's also one of the various SF writers who
>> stepped in pseudonymously during "Ellery Queen"'s long blocked
>> period.
>=20
> Yes indeed: three, iirc. One of them is very good; one is screamingly good
> until it completely blows out (alas!); the other one is okay, but still
> better imho than one of the ones published under his own name.

And Nutria wrote:

> The Four Johns
> The Madman Theory
> A Room to Die In

Iirc, these are all from the series of paperback tough-guy mysteries
published under Queen's name, but without Ellery as the detective.

http://www.hycyber.com/MYST/queen_ellery.html lists FACE TO FACE, which iirc
is a "regular" Ellery Queen novel, as "ghostwritten by Jack Vance?", though
if you follow the link to "Novels Ghostwritten by Others," the attribution
is repeated without the question mark.

In any case, mantis, which of your evaluations correspond to which books?

--Adam=20

--=20

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