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    Tom  wrote:   
      
   > On Dec 17, 1:27 pm, "David Matthews"  wrote:   
   > > "Tom"  wrote in message   
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   > > news:bbf9fbfd-2811-4f99-ba1b-8433457a7603@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
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   > > > On Dec 16, 11:49 pm, "David Matthews"    
   > > > wrote:   
   > > >> > I wonder if HGWT was Robert B. Parker's inspiration for Spenser, his   
   > > >> > tough, poetry quoting, gourmet P.I.?   
   > >   
   > > >> No it wasn't.  Parker made no secret of the fact that the inspiration   
   for   
   > > >> Spenser was Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, another very literate   
   > > >> PI -in   
   > > >> the books if not in the movies -  As a matter of fact Spenser's first   
   > > >> novel   
   > > >> _The Godwulf Manuscript_ was practically a re-write of Chandler's _ The   
   > > >> Big   
   > > >> Sleep _ Parker first wrote it as an University exercise I believe.   
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   > > >> Dave in Toronto   
   > >   
   > > > I agree Parker is a fan of Chnadler, but he had to at least be   
   > > > influenced by HGWT.   
   > >   
   > > > There are too many similaities for it to be sheer coincidence.   
   > >   
   > > > Tom   
   > >   
   > > You're probably right.  I was never a big fan of Spenser or Parker so I   
   > > haven't been following them too closer.   
   > >   
   > > Parker obviously was a Western fan, when Spenser's popularity started to   
   > > fade Parker tried his hand at writing a few Westerns.  I haven't read them,   
   > > someone told me that if I didn't care for Spenser too much I probably   
   > > wouldn't like them for they were just basically just  Spenser out West.    
   For   
   > > the record I was always very fond of HGWT - one of my favorite series.   
   > >   
   > > Dave in Toronto   
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   > I've not read his Jesse Stone books either. I wonder how he compares   
   > to Spenser, on and off the small screen.   
   >   
   > Tom   
      
   The Stone books are pretty similar.  Selleck's good in the role,   
   although he's nothing like the book character.  Stone is an alcoholic   
   Sheriff of a small town near Boston, and shares some of the Spenser   
   supporting cast.   
      
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