Gerald So · @sogerald
152 followers · 1380 posts · Server masto.ai
On sale tomorrow, #AlisonGaylin joins the #RobertBParker #Continuation effort w/ her #SunnyRandall #Novel #RobertBParkersBadInfluence. Here's my #Review: https://chatterrific.blogspot.com/2023/02/robert-b-parkers-bad-influence-by.html #Bookstodon
#alisongaylin #robertbparker #continuation #sunnyrandall #novel #robertbparkersbadinfluence #review #bookstodon
Gerald So · @sogerald
143 followers · 1146 posts · Server masto.aiImagine being an #Author and expecting a #Movie to reproduce the story you thought up and wrote. It doesn't happen.
#RobertBParker joyfully cried at the #TomSelleck #JesseStone movies, but #Selleck's version of the character was much older than Parker wrote, adapted to Selleck's age. Also important to note, Parker didn't write the Jesse Stone screenplays, having learned screenwriting wasn't his strong suit.
#author #movie #robertbparker #tomselleck #jessestone #selleck
Gerald So · @sogerald
139 followers · 1092 posts · Server masto.ai#FantasyCasting #RobertBParker's #Spenser, as I often do:
#DylanWalsh as Spenser
#GinaGershon as #SusanSilverman
#VingRhames as #Hawk
I cast Susan before Hawk b/c Susan is more relevant to Spenser's character. This is the element every Spenser #TV / #Movie project to date has gotten wrong. #MarciaGayHarden was excellently cast in the 1999-2001 A&E movies, but the plots gave her nothing to do - and Parker himself wrote those scripts.
#fantasycasting #robertbparker #spenser #dylanwalsh #ginagershon #susansilverman #vingrhames #hawk #tv #movie #marciagayharden
Gerald So · @sogerald
122 followers · 811 posts · Server masto.ai#Literary example: #RobertBParker's #Hawk is originally an ex-boxer turned legbreaker opposed to #Spenser, an ex-boxer turned state cop and then P.I. Hawk was such an #Charismatic #Character that, from his second appearance onward, he's been Spenser's staunch ally.
#literary #robertbparker #hawk #spenser #charismatic #character
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 784 posts · Server masto.ai#AceAtkins won a competition to write #Spenser w/ 50 sample pages. The first #JesseStone continuation author, #MichaelBrandman, got that job b/c he'd worked on the #TomSelleck Jesse Stone #Movies. #RobertKnott likewise got the job to continue #RobertBParker's Cole & Hitch #Novels b/c he'd co-written the movie adaptation of #Appaloosa.
#aceatkins #spenser #jessestone #michaelbrandman #tomselleck #movies #robertknott #robertbparker #novels #appaloosa
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 778 posts · Server masto.ai#RobertBParker intentionally never wrote from #Hawk's POV, fearing it would demystify the #Character. I wouldn't mind Putnam considering #Continuation #Novels from Hawk's POV. If executed well, they'd open a new revenue stream and keep enough mystery. #GaryPhillips has an #Essay, "Looking for Hawk" in the Parker tribute anthology #InPursuitOfSpenser from #SmartPopBooks: https://smartpopbooks.com/book/in-pursuit-of-spenser/
#robertbparker #hawk #character #continuation #novels #garyphillips #essay #inpursuitofspenser #smartpopbooks
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 777 posts · Server masto.ai#RobertBParker left no instructions in his will what to do w/ his #Characters upon his death. His wife and sons agreed w/ Putnam to let his series be continued. I'm surprised he didn't leave that instruction himself. He was business-minded and did write as a way to support his family.
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 776 posts · Server masto.aiA more accurate description is #RobertBParker's estate and publisher have allowed #MikeLupica to write three of Parker's series.
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 775 posts · Server masto.aiA commenter on the #RobertBParker #Facebook page complains that #MikeLupica has taken over too many of Parker's series. He didn't take over. He couldn't have w/o the agreement of Parker's estate and publisher. Publishers sign authors they know can make them money.
#robertbparker #facebook #mikelupica
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 772 posts · Server masto.aiMy first thoughts on the #Premise of the next #Spenser #Continuation #Novel #RobertBParkersBrokenTrust and #MikeLupica's move up the ranks to the plum #RobertBParker continuation job: https://chatterrific.blogspot.com/2023/03/robert-b-parkers-broken-trust-by-mike.html
#premise #spenser #continuation #novel #robertbparkersbrokentrust #mikelupica #robertbparker
Gerald So · @sogerald
121 followers · 764 posts · Server masto.aiSynopsis for the next #Spenser continuation #Novel #RobertBParkersBrokenTrust as #MikeLupica takes over from #AceAtkins: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710343/robert-b-parkers-broken-trust-by-mike-lupica/ #RobertBParker
#spenser #novel #robertbparkersbrokentrust #mikelupica #aceatkins #robertbparker
Gerald So · @sogerald
120 followers · 730 posts · Server masto.ai#TV #Tubi apparently has all #SpenserForHire episodes except the 2-hour #Pilot, closely based on #RobertBParker's fourth novel, #PromisedLand, which introduced #Hawk.
#tv #tubi #spenserforhire #pilot #robertbparker #promisedland #hawk
Gerald So · @sogerald
118 followers · 647 posts · Server masto.ai#Trivia: #PatrickMahomes was born on #RobertBParker's 63rd #Birthday, September 17, 1995.
#trivia #patrickmahomes #robertbparker #birthday
Gerald So · @sogerald
115 followers · 624 posts · Server masto.aiI've begun #reading the #Netgalley of #AlisonGaylin's June 2023 first #SunnyRandall continuation #novel, #RobertBParkersBadInfluence. The prose, while perhaps not exactly like #RobertBParker, is as immediately readable as Parker.
#reading #netgalley #alisongaylin #sunnyrandall #novel #robertbparkersbadinfluence #robertbparker
thepatriciaclark · @thepatriciaclark
5 followers · 34 posts · Server mastodon.socialHappy Birthday to #TomSelleck #BOTD 1945. He makes a great #JesseStone in the #RobertBParker series of movies. #WhatToWatch
#tomselleck #botd #JesseStone #robertbparker #WhatToWatch
Gerald So · @sogerald
110 followers · 570 posts · Server masto.aiLooking forward to #AlisonGaylin's June 2023 1st #SunnyRandall continuation #novel, #ROBERTBPARKER's BAD INFLUENCE: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711819/robert-b-parkers-bad-influence-by-alison-gaylin/
#alisongaylin #sunnyrandall #novel #robertbparker
Kitty Kilian · @Kittykilian
184 followers · 390 posts · Server mastodon.nl
Flee market find: ‘In Pursuit of Spenser’, a Festschrift about noire writer Robert B. Parker - who sadly died in 2010.
To me he is the Master of the Witty Dialogue.
In it, an essay by Parker himself, analysing Spenser. In a fictitious interview by Amy.
‘Okay,’ Amy said, ‘just to warm up a little. Why are you such a wise guy?’
‘It’s a gift,’ I said.
Kitty Kilian · @Kittykilian
184 followers · 390 posts · Server mastodon.nlFlee market find: ‘In Pursuit of Spenser’, a Festschrift about noire writer Robert B. Parker - who sadly died in 2010.
To me he is the Master of the Witty Dialogue.
In it, an essay by Parker himself, analysing Spenser. In a fictitious interview by Amy. ‘She was a professor at Harvard and, faced with that limitation, not bad looking.’
KayZee1012 · @KristinZ
68 followers · 293 posts · Server mstdn.social@dejoslin
#bookstodon Favorite authors
#DennisLehane
#NaliniSingh
#KarenRose
#RobertBParker
#LMMontgomery
#SarahMaclean
#DanielSilva
#thrillers #romance #mystery
#mystery #romance #thrillers #DanielSilva #sarahmaclean #lmmontgomery #robertbparker #karenrose #nalinisingh #dennislehane #bookstodon
Gerald So · @sogerald
83 followers · 359 posts · Server masto.aiA friend disliked #MikeLupica's use of #Spenser and #Hawk in his recent #SunnyRandall continuation novel #RobertBParker's REVENGE TOUR. My friend felt Spenser should stay in 1st person, that writing him in 3rd person demystified him. I see the continuation effort as different authors' perspectives on Parker's work. I'm open to views of the #characters Parker didn't give us.
#mikelupica #spenser #hawk #sunnyrandall #robertbparker #characters