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The Nero Wolfe Files
Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published The Gazette, chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. THE NERO WOLFE FILES is a generous collection of Neronian reading delights selected from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.
- GenresMystery
167 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2005
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Marvin Kaye
140 books82 followersMarvin Nathan Kaye was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror author, anthologist, and editor. He was also a magician and theater actor. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co-publisher and editor of Weird Tales Magazine.
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February 24, 2013
Selected articles from The Wolfe Pack Gazette, a quarterly publication dedicated to the wide world of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries. Fans of the series love to study every aspect of the Canon, or Corpus as they prefer to call it. Check out their website at www.NeroWolfe.org for more information. The articles are divided into two main sections. The first are generally about Stout or the characters. The second concerns The Wolfe Pack itself. Articles include:
A Meeting of Minds by Marion S. Wilcox concerns her 20 year correspondence as a fan with Rex Stout.
Rex Stout - Minister of Propaganda by Charles E. Burns discusses Stout's wartime activities.
A Labor of Love: The Nero Wolfe Television Series by Michael Jaffe, executive producer of the wonderful A&E series.
The Nero Awar's Origins by Ellen Krieger explains how this prestigious award for the mystery novel which best typifies those standards set by Rex Stout along with a list of winners from 1979 to 2004.
Definitely for a fan of the mystery series, not for the casual reader. This is something that is also found in Sherlock Holmes fandom or, I have to admit, in our individual television fandoms. C'mon, admit it, we go into details that the casual viewer could care less about!
A Meeting of Minds by Marion S. Wilcox concerns her 20 year correspondence as a fan with Rex Stout.
Rex Stout - Minister of Propaganda by Charles E. Burns discusses Stout's wartime activities.
A Labor of Love: The Nero Wolfe Television Series by Michael Jaffe, executive producer of the wonderful A&E series.
The Nero Awar's Origins by Ellen Krieger explains how this prestigious award for the mystery novel which best typifies those standards set by Rex Stout along with a list of winners from 1979 to 2004.
Definitely for a fan of the mystery series, not for the casual reader. This is something that is also found in Sherlock Holmes fandom or, I have to admit, in our individual television fandoms. C'mon, admit it, we go into details that the casual viewer could care less about!
July 13, 2021
Highly enjoyable, but much of this book is not of general interest. It's mostly about Rex Stout and the Wolfe Pack, plus some interesting notes on recipes and on book and TV series production.
"Nero Wolfe: The Archie Goodwin Files" was originally meant as a sequel, it's really the other way round. Most of this book reads like it was written for members of the Wolfe Pack as appendix to its sequel. If you're more interested in the stories, Wolfe, Archie, other characters, and the brownstone, you should probably read it first. It's about twice as long, and less than a third of it is about Archie. It contains much more material on Wolfe than this book.
"Nero Wolfe: The Archie Goodwin Files" was originally meant as a sequel, it's really the other way round. Most of this book reads like it was written for members of the Wolfe Pack as appendix to its sequel. If you're more interested in the stories, Wolfe, Archie, other characters, and the brownstone, you should probably read it first. It's about twice as long, and less than a third of it is about Archie. It contains much more material on Wolfe than this book.
April 17, 2023
Good selection of dinner talks, background info on Stout, general material and some quizes related to the Nero Wolfe dinners.
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