Talk:Robert B. Parker

message: I deleted Playback from the bibliography since I'm not sure what it is, maybe a screenplay based on a Chandler novel.  I added Joan Parker's middle initial since that's how she's listed at Amazon. --JerryFriedman 01:40, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted ''Playback''

message: Hi, I thought I would let you know that the Jesse Stone novel "High Profile" has Sunny Randall in it (you mention in the other books when other characters appear).  Also, for those who maybe haven't read all the Parker novels in order, before you read High Profile, you should read the Sunny Randall novel "Blue Screen", which has Jesse in it and will answer some questions that you might have with respect to his relationship with Jenn.  Basically, there is some stuff that happens in between "Sea Change" and "High Profile" that you will not know about if you don't read "Blue Screen" first.
12.109.71.133 16:09, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: High Profile has Sunny Randall in it

message: ===Edits===
I removed the following sentence because, to me, it makes no sense.
::...also includes Sunny Randall, unnamed
How can a fictional character appear unamed in a novel?  Just a few days ago I re-read Bad Business and there's no hint of Sunny Randall that I could detect.
The following two statements are redundant:
::Poodle Springs authorized by Chandler's estate.
::Perchance to Dream authorized by Chandler's estate.
The books could not have been published without the Chandler estate's permission.  In fact, the estate specifically selected Parker to complete the unfinished book.
I took this out:
::Appaloosa (film)|screen adaptation
because I rewrote a paragraph that includes the information about Appaloosa's adaptation.
PainMan (talk) 08:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that a trivia tag is the right tag for the section(s). An author's bibliography is hardly trivial in an article about the author. I would agree that the notes about cameoes and crossovers is better placed on the individual series pages, however. I'll clean up/listify the section and remove the tagsoknazevad (talk) 12:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: changes, edits explained

message: I removed the following sentence because, to me, it makes no sense.
::...also includes Sunny Randall, unnamed
How can a fictional character appear unamed in a novel?  Just a few days ago I re-read Bad Business and there's no hint of Sunny Randall that I could detect.
The following two statements are redundant:
::Poodle Springs authorized by Chandler's estate.
::Perchance to Dream authorized by Chandler's estate.
The books could not have been published without the Chandler estate's permission.  In fact, the estate specifically selected Parker to complete the unfinished book.
I took this out:
::Appaloosa (film)|screen adaptation
because I rewrote a paragraph that includes the information about Appaloosa's adaptation.
PainMan (talk) 08:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits

message: Rewrote and added several paragraphs.
Made it clear that the statement that Parker's prominent use of minority and gay characters gives his writing a modern feel were clearly from the Barnes & Noble bio written by a Christina Nunez.  (Not that I disagree with it, but the description "modern feel" is both amorphous and clearly and editorial statement.  After all, a "modern feel" could just as easily be applied to books where racial differences and discord over sexual orientation are shown to be treated negatively by major characters.  Indeed, even in the Spenser novels, the bad guys invariably make racist and homophobic remarks.  (In Cold Service the ancient Joe Broz refers to Gino Fish as a "fairy"; Spenser is also frequently abused in racial terms by black villains.)
PainMan (talk) 08:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes

message: Added Trivia tags to two sections of the Bibliography: Sunny Randal novels and the Phillip Marlowe continuation/sequel.  They contain so many notes (and relatively few books) that they should both be rewritten into paragraphs.  Something I will attend to soon.
PainMan (talk) 08:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that a trivia tag is the right tag for the section(s). An author's bibliography is hardly trivial in an article about the author. I would agree that the notes about cameoes and crossovers is better placed on the individual series pages, however. I'll clean up/listify the section and remove the tagsoknazevad (talk) 12:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia Tags

message: There are currently reports, supposedly originating from his UK publisher, that Robert B. Parker is dead. As of yet, I have found no online confirmation, either from that publisher, his personal web site, or that of the Boston Globe. It is possible that the article may need to go into "Death rumor" semi-lockdown if nothing concrete turns up soon. --Ray Radlein (talk) 14:05, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wall Street Journal has it now... Doconeill (talk) 17:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Does he leave a book unfinished? If so, any word on if somebody intends to finish it? (Cf Poodle Springs.)  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  22:04, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Death Report

message: What does everyone think of a Parker template, like other authors have (e.g. Lincoln Child, Dashiell Hammett)?  He certainly has a big enough bibliography to justify it.  It would help navigation of all his works. Below is a proposed format.
I didn't include any TV series, made-for-TV movies or other films, because he didn't write any of them, but I'm open to discussion.  Comments, suggestions, objections? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 19:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This looks good.  I made some minor changes to reduce the group widths, and bullet markup to use WP:HLIST.  One idea may be to group the novels together into a {{navbox|subgroup, but that would widen the groups a bit.  Nice work. 174.56.57.138 (talk) 13:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no memory of making this template, but seeing as how it is over 2 years old, I guess that's not surprising. Should we go ahead and replace the current template? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 14:15, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The only drawback that I see is that it will be larger, since the current template doesn't create so many groups. 174.56.57.138 (talk) 05:07, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

text: That could be taken care of by making it collapsed by default. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 15:10, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Parker template

message: The section on Sunny discusses almost nothing except her romantic/emotional life.  Prob. just an oversight, but I can't remember (or imagine) a male action hero character ever summarized in this fashion.
Having read one or 2 SR's, I seem to remember that her father was a police officer/detective?  Maybe I have my female PI's confused.
I hope someone can give Sunny some depth.  She wasn't one-dimensional, in my memory.
Ragityman (talk) 06:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sunny Randall info 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on Robert B. Parker. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20140407/61739-book-deals-week-of-april-7-2014.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 09:16, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: On 3June2008, user 6afraidof7 rewrote the lede for this article, and changed the characterization of Parker's writing from "fiction, primarily mystery", to referring to him as a "crime writer".  Now, my understanding of the term "crime writer" involves nonfiction, exclusively, and primarily magazine articles, though not necessarily.  The hyperlink crime writer supports this view.  Having for several decades read everything available pertaining to RB Parker, I have seen no indication that he ever wrote ANY so-called "true crime".  Even if he did, he is primarily known for his fiction, and for his scholarly analysis of classic "noir" fiction, which is also not "true crime".  I am therefore correcting the lede back to the pre-6afraidof7 genre label.  Rags (talk) 19:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "crime writer"