Talk:Rex Stout

message: The first female detective in fiction goes back definitely back way further than 1937; Jess Nevin's "Fantastic Victoriana" has descriptions of far older instances. It may be that the qualifier "private" makes it a bit more true, though I doubt this. Additionally there is the possibility that all previous instances starred in short stories, not novels. Given that the first *real* female private detective goes back to 1856 with Kate Warner joining the Pinkerton agency, I have my doubts about that too.
Until someone can get some confirmation I will remove the speculation that Dol Bonner is the first female private detective to star in novels. Martijn Faassen 12:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was told authoritatively (by a university professor teaching a course about woman PIs/detectives) that there are earlier examples of the woman PI as a fictional protagonist, but I can't say what they are, years later.  I know that The Hand in the Glove is nearly the first, though, and thus significant.  Accounting4Taste 05:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dol Bonner 

message: His magnum opus? By whose definition? Anchoress 05:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right -- it's one of the poorer Nero Wolfe books.  It's the first one, and many of the features that are integral to Wolfe are violated in this early story.  T-bonham (talk) 02:54, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fer de Lance 

message: it would help. Help911 12:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Image has been added; template removed. — WFinch 05:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I mistakenly changed the original name of this novel, "Mountain Cat", to "The Mountain Cat Murders", the title of every single reprint (to the best of my knowledge) since the first edition.  I changed it back, but I expect not many people will be familiar with the original title and so provided both. Accounting4Taste 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mountain Cat 

message: There definitely was a syndicated Nero Wolfe comic strip in the 50s... all I know is that it was written by John Broome. Rhinoracer 14:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comic Strip 

message: There is a citation needed inserted in the article following a sentence regarding readers' alienation, Stout's stance on the Vietnam War, and his attitude toward Communism. It is not clear whether the request for citation concerns the readers, Vietnam or Communism. Perhaps someone can clarify. I had temporarily added a quotation from The Silent Speaker but on consideration reverted to the citation needed. TurnerHodges (talk) 04:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed

message: I added some details about this rather obscure book.  Perhaps too much?  But I'm not sure how to cut this and still give a reasonable summary of the story. T-bonham (talk) 10:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forest Fire 

message: Well how on earth. Extraordinary catch, NYB. That story appeared in Short Stories magazine, October 1912, in the same issue as "Excess Baggage", and somehow it was picked up for that 2000 short story collection. Too Many Rexes. — WFinch (talk) 01:32, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annuncio's Violin 

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message: Nero Wolfe has many autistic traits. I am wondering if Rex Stout was autistic, or if Rex Stout had family members who were autistic. Desertphile (talk) 03:26, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autism Spectrum Disorder 

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thread_title:  Marriage template in infobox 

message: Can someone add at least a paragraph on where Stout lived in the final years of his life, and also the circumstance of his death and place of burial? I don't see that information as of 28 July 2023. 2603:800C:3A40:6400:245F:FAA2:ED54:EE6A (talk) 04:59, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I can take care of this within the next couple of days. Thanks, Newyorkbrad (talk) 05:51, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location and circumstances of his death?