Re: Adaptations and borrowing..
Mike Resnick <[email protected]>
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On Tue, March 10, 2015 6:25 am, Colleen Cahill wrote: > Charley, > The first two authors who jumped to my mind are Matthew Hughes > (http://www.matthewhughes.org/) and Chris Dolley (chris-dolley.com), both > of whom have written science fiction homages to P.D. Wodehouse's Bertie > and > Jeeve's stories. They both captured the good hearted humor of the original > works and are quite a bit of fun. > > This is just the tip of the ice burg, as I am sure most authors have > some > literary influence. > > Colleen > Colleen Cahill > [email protected] I think we all have influences to greater or lesser extents. My "Harry the Book" stories are a homage to Damon Runyon, THE SOUL EATER was my answer to MOBY-DICK, "Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip" was a homage to Thorne Smith, etc. -- Mike Resnick