January 1st 1977 Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. We’d love your help. A fun read, if only for the constant, eternaly balance between emenity and need that exists between those who write and those who publish. Book descriptions. This has been carried out se. The Book Publishers of America (BPA) and the National Association of Authors and Dramatists (NAAD) form a joint committee to explore ways to stop the fraud, and the committee comes to Wolfe for help. Three times Archie directly addressed me the reader and admitted that the answer may seem obvious to me, but that it was much more difficult when he and Wolfe were actually living it, as opposed to having it all organized and laid out between the covers of a book. | Adlibris A group of authors and publishers band together to employ Wolfe to stop a plagiarism scam that has plagued them in the past few years, but was not really understood until just recently. Read a sample Read a sample Description; Details; When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. Wolfe calls it super~consciousness or the ability to react instinctively and intelligently to any given si. Read a sample Read a sample Description; Details; When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. It's the old scam – an unsuccessful author stealing ideas from an established source – but it's being worked differently. Sturdevant ignores the accusation until Porter's manuscript is found in Sturdevant's house. Or, in this case, I think it was more nearly the end. ebook. There have been claims that the plots and characters in published books have been stolen from the real authors. It's bad enough to steal someone's idea; but it takes real guts to claim it is your own, then sue the originator. Plot it Yourself. We all have our reading bucket lists. By clicking "Notify Me" you consent to receiving electronic marketing communications from Audiobooks.com. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! This is the case where Nero Wolfe went into a crash diet involving ~ NO meat... NO fish... and NO beer on account of his being stumped with already 3 people murdered connected to the plagiarism case he and Archie were hired to investigate. I love Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books. Plot it yourself This edition was published in 1994 by Bantam Books in New York. Plot It Yourself. Enter your email below to be notified as soon as it is available! 2007, New Kingstown, RI: BBC Audiobooks America, Mystery Masters, This page was last edited on 17 October 2019, at 03:33. He had closed his right hand to make a fist and was hitting the desk with it, and he was bellowing. This is the case where Nero Wolfe went into a crash diet involving ~ NO meat... NO fish... and NO beer on account of his being stumped with already 3 people murdered connected to the plagiarism case he and Archie were hired to investigate. has successfully been added to your shopping cart . Discounted | Quite good | In 1994 I made a list of all the Stout Wolfe books. Plot it yourself Plot it yourself : a Nero Wolfe mystery Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Not an actual mystery, more of a premise that Stout had for the perfect crime. About Plot It Yourself. Notify Me. I was completely flummoxed, as were Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin through most of this one. Plot It Yourself A Nero Wolfe Novel (eBook) : Stout, Rex : When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. I think this book is one of Stout’s best even though Wolfe is a bit more prominently featured than Archie. But now that Wolfe has determined that one person wrote all the fraudulent manuscripts, that one person could be anyone. As a writer, it's a topic close to my heart, and the story takes an interesting perspective on the issue, because it's a form of reverse plagiarism. Plot It Yourself. As I write this review we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because Wolfe is at last faced and/or fazed by a mind almost as good as his but with a different slant or twist to that person's ability. Characters and incidents are repeated over and over again so that it is hard to show that something was copied. The latest complaint has been made only recently, and the target of the complaint wonders when a manuscript will show up somewhere that it wasn't the day before. And I started picking up Kindle copies when they were on sale, and at this point my list was kind of a mess. Not an actual mystery, more of a premise that Stout had for the perfect crime. by Rex Stout. Plot it Yourself. Wolfe pulls a mutiny early on, then he gets over it. To demonstrate this the bulk of the novel is a chronicle of frustration, with bodies piling up and no way forward in the case. Discounted | Quite good | In 1994 I made a list of all the Stout Wolfe books. Fun but not very deep. As usual, not a wasted word. Then the brief tv show was made, and I marked those "tv". Wolfe meets with the joint committee to discuss the situation. And the byplay among the regulars doesn't measure up. When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it’s time for the great detective to hit the books. Waste of monea , 03/04/2018. by Rex Stout. Plot It Yourself. by Rex Stout. The dust jacket has "Book Club Edition" printed on the inside front flap, and the price is absent (first editions may be price clipped if they were given as gifts). Plot it Yourself. by Rex Stout. Take a look at the following as an example: A visit with Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin at Wolfe's brownstone on West Thirty-Fifth Street is always a treat. Welcome to the big mess that is modern intellectual property laws. Four unrelated accusers—including a down-and-out hack writer and a lady poet with a penchant for nude sunbathing—have been fleecing bestselling authors, claiming the authors have stolen their work and ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims. A very enjoyable read. First person to go writes a made-up title; next person has to write a brief plot synopsis based on that title, then provide another made-up title. A baffling case as well as an annoying one... so, I am with Archie and even with Cramer, given that I read the same account on the transcripts and I was still at sea about that elusive HINT Wolfe was talking about so... Confound it! Probably a salute to the heron crest of the Cadillac of the 1930s. The food in it is only so-so, but the story, where (SPOILER ALERT) an author is the villain, and everyone in it is an author or a publisher, and all the clues are literary, is irresistible to me. Listen to a sample Listen to a sample Description; Creators; Details; Reviews; When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. A committee of authors, publishers and playwrights hire Wolfe to investigate several claims of plagiarism. Plot It Yourself is a good listen. Plot It Yourself is a interesting peek into the publishing business, which Rex Stout understood, with the added spice of blackmail, murder and Nero Wolfe finding himself having problems getting a clue. The killer keeps staying ahead of him to the point where he's roaring. Of course, by the end the murderer has been uncovered. Plot it Yourself (Nero Wolfe, #32) by Rex Stout Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. Plot it Yourself. The task initially seemed to be to show that the first fraud inspired a sequence of copycats, and the universe of suspects was limited to the complainants. User Summary: This was a series of solitaire RPG books based on movie tie-ins. Agatha Christie's mysteries are, but this one definitely is 'solvable', which is part of the reason why I liked it a lot; the fact that I did manage to figure it out may also have been a contributing factor to my giving the book five stars. This is one of the very best written Nero Wolfe books, if you're interested in writing. Oh Rex, why couldn't you have written 100 more? As usual, not a wasted word. Some light reading after a couple of tomes. Then the brief tv show was made, and I marked those "tv". ebook. I also loved when Wolfe went on a food strike because he made a mistake in the case. This book contains one of the rare instances when Wolfe leaves the house on business. That scenario, with minor variations, is repeated four times, with other authors and by other plagiarists. A little spoiler - Wolfe denies himself beer for several days. Quite a few of the Nero Wolfe mysteries are not really 'solvable' in the same way e.g. ebook. The book was read mostly while waiting for modern medicine to be inflicted on a loved one. Individual reviews are the property of their authors. Refresh and try again. Demian's Gamebook Web Page © 1998-2021 Demian Katz . The writing and publishing industry is convinced that the manuscript was planted, but the case was settled out of court. Up to the point of resolution these frustrations reveal new sides to the business relationship of Archie and Nero, with Archie being the one who is creative, making decisions, and recognizing when some path is a dead end, while Nero only emerges from the background at the point when he pinpoin. While trying to find this person, one by one the authors who filed the claims are being murdered. These are nostalgic and light reads. Nero Wolfe (Book 32) Share your thoughts Complete your review. e-kirja, 2011. Plot it yourself This edition was published in 1994 by Bantam Books in New York. I stopped because he was having a fit. What is the plot of Living with Yourself season 2? And when the clues were finally revealed, I had missed all of them. Of course at no point did I actually have a clue. Meillä on miljoonia kirjoja, löydä seuraava lukuelämyksesi tänään! Ladataan sähköisesti. Why is this so? Apart from the series' continuing characters, all the players in the book are directly associated with the publishing industry. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? The only one left is Alice Porter, who first worked the fraud successfully, and who is now repeating it with Amy Wynn and her publisher. Barzun, Jacques and Taylor, Wendell Hertig. A joint writers-publishers committee turns to Wolfe to stop a plagiarism swindle. Reading Archie and Wolfe is a comforting homecoming, even when there are annoying transcription errors. And they are making their claims stick: three successful claims in four years, one awaiting trial, and one that's just been made. The writing, plot, … And I listened to a few on CD from the library, and marked those "A" (audio). Start by marking “Plot it Yourself (Nero Wolfe, #32)” as Want to Read: There are no discussion topics on this book yet. The perplexing case keeps you guessing until the end. That's just what a gang of hack writers do, ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims. Eric Liebowitz/Netflix If Netflix does renew Living with Yourself , fans can rest easy knowing that Timothy Greenberg has plenty of ideas for it. When I bought one, I'd cross it off the list, when I got one from the library I would put an "R" beside it (for "read"). To see what your friends thought of this book. (Rex Stout drove one.). I love Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books. He was roaring something in a language that was probably the one he had used as a boy in Montenegro, the one that he and Marko Vukcic had sometimes talked.Fritz, entering with beer, stopped and looked at me reproachfully. Stout adds as subtext his take on the peculiar relationship between book authors and book publishers — part symbiosis, part animosity. Not Stout's best--Wolfe commits an egregious oversight that a dedicated Wolfite just can't credit. ebook. Had to look up the "Heron" automobile Mr. Wolfe is said to own - no such car existed in actuality. Great to be so thoroughly outwitted. Book club editions are sometimes thinner and always taller (usually a quarter of an inch) than first editions. Listen to a sample Listen to a sample Description; Creators; Details; Reviews; When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. ebook. [I can't believe Stout overlooked this plot hole! In short order, Archie discovers two more dead plagiarists. I was completely flummoxed, as were Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin through most of this one. Aspects such as diction, punctuation and syntax – and, most convincingly, paragraphing – point Wolfe directly to the conclusion that one person wrote all the manuscripts. One of the things I appreciate the most with this series is the jaunty, near-hardboiled tone set by narrator Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Someone has been getting away with a different spin on plagiarism. Wolfe blames himself for not taking steps to protect Jacobs and the others, who had been made targets by the plan to pay for information. A set of authors are accused of plagiarism and sued, to end up settling the cases for large sums of money. 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