In 1983 novelist Dimitri Gat released a mystery called "Nevsky's Demon". It was, he admitted, based on the structure of John D. McDonald's "The Dreadful Lemon Sky".
Avon (the publisher) issued a recall-and-destroy order for 60,000 copies of the book. The current WorldCat entry for the book has a note to this effect.
http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0380822482
Despite all of this (and one wonders how one mystery can be sooo much like another as to be actionable) there are still plenty of used copies available for a couple of bucks.
One of the things that made the James Bond novels so popular was the fact that Bond lived in the real world and used real products. From his beloved Bentley to his underpowered Baretta, he was anchored in our reality.
The sample passages in the linked article about this don't read much differently from the Fleming texts. So, if this author has figured out a way to get a bit more cash from the marketplace, I salute him!
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It's Happened Before
In 1983 novelist Dimitri Gat released a mystery called "Nevsky's Demon". It was, he admitted, based on the structure of John D. McDonald's "The Dreadful Lemon Sky".
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19830807&id=MewTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7128,3712778
Avon (the publisher) issued a recall-and-destroy order for 60,000 copies of the book. The current WorldCat entry for the book has a note to this effect.
http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0380822482
Despite all of this (and one wonders how one mystery can be sooo much like another as to be actionable) there are still plenty of used copies available for a couple of bucks.
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Ian Fleming Gave It Away
One of the things that made the James Bond novels so popular was the fact that Bond lived in the real world and used real products. From his beloved Bentley to his underpowered Baretta, he was anchored in our reality.
The sample passages in the linked article about this don't read much differently from the Fleming texts. So, if this author has figured out a way to get a bit more cash from the marketplace, I salute him!