Approaching Nero Wolfe

I haven't abandoned my plans to read Leckie, but I haven't bought the book yet and I have a whole pile of books already in my possession which I will be reading until I've got extra money to waste.

And as part of that reading, I've just read the first Nero Wolfe book.

• Archie is such an unusual name within my lifetime that I can't help literally picturing comics Archie, in flat color newspaper format.


• The unfortunate signs of its era are surprisingly few, and it's arguably so far less sexist than Christie, but the male ensemble cast is extremely wearing.


• Given what I've seen so far I'm astonished at the quantity of fanfic on AO3 (which I haven't examined in more detail, however). Maybe the male ensemble explains it alone, but it doesn't seem very shippable and there's already been some subtle homophobia. Apparently there was a TV show, which I'd never heard of. Was it a cult favorite maybe? It's got nearly 2/3 as many works as Poirot!