cimorene

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!