Forever Magazine Issue 15 by Neil Clarke

Author:Neil Clarke [Clarke, Neil; Murphy, John P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novelette, novella, science fiction, science fiction magazine, short story
Publisher: Wyrm Publishing
Published: 2016-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

Originally published in Alembical 3, eds. Lawrence M. Schoen & Arthur Dorrance, 2014.

A Few Words with John P. Murphy

What are the origins of this story?

I’ve always been a child of two genres: SFF, of course, but I’ve also been a lifelong mystery fan. I spent as much time growing up with Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot as Susan Calvin or Frodo Baggins. I’ve taken a couple stabs at science fiction mysteries over the years, just to try to scratch both itches at the same time, but this one was intended specifically as an homage to the Nero Wolfe mysteries.

The original Wolfe novels were themselves an effort to bridge two different traditions: the British Golden Age mysteries (Wolfe being an homage to Mycroft Holmes), and American hard-boiled detective stories. Recasting the Wolfe character as an artificial intelligence forced me to do a lot of thinking about what I personally found compelling in those books, which turned out to be the unlikely partnership and respect between Wolfe and Archie. Yeah, the orchids and beer and fancy meals are fun, but what I most wanted to pay homage to was that remarkable friendship.

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