Talk:The Red Box

Notes on the infobox
The infobox has been modified to conform with the novels project style guidelines, which indicate that the infobox should describe "only the media types in which the novel was originally available. For example, eighteenth-century novels were never published in 'hardback and paperback' nor in audiobook so it is inappropriate to list those print subtypes." Since the Nero Wolfe books (1934–1975) were originally available in hardcover, and only later published in other formats, the infoboxes for these Rex Stout novels and novella collections are being amended to read "Print (Hardcover)" -- with "Media type" describing only the first-edition printing.

The ISBN field will be completed, but read "NA" by request of the novels project. Subsequent releases of the book are listed with their ISBNs in a section of the article headed "Release details."

The genre in the infobox is being listed as Detective fiction, a classification that includes both the novels and the novella collections. Novels and novella collections are clearly differentiated from each other in the articles' lead paragraphs, and in categories that appear at the bottom of the articles. -- WFinch 11:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Availability
I've removed an "opinion" sentence which suggests that this title is one of the most difficult to find. That may have been the case before the Internet (although my experience suggests that Where There's a Will was the toughest to acquire) but I just checked eBay and Alibris and found numerous copies available in every price range from used paperback to first edition, including large print and audio. If someone can justify this comment by reference to an impartial third party, by all means return the comment. Accounting4Taste 21:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Although it doesn't really matter, I found that "Not Quite Dead Enough" was the hardest book to find, but it's available on the internet. I still don't have a book copy. Wastrel Way (talk) 22:28, 18 July 2020 (UTC) Eric

Unfamiliar word section
By what standard are we saying a word is unfamiliar, specifically, but what time period? Contemporary to publication or time the article is written? If the former, I think 'spiff' may not be so unfamiliar. I won't swear to it, but it came across as contemporary slang like in line with Archie speaks. I wouldn't be surprised if it's related to, even a basis for, 'spiffy'. IMHO (talk) 20:43, 22 May 2009 (UTC)