Talk:Thorne Smith

Untitled
There is conflicting information about when the sequel to Topper (Topper Takes a Trip) was published (1932 or 1939). Can anyone fix this? --Spiff666 14:51, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Search for first editions with ABE, and results include "The Sun Dial Press, Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 325 pages. Illustrations by Roese." and "Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc. Garden City, New York, 1932. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition." Absolutely no mention of 1939. So there may be alternative publishers (?) but not publication dates. Tim Forcer (talk) 09:15, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

"forcefully"?
I commented out one adverb from the summary of Turnabout. My vague recollection from reading the novel years ago is that the scene is ambiguous; someone who has read it recently could correct me, preferably by quoting the text. --Jim Henry 18:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyright renewals?
Do we really need to mention copyright renewal dates for some of the novels? I don't recall this being standard practice elsewhere in WP author biographies. --Jim Henry 18:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it is a good idea to mention copyright renewal dates. Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 09:00, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Nightlife of the Gods
My (1930s) copy of Nightlife has on its cover a series of pictures that look like film stills, but I've not been able to track down a movie. Does anyone know about this? BTLizard (talk) 10:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Supernaturnal?
Does the first sentence contain a misspelling?

I have never even heard of "supernaturnal" - perhaps the better word is "supernatural"? Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 08:59, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Merge?
I see someone proposed merging the Topper novels into Thorne Smith.

One of the problems with Wikipedia is that it's so current-rage pop-centric. We'll break out articles about the most trivial songs of the lamest albums of obscure Indy bands, but we can't afford an article of three books that sold millions of copies, spawned at least three movies, and a television series?

If we're a true encyclopedia, we need to recognize that some things happened before our time period and this is one worth keeping.

-- Unicorn Tapestry  {say}  08:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose a merger for this. However, there is a lot of anecdotal information on this page, and a lot of it is not sourced as well.  This should probably change. -Xcuref1endx (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

cultural reference
Many articles include references to the subject. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey mentions "These things are Thorne Smithian daydreams!" in the third section of Part 4. Sorry, forgot the tildes— 2604:2000:F64D:FC00:64CA:F8FA:355:597A (talk) 23:45, 19 September 2018 (UTC)