Fans of Robert B. Parker on Matrix

I recently began using the free, open-source, decentralized protocol Matrix for end-to-end encrypted messaging. You might use Matrix apps like Element to communicate privately with your family or team. The apps also let you create unencrypted public rooms for less-sensitive topics.

I've created a public Fans of Robert B. Parker room to discuss his works, the film and TV versions, and the sequels commissioned by his estate. If you have or create an account on a Matrix homeserver, you can join the room at https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org.

Icebreaker topic:

Which of Parker's novels (or the sequels commissioned by his estate) did you read first? Which is your favorite and why?

I hope to reconnect with members of my former Yahoo! Group Spenser's Sneakers as well as draw today's Parker readers. Mastodon is my only social network. I welcome your help mentioning the room elsewhere.

More Parker on the Web:

Official Presence
Continuation authors
Other Parker fan sites

Official Presence -

RobertBParker.net

Set up fairly late in his career, Parker's official domain offered basic information about his books around publication time. It's still updated at about the same pace.

Robert B. Parker Facebook page

Frequented by members of Parker's estate, noticeably more active than RobertBParker.net

Continuation authors in order of first sequel publication date -

Michael Brandman

Parker's filmmaking partner and the first Jesse Stone continuation author, from 2011—'13 he wrote Stone sequels #1–3

Ace Atkins

The first Spenser continuation author, writing sequels #1–10, published 2012—'22

Helen Brann

Parker's longtime agent, literary executor of his estate, she completed his Christmas special Spenser novel Silent Night, of which he wrote the first 17 pages. Silent Night was published in October 2013. Brann died November 30, 2015 aged 82.

Robert Knott

Actor and co-writer of the 2008 Appaloosa film adaptation, he was chosen to continue Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch novels. His first sequel was published in December 2013 and he remains, writing #1–11

Reed Farrel Coleman

Followed Brandman's Stone sequels in 2014, writing #4–9

Mike Lupica

First commissioned in 2018, writing Sunny Randall sequels #1–4; took on Stone following Coleman in 2020, writing sequels #10–12; took on Spenser following Atkins in 2023, writing sequels #11–12

Alison Gaylin

Followed Lupica's Randall sequels in 2023, writing #5-6

Christopher Farnsworth

Follows Lupica's Stone sequels in 2025, writing #13

Other sites driven by Parker fans -

Bullets & Beer Wiki

An effort to archive and add to material from Mike Loux's and Bob Ames' well-known 1996–2010 Parker fan homepage

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