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.

Photo by John Earle

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 sites for Parker fans:

• RobertBParker.net - the author's official homepage
• Robert B. Parker Facebook page - Noticeably more active than RobertBParker.net
• Ace Atkins - the first Spenser continuation author, from 2012 to 2022
• Michael Brandman - Parker's filmmaking partner and author of the first three Jesse Stone continuation novels
• Reed Farrel Coleman - followed Brandman, writing Jesse Stone sequels #4–9
• Robert Knott - actor and co-writer of the Appaloosa film, he was chosen to continue the Cole & Hitch novels in 2013 and he remains
• Mike Lupica - joined the estate to continue Sunny Randall in 2018, followed Coleman to write Jesse Stone sequels #10—12, followed Atkins to write Spenser sequel #11 in 2023
• Alison Gaylin - followed Lupica to write Sunny Randall sequel #5 in 2023
• Bullets & Beer Wiki - the latest effort to preserve and add to material from Mike Loux's and Bob Ames' well-known Parker fan homepage