Doyle's Holmes disparages his predecessor, Poe's Dupin. Thus, Doyle acknowledges Poe. Dupin is fiction both to us and to Holmes. Holmes is fiction, we think, to Poul Anderson's Trygve Yamamura (see "Sherlock Nero Poirot") but real to Anderson's Manse Everard.
Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes and Arsene Lupin have all been suggested as the father of Nero Wolfe. This could mean Wolfe and Everard coexisting so maybe Wolfe has got hold of the Time Patrol's anti-aging treatment?
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Kaor, Paul!
The idea of either Sherlock or Mycroft Holmes being the father of Nero Wolfe rather boggles the mind! Albeit, we see not a hint of such a thing in the stories written by Rex Stout. Which is perhaps a pity!
Ad astra! Sean
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