tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post8631557904146522464..comments2024-03-28T01:36:51.952-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Vladimir Putin in Spy Fiction and Libel (Part II)Bill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58326994185713148762015-05-05T19:00:42.827-06:002015-05-05T19:00:42.827-06:00Prashant: Thanks for the comment. My next post wil...Prashant: Thanks for the comment. My next post will provide reasons why living real people are not characters in fiction.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-63622600989202698502015-05-05T18:59:47.147-06:002015-05-05T18:59:47.147-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I kept finding I h...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I kept finding I had more I wanted to say on Putin and legal issues.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-3863725983401247452015-05-03T23:48:04.655-06:002015-05-03T23:48:04.655-06:00Bill, I don't recall reading about "live&...Bill, I don't recall reading about "live" people in fiction, particularly spy fiction. So it'd be interesting to read about Putin's real character in "Palace of Treason." I can't picture him as any kind of hero in fiction, perhaps because of his negative image in real life, thanks partly to his tenure in the KGB—a favourite hunting ground of western thriller writers during the Cold War.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-73988199485860708452015-05-03T22:18:55.806-06:002015-05-03T22:18:55.806-06:00I was going to wait until you had covered this top...I was going to wait until you had covered this topic entirely, Bill, but I see you have more to say. Very interesting. I will be eager to see what conclusions you reach in the next post.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-87615244285513338042015-05-03T18:16:13.495-06:002015-05-03T18:16:13.495-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. It is a rare book ...Margot: Thanks for the comment. It is a rare book in the Western world that sees a Russian leader in a positive way.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-19247349088279831322015-05-03T05:43:20.281-06:002015-05-03T05:43:20.281-06:00This is really interesting, Bill. I'm not at a...This is really interesting, Bill. I'm not at all surprised at the negative portrayal of Soviet leaders in Western crime fiction, including this most recent novel .But it is particularly interesting to see how it's handled when the subject (in this case Putin) is still alive. I would guess there probably are plenty of legal issues involved in depicting a real person in fiction, and I'll be interested to see what your take is on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com