The Wire was largely inspired by the events depicted by David Simon in the book, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the thread title.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (book that inspired The Wire)
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The Wire was largely inspired by the events depicted by David Simon in the book, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the thread title.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Pedantry fail...
I think one could successfully argue that it was also the inspiration behind much of The Wire without also denying it directly inspired the show of the same name.
I also had no idea whether the average Urbanite was interested in or had watched Homicide the TV show, so in the interest of mass appeal I mentioned the board hivemind's favourite show to ensure that the book got the attention it deserves.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Funnily enough, I'm pretty sure everyone thought The Wire was created in a vacuum by a man with no antecedents at all.
5t3IIa
Registered User
Some think that David Simon wrote a 'book of the series' too.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Biglittlefish
Active Member
He did write a treatment which outlined the first series in a lot of detail, not really a book though.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
That was actually ghost-written by JK Rowling.
Biglittlefish
Active Member
A spike lee joint.
Biglittlefish
Active Member
Voldemors got to get got.
Innit, I would go gay for Pembleton.
One fo the best Police procedurals ever made, far better than NYPD Blue which got all the ratings at that time.
subversplat
writer of wrongs
I'm about halfway through this book - it's my current toilet read - and I can only describe it as a How To in getting away with murder 
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
The Corner is excellent IMO. What I thought was great was that a couple of the people in The Corner ended up working on The Wire.
It is, but for some reason I put it down about a third of the way through and never went back to it. Perhaps I was all Baltimored out or something.
I'll have to have another crack at it. The mini-series was absolutely brilliant.
And Im really glad Munch got a cameo appearance in the final season
I've just started watching the series, and my favourite characters are Munch and then Pembleton
I've just started watching the series, and my favourite characters are Munch and then Pembleton
Both great characters but Pembleton edges it for me.
subversplat
writer of wrongs
I keep hoping that people are talking about the book when this thread pops up 
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
A real nod to the fans that was
I thought Bayliss and Pembleton were bloody brilliant alongside each other in the show. When Pembleton had his 'moment' - wow, just wow.
There are a lot of wow moments in that programme.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
David Simon was offered the job of writing the pilot episode (it obviously being all based on his book) episode but turned it down for lack of experience/self-belief. He got the hang of things a little more by S2 and by S4 was working on it fulltime. Don't know what happened to him after that . ..
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I'd just like to give a shout out to myself for having started a Homicide thread back in 2004.
I liked it before it was cool to like it. Etc.
I liked it before it was cool to like it. Etc.
krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
A real nod to the fans that was
I thought Bayliss and Pembleton were bloody brilliant alongside each other in the show. When Pembleton had his 'moment' - wow, just wow.
There are a lot of wow moments in that programme.
Agreed. Only decent cop show on these days is Law and Order SVU... with Munch, naturally
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Yeah, but Munch is never given the freedom to fly these days. His rants about black helicopters are very few and far between. He could be utilized far better.
krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Got this yesterday, it has leapfrogged to the top of my reading queue. I'm hoping it's one of those books you can't put down, I haven't read a decent book for quite a while now. I'm glad it's non-fiction, I seem to be favoring true life stories / autobiographies of late.
Nice and fat too.
Nice and fat too.
It certainly was for me.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Ah, good. I will get onto it right after the library book I just got out. I can finish that other one I have on the go on the toilet.
