'Saturday Night Live' introduced a stack-full of new books for the TV Universe - at least in Skitlandia. And they're all by the same man, Harlan Kane.Here's his bibliography:
The Abacus Conundrum
The Medici Codex
The Perseus Enigma
The Genghis Rubicon
The Godiva Kaleidoscope
The Pokemon Directive
The Vespucci Containment
The Grimmelman Mosaic
The Harlequin Protocol
The Ichabod Formula
The Pinochet Sudoku
The Nostradamus Mechanism
The Marmaduke Betrayal
The Picasso Imbroglio
The Fuddrucker's Ultimatum
Mac For Dummies
I suppose the jumping off point for inspiration in the titles was "The DaVinci Code". But it was a tried and true formula for Robert Ludlum as well, author of "The Bourne Identity". The one time he deviated from that formula, the book didn't do very well - "The Road To Gandolfo".
I could have sworn the name "Harlan Kane" had been used before in a fictional sense; it just has that feel. But a quick Google search shows a college student at Northeastern by that name. I hope he wasn't too stoned when that sketch started. (College kids still get stoned while watching 'Saturday Night Live', don't they? Or am I just projecting my mid-70's sensibilities on this?)
BCnU!
Hiya, real life Harlan Kane here. Just wanted to chime in and say that I was not stoned when this aired and I started getting bizarre Facebook messages about books I may have written, in case you were concerned.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it wasn't a mind-bending experience for you, Harlan! And welcome to Toobworld!
ReplyDeleteI had a similar experience back when I was 17, wiht a character named Toby O'Brien in an episode of 'Police Story' (played by Taylor Lacher). In both our cases, the name combination isn't that common, so it's a weird feeling. And the age difference may have been the same as with you and DeNiro......
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