Talk:The Collector

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[edit] Original research

The "books, TV and music" sections are pure original research; they are pure speculation with no citations backing them up. I would like to remove them. Treybien 3:22 8 August 2007 (UTC)

This book inspired serial killer Leonard Lake to abduct women and keep them as slaves. He along with Charles Ng are a farely well-known killing duo, it might be worth noting on this page. Lake gave his plans the name "Operation Miranda", after the character in the book. There is also more of note to it, look it up if you like.

It seems that it also inspired the captor of Natascha Kampusch

There is no evidence that her captor had knowledge of either the book or the film; and there are even indications that he did not like to read at all. Because there are stark similarities between her abduction and The Collector nevertheless, I left a cautious remark in the German article of de:The Collector.--Keimzelle 21:54, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
How do we know Lake was inspired by this book? Is there any reference to this? As for Natascha Kampusch's captor, it must be said that abductions like this were not new when "The Collector" was written. --Amandajm 08:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See also

Is Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! too different to be linked from a See also section? --Error 22:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anyone object to a split?

I'd like to divide this into two articles. One on the book, one on the film. The book is really more important, and right now the article has a film infobox. Would anyone object to a split here? --JayHenry 21:58, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I also think the article should be expanded to include research into its link with serial killers. More than one serial killer has used this book for inspiration and/or guidance. Spritzie 17:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

I also agree and have added the split tag to the main page. I may get back to this page to help later. But many of you are better at doing this than I am so please feel free to take the bull by the horns. MarnetteD | Talk 01:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Having a book article with a film infobox is really confusing, and the tag has been here very long. I'm not very familiar with the topic, but I think I'll split it for the sake of better organization. :) --PeaceNT (talk) 10:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Collector sheet A.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Grey/Miranda

I've gone through the plot summary and changed all instances of Grey to Miranda. I am aware that the Manual of Style calls for surnames, but this is only when referring to real people. Calling her Miranda seems more appropriate, but please discuss if you disagree. --Richardrj talk email 13:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


I agree with you, Richard. If it was a page on Romeo and Juliet, we wouldn't constantly refer to the lead characters as Montague and Capulet. TimothyJacobson (talk) 00:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)