Zomboy wrote:
> Actually, I was a big horror fan for five or ten
years, and my love of
> hard-boiled kind of grew out of this love like a
parasitic Siamese twin...
I, too, was - and still am - a big horror fan, alternating my
reading of this genre with hardboiled classics, both new and
old, as well as a few samplings from other genres. But time
and time again I return essentially to these two genres. Call
me predictable.
I've often thought that these two areas or writing had a
great deal of connection and I'm glad to see I'm not alone. A
few authors whose works blend the two include Joe Lansdale,
Ed Gorman (though some might argue he only writes "true"
horror under his Ransom penname), Richard Laymon, Robert
Bloch, (some of) Nancy Collins...heck, even F. Paul Wilson
has the Repairman Jack character which is hardboiled with a
capital "H". I'm sure there's a whole litany of horror
writers that could qualify...I hope this conversation thread
continues.
However, to the original poster, I don't believe I could see
Lovecraft labeled as "hardboiled" by any stretch of the
imagination. His overblown, flowery prose and expansive
Mythos is about as contrary to the lean, hardboiled legacy as
can be.
Ron Clinton
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