Kerry wanted us to have weighted voting so his candidate
would be able to get 10 points which would probably get him
in the top 100. If we have equal voting he felt that wouldn't
happen. I nominated three ters, Thomas Perry's Michael
Schaeffer and Jane Whitfield, in two separate series, and
Gary Disher's Wyatt who probably won't make it even though
they are main characters and strongly drawn because not
enough people have read of them. There are a lot of other
characters from the fifties and earlier who also deserve to
be on the list and probably won't be included on the list for
the same reason. However, I don't think it is proper that one
person can ensure a character he or she really likes be on
the list while another liked by many doesn't make it. That
seems to be the list consensus.
Erick , Joe and I have agreed that there each list member
will have twenty votes all to be weighted equally. People are
welcome to continue nominating through March 31. We will then
allow voting from April 1 to April 15. We have not decided
whether we will issue updates.
A couple of things: We have decided Nick and Nora Charles
will be an entry. We have tentatively decided Ross Thomas'
Artie Wu and Quincy Durant as well as Joe Landale's Hap and
Leonard will also though we welcome arguments to the
contrary. George Pelecanos' Marcus Clay and Dmitri Karras
will be considered separate nominees. Mark
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