The difference is that a bad Hammett story or a bad Fredric
Brown story is still well-written, is still readable. Compare
that to a bad Carroll John Daly story, for example. Max Brand
and Bellem may get away with it because they were madmen of
the typewriter (or we think of them as madmen, which is the
same for critical purposes), but objectively, a lot of their
stuff is mindless crap written in a rush. Some of Bellem's
stories make no sense whatever.
Best,
MrT
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"The difference between the right word and the almost right
word is the difference between lightning and the lightning
bug." Mark Twain
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