On 16 February 2005, Michael Robison wrote:
: We had a great discussion a year or so ago concerning
: the top 100 hardboiled/noir characters. My guess is
: that Mr. Denton has the results somewhere.
I haven't got it nicely formatted yet, but it's in the
archives:
http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/200204/0350.html
The top 21, as reported by Mr. Blumenthal (with vote
counts):
1. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler) - 56
2. Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) -
51
3. The Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett) -
43
4. Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) - 36
5T. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) -33
5T. Parker (series, Richard Stark) - 33
7. Travis McGee (series, John D. MacDonald) - 31
8. Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley) - 29
9. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael
Connelly) - 28 10. Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford) -
25 11. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim
Thompson) - 23 12. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane) - 19
13. Matt Helm (series, Donald Hamilton) - 18 14T. Dave
Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) - 16 14T. Nick Stefanos
(series, George Pelecanos) - 16 14T. Coffin Ed Johnson &
Gravedigger Jones (series, Chester Himes) - 16 14T. C. W.
Shugrue (series, James Crumley) - 16 14T. Hap Collins &
Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) - 16
14T. Nameless (series, Bill Pronzini) - 16 14T. John Rebus
(series, Ian Rankin) - 16 14T. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series,
Walter Mosley) - 16
The archives also show that Mr. Robison coined the term "the
Jack Bludis heresy" for the hardboiled/tough, noir/screwed
definitions. Heh.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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