Still, remember there are some very bad hard-boiled stories out there, as well as good ones.I have a mystery encyclopedia and I'll see how it defines hard boiled. Hemingway influenced by Hammett, eh? I haven't heard this one before. Have to mull it over. Richard King rking@vunet.vinu.edu - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca