: Of course, others may feel this list should only focus on
the
: printed word. Exclusively.
>From the introductory information everyone gets when
they subscribe:
"Welcome to rara-avis, the mailing list devoted to the
discussion of
hardboiled fiction." This list is for the disucssion of
hardboiled
fiction, and things that relate to it. If there's a clear
relation,
excellent. If there's a tenuous connection, OK, I'll grant
some
latitude, but I won't let things go too far. I've seen a
number of
lists destroyed by people talking about their cars, children,
and
other irrelevant things. This is is not a pen-pal list for
people
with a common interest. Feel free to discuss anything you
like in
personal mail, but please keep fairly close to hardboiled
fiction
here.
: For these purists, would fiction include short stories and
comic
: books?
Certainly.
If anyone doesn't like the rules, they can flame me in
private mail.
I don't like meta-commentary on mailing lists, although I did
want to
get this out.
Now, I'm off to finished my current book so I can start _The
Maltese
Falcon_. I think it's been about four years since I last read
it.
Listowner Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"It is better to incur a mild rebuke than to perform an onerous task."
-- "Uncle" Oswald Hendryks Cornelius
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