Re: RARA-AVIS: Top Two list--insult to the genre?

RMINOT@aol.com
Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:02:51 EDT Does anyone out there believe, as I do, that there are far too many "Top Ten,"
"Top 100," "Top 2000" lists out there that don't really tell you anything
worthwhile? They all boil down to a sleezy "he said, she said" (with the
corollary "Who cares?") kind of courtroom blather. There are simply too many
good things out there and bad things out there and what's interesting is why a
person thinks they are worth looking at. I'm all for suggestions for stuff to
read and reasons why, but can't we refrain from listing them in order of
merit? For instance, if someone new to hardboiled asked me to suggest what to
start with, I'd probably say, "All of Chandler and all of Hammett, then take
it from there."
Reeves
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