>If Pelecanos's book sold for $1000 and Clancy's for
$1.99, Pelecanos
>would still be a bargain in comparison. Bad writing is
worth nothing.
In the case of bad writing, yes ... but if I had to choose
... Clancy wins
over Pelecanos hands down.
>In artistic matters, I have always associated
greatness with the ability
>to condense - which is why I consider Beethoven an
immeasurably greater
>composer than, say, Mahler. The other day I was
reading Chandler's story
>_Trouble is my business_, and what struck me, besides
Chandler's
>legendary way with words, was how economical the
development was. No
>doubt one could take this story and write 300 pages,
but why?
The Sistine Chapel is great and is huge ... one image from it
is awe
inspiring ... the whole is heaven on earth ... more would be
just more of
the same. Chandler's a good pick ... he wrote both short
stories and
longer works ... none of his longer works suffer from being
longer ... just
more of what you enjoyed in the first place. A good writer is
just going
to write more of the same ... but hey, if you want less of
your favorite
authors so be it.
----
volente Deo,
Anthony
jackechs@erols.com or ICQ #3717510
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4640/
"And then there she was / Like double cherry pie
Yeah there she was / Like disco superfly
I smell sex and / candy here"
-- J. Woznaik, Sex and Candy, marcy playground
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