James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:07:28 -0600
At 06:38 PM 12/27/99 -0500, Mark S. wrote:
that I wrote:
>Hemingway couldn't cheapen his skills as effectively
as Hammett,
>Chandler and Cain.
>
>I wasn't aware that the skills of the first two or at
least early Cain
>were cheap. They hold up better than Hemingway for
me.
>
>Mark
>
>
I am a huge fanatic on all three of
those authors. I often prefer them to Hemingway. But
Hemingway is a difference not only in skill, but also in aim
of achievement. I am really not a big Hemingway nut. But I
have to admit that the guy changed the way American stuff is
written. And, if we buy that "attitude plus colloquial"
business then I think we have to also say that he is seminal
hardboiled.
James
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