cooper (jane@almaludo.freeserve.co.uk)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:18:26 -0000
OK, I agree lets take the big 3 as given to save repetition.
1. James Ellroy, he was the one who really converted me to
HB, I simply had never read anything like him, and despite
his all too human flaws, I would still walk over hot coals to
read anything he could write that would match that first
thrill. 2. Derek Raymond, his work is so unrelentingly dark
and sorrowful as well as hard as nails.(again to agree with
Mark, I know he's been slagged off here before, I don't care
it's my list and his work affected me)
3. Walter Mosley, for writing a series that so far
doesn't show signs of staleness. 4. Joe Lansdale, because all
of his work that I have read has walked the thin line between
humour and serious writing, and for creating Hap and Leonard,
just two of the best characters in fiction. 5.George
Pelecanos, simply the best contemporary writer around(and
this transcends genre)
Like I said, it's all personal, if it isn't your list or you
disagree with anything, c'est la vie, I'm glad that we all
think different, otherwise it would be a dull old list.
Jane
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