For what it's worth ... in "The Big Book of Noir" edited by
Ed Gorman, Lee Server, and Martin H. Greenberg (and
recommended by Mr. Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop, etc.)
there are approximately 136 pages dedicated to Film and 168
pages for fiction ... not including the 10 pages for comic
books. Penzler's comments at Amazon.com in regards to the
text lead one to believe that it's the hard-boiled that's
more sophisticated than noir and that our contemporary
authors who are concentrating on the bad guy as a good guy
writing noir versus hard-boiled.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> From: Sharon Villines
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:42 AM
>
> I think it is true that Noir is generally used for
film and hardboiled for
> fiction but I think it goes further than that. Noir
carries with it a
> sophistication that hardboiled rejects--or pretends
to rejects.
>
> Or that sophistication may be added to our reading
of hardboiled
> literature
> after we have seen the films. Would Laura read the
same way if one had not
> seen the film first?
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