Miker wrote:
>
> my only disappointment (very slight) is that
because
> i knew it was noir, i essentially knew the
ending.
> like mrT recently stated, the genre is
predictable.
>
>
I think you're being a little unfair to Anderson. When he
wrote the book there was no such "genre" as "noir". If it has
a pessimistic end it's not because he was following genre
rules. It's people like us who have labelled these books
"noir" because it has features such as a pessimistic
ending.
Rene
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