> Todd quoted this:
>
> Evan Hunter: I came to Chandler when I was very
young and loved him,
> of course, but I loved him for the very things I
learned not to like
> later on. Sentimentality about the city, sexy women
sliding toward
> you [wonder if he meant to say sidling, or perhaps
did and was
> mistranscribed].--all this stuff would appeal to an
adolescent. Late
> on when I began to reread him to see what had so
captivated me, I
> really found a great many flaws in the
writing.
>
> Elmore Leonard: I agree with Evan. I didn't learn
anything at all
> from Chandler, or from Dashiell Hammett.
Then how come them guys couldn't write as good as Chandler or
Hammett? Mebbe they SHOULDA learned something from 'em.
I love Leonard's Westerns--haven't cared for the one or two
crime novels. And I love the 87th Precinct stuff. But if
these guys think they write better than Chandler, I'm gonna
have to pause and reflect a bit. Or suggest that they
do.
Jim Beaver Nawyecka Productions jumblejim@prodigy.spam
(replace "spam" with "net")
"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Voice or no
voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
leaders . . . All you have to do is tell them they are being
attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism
and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any
country."
--Hermann
Goering
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