Hi,
Well, obviously nobody's forcing anyone to read the damn
things, right? So you might as well have them.
Maybe you can have afterwords.
And anyway, some -- not all, but some -- writers benefit from
contexts. I don't know if you need to know a lot about Goodis
to appreciate his work, for example, but I do think knowing
about Woolrich helps you understand what's going on there.
And I do think a knowledge of the pb original world helps one
to understand the environment in which Whittington was
operating.
For more obscure writers, extra info. can let the reader know
just who the heck the guy or gal is. I personally would've
loved to see some info. on David Dodge or Seymour Shubin in
some of Hard Cases's recent reprints.
doug
>
> So what should it be, a frame, an
"explanation",
> perhaps, for the
> stories, or is it better to just pick them up
cold,
> and plunge into
> whatever world the author has prepared for
us.
> Maybe we should read
> the stuff twice.
>
> David L. Wilson
> Downieville, CA
>
>
Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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