Mario wrote:
If anyone has a suggestion for monthly topics of discussion,
please email me privately or post the suggestions here.
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1. Does the hardboiled fiction genre have some common
meaning/message? If yes, what is it?
2. Does the noir fiction genre have some common
meaning/message? If yes, what is it?
3. What pre-Hammett/Daly literature led up to the hardboiled
genre?
4. Do you identify the beginning of the noir fiction genre
with a particular novel or story? If yes, what and why?
5. Do you identify the beginning of the hardboiled fiction
genre with a particular novel or story? If yes, what and
why?
6. What themes do you often find in the hardboiled genre?
Does the commonality suggest some special significance? If
yes, what?
7. What themes do you often find in noir fiction? Does the
commonality suggest some special significance? If yes,
what?
8. If you don't think Michael Connelly is writing the best
damned hardboiled today, how long of a pry bar would it take
to get your head out of your ass?
miker
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