miker wrote:
"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?"
Then 1A would have to be James Lee Burke. I love both of
those guys.
TB
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Mario wrote:
>
> If anyone has a suggestion for monthly topics
of
> discussion, please email me privately or post
the
> suggestions here.
>
> *******************
>
> 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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