Well, let me explain myself if it seems necessary. To say one
doesn't like any book is one's natural right. We all have
different tastes. As I've said, the only Hammett books I
really care for are The Thin Man & The Maltese Falcon.
But I have concrete reasons for not liking the other books: I
don't think the plots work and and don't think the characters
are well drawn. I don't dismiss these or any book by stating
that the author is unintelligent because I disapprove of a
character's lifestyle or habits. Like it or not, Dashiel
Hammett is the auteur of the style of fiction we're examining
on this list. We can critique his work but to dismiss his
work is disrespectful. It was not I who introduced the
epithet "dumb" into the conversation. By returning it, I
thought I was sending it where it could do the most good:
make someone think about how their words effect others. From
the response, I guess it made a lot of people think. Let's
respect each other and respect the works and the authors
we're discussing.
Patrick King
--- Richard Moore <
moorich@aol.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
> <abrasax93@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Chuck <chuckelp@...>
wrote:
> > I couldn't get past the first 5 pages of
Thin
> > > Man -- every body
> > > had to have a drink in their hand.
Dumb.
> > *****************************
> >
> > But that's how it was during the roaring
twenties.
> > That's the point of the book. If you
don't
> understand
> > the history of the story, of course you're
not
> going
> > to get it. It's not the book that's
dumb.
> >
>
> I don't think the slap of your last sentence
was
> deserved here and
> we are becoming more than a little uncivil in
our
> discouse. If you
> had made the comment to me, I would be
more
> forgiving as I have been
> a bit sharp with you in the past. For that
I
> apologize and for any
> other over-the-top comments I've made.
>
> We need to exercise more courtesy and respect as
we
> disagree and I
> am talking to myself as well as sending it out
to
> the list as a
> whole.
>
> Richard Moore
>
>
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