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In rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com, jacquesdebierue"
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com wrote: Also, the search for
noir shouldn't limit itself to the mystery and
crime pulps. For example, there were lots of noirish
stories in the
fantasy and weird tales pulps, with notable authors
like Donald
Wandrei, Theodore Sturgeon, Fritz Leiber, etc. Woolrich
brings some of
that to the crime and mystery story, but the stuff was
in the air. I
am sure the experts on western pulps can find noir
examples in that
genre as well.
Funny you should say that - I 've just reread Sturgeons 'More
than Human' which started me thinking about possible
connections between Science Fiction, Noir and
Hardboiled.
'More than Human' is definitely hard-boiled, but Noir it is
not, because it ends on a positive note. One set piece in the
book es something to Dickens 'Great Expectations' which I
believe is definitely noir. (The David Lean film definitely
is).Sturgeons short story 'Bianca's hands' is in Cornell
Woolrich territory. Are Lieber's 'Fafred and the Grey Mouser'
tales Sword and Sorcery Noir? Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury
and Robert Bloch also spring to mind. For a more contempory
blend of SF and Noir, try Jonathan Lethem's "Gun with
occasional music".
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