So what you're saying, William, is that if you write anything
other than genre, the work you write in genre cannot be
compared to other genre writers? Certainly THE THIRD MAN is
as good a noir novel as anyone ever wrote. Are you saying it
doesn't count because Fleming, Spillane, Clancy & Cussler
are not as talented at writing as Green is? Do thriller
writers get a handicap? Green and, yes, Somerset Maugham too,
wrote great genre work. How can you dismiss it or remove them
from the discussion because they also wrote "serious"
stuff?
Patrick King
--- William Ahearn <
williamahearn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> He wasn't only a
> > novelist
> > who wrote books with Catholic themes like
THE
> POWER
> > AND THE GLORY.
>
> Oh, who said he was? And no, I'm not kidding.
You
> think Clive Cussler has The Power And The
Glory
> lurking in his out box? I don't think so. To
boot,
> there's a big difference between The Human
Factor
> and
> Dr. No. (BTW, Greene and Fleming worked together
in
> intelligence during the war, or something
like
> that.)
> As for influence, Somerset Maugham wrote the
first
> modern espionage novel that was critical
of
> intelligence agencies that inspired Graham,
who
> inspired Ambler, ad nauseum. Just because
Greene
> wrote
> what he identified as entertainments doesn't
lessen
> his other work. Or do you think that Tom Clancy
is
> still working on his The Heart Of The Matter?
Or
> which
> of those others on the list could write The
Quiet
> American? No, I'm not kidding. Ian Fleming in
the
> same
> league as Graham Greene? Now that's a
joke.
>
> William
>
> Essays and Ramblings
> <http://www.williamahearn.com>
>
>
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