>>These are personal lists, not the results of
polls... For example ,
you could preach Spillane to me, but I would not include any
of his books in my favorites list. On the other hand, if I
were writing a history of the genre, I would have to include
him. Different things.<<
OK, but the thread and list were titled "150 Best
Hardboiled/Noir" - it
seems "My Favorite 150 Hardboiled/Noir" would
have made more sense,
and while "best" will always be subjective, one
would also assume the
author of such a list would have read a certain
amount of titles and authors
within the genre, if they are going to undergo to
make a list with such a
lofty title - the list just seemed absurdly
limited in scope.
jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
---
In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jsbuturn"
<ishantriv@...> wrote:
>
> Why should one leave behind novels like 'Sin-Pit'
(Paul
> Meskil), 'Inquest' (Percieval Wilde), 'Mr. Bowling
Buys A Newspaper'
> (Donald Henderson), ; authors like Bruno Fischer,
Richard Sale, David
> Karp, Don Tracy, Eleazar Lipsky, Frederic Brown,
Kenneth Fearing,
> William Krasner, Willard Motley and Jay Dratler? Or
is it that we all
> go by our biases and a true checklist is not
possible?
>
These are personal lists, not the results of polls... For
example , you could preach Spillane to me, but I would not
include any of his books in my favorites list. On the other
hand, if I were writing a history of the genre, I would have
to include him. Different things.
Best,
mrt
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