Re: RARA-AVIS: Jim D's definition of Thriller

From: sonny (sforstater@yahoo.com)
Date: 02 Feb 2009

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    shooting you now would be less, uh, thrilling, than the possibility of you being shot, or not, at any point in the future.

    --- On Mon, 2/2/09, BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:

    > From: BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal@aol.com>
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Jim D's definition of Thriller
    > To: buildsnburns@yahoo.com, rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:19 PM
    > In a message dated 2/2/09 6:55:05 PM, buildsnburns@yahoo.com
    > writes:
    >
    >
    > > Jim Doherty says that a thriller is a
    > > crime/mystery/detective/suspense/call-it-what-you-will
    > story in which the emphasis is on action, suspense, and
    > > pace rather than cerebration.
    > >
    > > I say it's too many words, although fairly
    > accurate. Jim, cut it back some
    > > for us--couldn't you have said detection instead
    > of cerebration? That was
    > > definitely one word too many.
    > >
    > > Why not just ... The thriller is the story of a crime
    > or impending crime
    > > where the emphasis is on the prevention of a
    > disaster rather than detection?
    > >
    > > (I won't go round and round on this one ... just a
    > thought.)
    > >
    > >
    >
    > I happen to agree with Jimbo on this one. shoot me now!
    >
    > John Lau
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