interesting. i expect many writers and other artists and, hell, just many people, look back at work and decisions and wish they'd done things differently.
but hammett didn't take it to the extreme of not allowing the books to be published/kept in print at least.
i imagine the temptation to change old work after time has passed is tempting.
--- On Wed, 11/25/09, Vince Emery <vince@emery.com> wrote:
From: Vince Emery <vince@emery.com>
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: are authors the best judge of their work?
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 1:05 PM
Hammett was largely dissatisfied with his own work. He called his great
Continental Op tales "junk" and said The Maltese Falcon was "too
manufactured."
Vince Emery
Vince Emery Productions
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- HAMMETT'S MORAL VISION
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- LOST STORIES by Dashiell Hammett
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