Re: RARA-AVIS: TMF - surprises & sequel?

Philip Benz (Philip.Benz@wanadoo.fr)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:08:43 +0100 Jim sez:
<< and sets Spade and the bad guys at odds as they again contend in the
search for another quest object, the fabled Khandi Tooth. >>

It may just be my lack of depth in the genre, but it seems to me that
object quests are not very common in Hard boiled lit. Sounds more like a
job for Indiana Jones or someone from the Cthulhu mythos.

But if the fantastic elements of a cthulhoid tale were too strong, I
imagine we would no longer class the piece as hard-boiled. The h-b dick
has a strong need to be grounded in gritty reality.

Cheers, --- Phil, raving mad again.
Lyc饠Astier, Aubenas, France

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