> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:56:52 -0400
(EDT)
> From: William Denton <
buff@pobox.com>
> And you're quite right about staying close to the
actual writing. People,
> the focus of the list of hardboiled fiction.
Everything said on the list
> should be related to that, and general discussions
of movies, music or
> anything else doesn't cut it.
>
> Bill
> - --
> William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/
: Caveat lector.
So, Bill. Does that mean we can't discuss someone like John
Sandford or the Lucas Davenport series because _you_ don't
believe the series qualifies as hard-boiled?
Seems to me this group is limited to discussion within a
pre-defined set of boundaries that grows more pre-defined by
the day.
Maybe it's time for some fresh air. And I don't mean
rec.arts.mystery or DorothyL. One of the other posters was
quite correct -- Rara-Avis is threatening to become the
latter with an attitude.
I'm gonna respond to the comments and opinions regarding the
Sandford Prey series, but I'll do it in context of a Mystery
News review of the latest, Easy Prey, due out in hardcover
next month. Wouldn't want to pollute these pages with
off-topic material.
Best regards,
... Reed
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