Doug Bassett wrote:
> > Meanwhile the Lady Dicks aren't nostalgic.
Like
> > suffragettes a century ago,
> > they're out there on the streets. (Consider
the
> > feminist agenda to "Take
> > Back the Streets." A meritorious agenda, if I
ever
> > heard one, and I wish
> > them all the luck in the world at that Labor
of
> > Sisyphus!)
>
> Probably accurate, again, although this seems to
imply
> one should read these female writers out of a sense
of
> duty, or something. I mean, there is a
pleasure
> principle involved here. :) My one experience with
a
> female PI writer -- Marcia Muller's WOLF IN
THE
> SHADOWS -- was not encouraging. As I said before,
I
> think this is a bad, dull book by a mediocre writer.
I
> picked it up because people I respect (Ed Gorman
in
> this case, I think) had written that this was the
pick
> of the litter. That may or may not be true, but
I'm
> certainly not going to be picking up any of
her
> brethern anytime soon.
You'd really reject the writing of -every- female writer in
the genre just because one book by one writer didn't thrill
you?
jess
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