Mark (He may be a blumenidiot, but he's not so dumb)
wrote:
How about a Hard-boiled 100?
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Here's a status report on the brush fire:
Section one, Nominations to Date. I've excluded seconds; I
think for the ease of bookkeeping, it's a good idea to vote
on all the nominees at the end. Can those who've made
nominations go back through this and add author and book or
series? Thanks.
Section Two, Rules to Date. Let me know if these seem
complete, or if you have any additions or clarifications.
Also, suggestions re: ranking rules.
Section Three, FAQs. Can someone opine on the Anglo/non-Anglo
question or second mine?
There you have it.
Best Regards, Erick
NOMINATIONS TO DATE
The Op, Parker, Hoke Mosely, Matt Helm, Doc McCoy Philip
Marlowe Spade, Bond, Harry Bosch, Matt Scudder, Easy Rawlins,
Tom Ripley, Lou Ford, Frank Mansfield, (Cockfighter), Richard
Hudson, (Woman Chaser), Kells, (Paul Cain, Fast One), Keller,
Fast Eddie Felson, Coffin Ed, Grave Digger, Elvis
Cole,(Robert Crais), Travis McGee, (John D McDonald, series),
Michael Schaefer, (Thomas Perry, Butcher's Boy, Sleeping
Dogs), Mitch Tobin, (Donald Westlake (writing as Tucker
Coe)), Hap Collins, Leonard Pine, Donald Robak, (Joe L.
Hensley, series), Dan Turner (Hollywood Detective, Spicy
Pulp), Parker, (Stark), Abraham Trahearne, (Crumley), Richard
Wentworth, aka The Spider (series), Mouse, (Walter Mosley,
series) Jane Whitfield, (Tom Perry, series), Bob the Nailer,
(Stephen Hunter) Earl Swagger, (Stephen Hunter) Mike Hammer
Rebus, (Ian Rankin) Arkady,
RULES TO DATE
1. This'll be fun. 2. A character has to be seconded by
someone else on the list. 3. Someone better start counting.
4. Propose a time line for generating the list. 5. Publish
some ranking rules. 6. Do a big press release at the end, so
the world will know what the avians think. 7. If you nominate
somebody you have to include the author and/or the name of
the book, or if the character is in more than one book, the
series. 8. As to timing: let's say nominations until the end
of the month (March). 9. Compile the list and confirm that
nominations were received; take seconds at that time and
confirm that all else is true and correct. 10. Make an
announcement and release the list May 1. That would give
everyone time to make sure the list is complete, and that
everyone is as happy with it as we're likely to get. 11. We
should all vote.
FAQs TO DATE
Q: Most people are restricting their choices to series
characters. Is that a rule? A: No.
Q: Do we have a right to include non-Anglo characters? A:
[Unanswered at present. Opinions, anyone? Non-anglo
characters who have been translated into English
acceptable?]
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