I think you should be able to nominate
anybody as long as they are in hard boiled or noir works of
written fiction to ensure they follow Rara Avis rules. If we
get over a thousand names we might have to qualify them by
something like seconding, but I don't think we will.
Here are some nominees before Kevin nominates the thousand we
have missed so far:
Hawk (Robert Parker's Spenser series) Casper Gutman
(Hammett's Maltere Falcon) Dan Kearney (Joe Gores' DKA
series) Alan Grofield (Richard Stark) Joe Pike (Robert Crais'
Elvis Cole series) Samantha Dolan (Crais' LA Requiem) Nick
Stefanos (George Pelecanos) Wyatt (Gary Disher's Wyatt
series) Pierre Ange aka - Pete Sawyer (Marvin Albert's Stone
Angel series) Paul Pine (Howard Browne's Halo series)
Nameless (Bill Pronzini's series of the same name) Roy Martin
(Dan Marlowe's The Name of the Game is Death) Tres Navarre
(Rick Riordan's Tres Navarre series) Artie Wu and Quincy
Durant ( Ross Thomas) Jack Wild (Earl Thompson's Garden of
Sand and Tattoo.) Milo Milodragonavitch (James Crumley's
other P. I.): Harry Stoner ( Jonathan Valin)
> 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?
>
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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