JIM DOHERTY:
I'd like to suggest, however, that
> we each reserve at least ten of those positions
for
> characters whom we objectively believe (to the
degree
> that we can be objective) to be important in
the
> history of hard-boiled crime fiction. This
leaves
> each of us with ten to vote our own
personal
> preferences.
>
> By "important" I mean a character's who's been
a
> trend-setter, who has been persistently popular over
a
> long period of time, who is generally
critically
> acclaimed, or some combination.
Jim,
The official title of the list will be The 100 BEST
Characters in Hard Boiled Written Literaure Since 1900.
That means we will not be voting for the most popular
characters, nor do they have to be the most influential or
critically acclaimed. This list, with the bulk of its
attention on books of the past, should be well qualified to
include characters from publications from 1932 as well as
2002 and all the years in between. Those voting should choose
those characters they feel are the most interesting or well
drawn. that they are familiar with. I don't think they should
vote for a character just because they have read that
character is very important or is from a book they have heard
is a classic. It is up to the voter to decide for himself or
herself what characters are best. Mark
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