In a message dated 4/24/02 6:08:30 AM,
marianne.macdonald@lineone.net writes:
<< The reason must be that the debate is useful because
it clarifies our ideas about...Jack Frost, say. There are
always more books, there is always more to sort out.
>>
And on top of that, this stuff is fun
to talk about. We all enjoy the books and the characters and
the writers, and we get a kick out of spinning them through
our heads.
As for the problems with reaching
agreement on definitions, I believe a good chunk of the
difficulty is that we are often defining different things.
While Jim D. is trying to put a clarifying fence based on the
styles and purposes of the originators of the genres, several
other folks seem to be arguing for a definition more closely
tied to current popular tastes, and still others want to
argue for something no more universal than, "This is what I
mean by hard-boiled."
Hard to get any agreement out of
that, but that's okay. The thread has once again led to some
entertaining and insightful posts.
Jim
Blue
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