In a message dated 9/30/07 2:15:26 PM,
abrasax93@yahoo.com writes:
> I know. Lots of people disagree with me. I just
don't
> know why. I've read Hammett's works several time
and
> the only ones that work for me are Falcon & Thin
Man.
> The rest are just not well plotted and the
characters
> are not memorable to me. I'm sorry, but the Op is
like
> a cartoon character. Mike Hammer has greater
depth,
> and he is a cartoon character. It's interesting to
me
> because both Nick Charles and Sam Spade are
very
> well-drawn personalities. What do you like about
the
> other Hammett books?
>
I also prefer Falcon and Thin Man to Hammett's other works. I
like tight plotting, and both of those are virtual How To
manuals of storytelling
John Lau
John Lau
**************************************
See what's new at http://www.aol.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 30 Sep 2007 EDT