--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...> wrote:
>
> Absolutely, C.L. Moore (no relation) had a noir
sensibility and her
> stories remain highly readable. She and her husband
Henry Kuttner
> collaborated so completely from the time of their
marriage that it is
> hard to separate one's work from the other. The
Northwest Smith
> stories predate (IIRC) her linking with Kuttner, a
fine writer with
or
> without his spouse. Most of the mystery fiction from
the couple came
> out under the Kuttner name or the penname Lewis
Padgett but some
> sources say Moore actually wrote some of the final
Kuttner novels.
These, and the Smith and Jirel stories, were the works I was
thinking of for Moore when I mentioned her earlier
today...for Fritz Leiber, there were the short stories
"Schizo Jimmie" and (hardboiled horror story) "I'm Looking
for Jeff," along with the Spillane parody "The Night He
Cried" I've mentioned here a ways back...as well as such
pivotal work as "Smoke Ghost," "Coming Attraction," and
YOU'RE ALL ALONE, which are noirish as all hell where not
hb.
Todd Mason
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