Boys, boys, play nice.
I notice that when Brian said, Martian Chronicles, it wasn't
all caps. He may have referred to Burroughs saga of Mars,
which I think was several volumes or at least several
stories.
As for Hemingway and Hammett--I'd bet dollars to dimes that
each read the others work, and I'd be surprised if either
Hammett and Hemingway missed Crane and Twain. (Hammett and
Hemingway, Crane and Twain, they roll off the tongue don't
they.) Who influenced whom is all conjecture, even when we
read scholarly works on it--unless one or the other said it
straight out and is quoted in different places.
It's my understanding that Hemingway's biggest influence was
the Kansas City Star style sheet. But hell, that's from
memory, so I could be way off--I may be way off on
everything. Hell Fitzgerald wrote stories for Colliers and
the Saturday Evening Post, that sounds romantic to me--at
least is sounds slick rather than pulp.
As for Hemingway being a romantic? I always thought that, but
I didn't know it was official.
Another piece that I think is right: Hemingway was a reporter
in Spain during the civil war. Right? Wrong? Shall we vote?
Can anyone verify?
Nobody ask me to prove anything, please. I'm going from
memory and offering opinion.
Jack Bludis
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