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funkmasterj@runbox.com wrote:
However, I really didn't
> understand the point of the direct quotes from
the
> Big Sleep mixed in the novel and pointedly all
in
> italics. All they seemed to do is show that
Robert
> Parker isn't Raymond Chandler.
******************************************************* Well,
it certainly filled up some pages, didn't it? A lot easier
than trying to write like Chandler! I felt so ripped off
after reading that book. I don't think any other writer who
picked up an author's franchise ever pulled such a chintzy
trick to avoid actually doing some work. I'd have vastly
preferred to re-read THE BIG SLEEP. I wondered at the time
why I was able to pick up a new hard cover copy for .99. Now
I know. Had I known before I bought it, I'd have saved
the
.99.
The publisher obviously figured they'd sell a bizzillion
copies to all Chandler fans AND all Parker fans. And the
strategy might have worked, too... if the product didn't
completely suck.
Patrick King
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