shooting you now would be less, uh, thrilling, than the possibility of you being shot, or not, at any point in the future.
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:
> From: BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Jim D's definition of Thriller
> To: buildsnburns@yahoo.com, rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:19 PM
> In a message dated 2/2/09 6:55:05 PM, buildsnburns@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
>
> > Jim Doherty says that a thriller is a
> > crime/mystery/detective/suspense/call-it-what-you-will
> story in which the emphasis is on action, suspense, and
> > pace rather than cerebration.
> >
> > I say it's too many words, although fairly
> accurate. Jim, cut it back some
> > for us--couldn't you have said detection instead
> of cerebration? That was
> > definitely one word too many.
> >
> > Why not just ... The thriller is the story of a crime
> or impending crime
> > where the emphasis is on the prevention of a
> disaster rather than detection?
> >
> > (I won't go round and round on this one ... just a
> thought.)
> >
> >
>
> I happen to agree with Jimbo on this one. shoot me now!
>
> John Lau
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