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Mesg #90746 |
"RE: Have you read any Hammett" |
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 Erin_M_H     |
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Member since Nov 01st 2003
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Mon Apr-23-12 02:28 PM |
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Mon Apr-23-12 04:02 PMby Erin_M_H
I have to second the recommendation. I love everything I've ever read by Hammett, and I think studying him will teach you more than dialogue. (Though, yes, if you want to learn dialogue, read The Thin Man!)
I do have to disagree with JHMcmullen's characterization of "lifting" the genre from cozy to hard-boiled. Hammett expanded the genre. There is nothing inferior about the cozy.
-- Erin ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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 | Have you read any Hammett
[View all] , Weird Jim, Mon Apr-23-12 01:45 PM
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Weird Jim,
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Wandering Author,
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Weird Jim,
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Erin_M_H,
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Wandering Author,
Apr 23rd 2012, #6
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Weird Jim,
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