Off-topic Question

aaron · 27 May 2008, 13:43 · from 2008-May.txt.gz

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From: aaronsingleton at gmail.com (aaron)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:43:44 -0400
Subject: (urth) Off-topic Question
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A story by Wolfe not yet mentioned that fits your criteria beautifully is
'The Detective of Dreams'.  Contains both a detective and a religious theme;
religion is central to the story as well.  Also a wonderful story to just
read and enjoy.  Sorry if this was already mentioned.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Bob Miller <bob_bageera at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> > On Sun, 18 May 2008 13:36:32 +1000 Adam Thornton <adam at io.com>
> > wrote:
> > >On May 17, 2008, at 10:12 PM, dcooperv wrote:
> > >>
> > >And, man, Chandler is underrated.
> > >
> > >That's some complex and delicious stuff there. Marlowe is *so*
> > >much
> > >smarter and better-educated than he lets on; one of my favorite
> > >not-
> > >quite-reliable narrators (there's the Wolfean connection). As far
> >
> > >as
> > >I'm concerned, _The Big Sleep_ is one of the great books of the
> > >20th
> > >Century. Chandler is--hey, another Wolfean connection--a genre
> > >writer
> > >who was *spectacularly* good, not just compared to the rest of the
> >
> > >
> > >genre, but period.
> > >
> > >Adam
> >
> > But don't downplay Hammett. On the weekends & Wednesdays I'm sure
> > he was a better writer than Chandler. Of all the stories written by
> > either of them, I think "The Glass Key" is the best, as well as the
> > most Wolfean. All showing, no telling, and the biggest puzzle is
> > trying to work out the protagonist's interior state, just from his
> > actions.
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> My mind has always connected Dash Hammett and Roger Zelazny.  It took me
> awhile to figure out why, if I have.  Rich is the milieu?  They both make,
> on immediately finishing something of theirs, reading another writer
> difficult because of how awkward the language feels and they both had such
> an incredible ability to add detail to a scene without it getting in the
> way.  Anyone else the group can think of like that?
>
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