AEG - False Loose Ends

brunians at brunians.org · 27 Mar 2009, 10:27 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:27:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) AEG - False Loose Ends
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It has been growing on me, how clever this novel is. On the surface, it is
not only a pulp novel, it is a *bad* pulp novel, with a poor editing job:
why the author and editor can't even keep the address of the heroine
straight. People are mentioned, killed, forgotten. It is easy to see
someone who doesn't know Wolfe saying 'Eh! The author can't even be
bothered to keep a bit of consistency? Onto the trash heap with it!'.



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> The cop is not a Wolfean hero, he is a bend-the-rules sort of cop who has
> been called on out of the blue to pay back a favor and is annoyed.
>
> However, on that note, who killed the hapless doorman who was sent to lure
> her out to talk to.. whoever it was... in the alley?
>
> --
> "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about
> to set." -- Lin Yutang
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:10:52 -0700
>> From: kingwukong at yahoo.com
>> To: urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net
>> Subject: (urth) STFU
>>
>>
>> Ha, gotcha! Actually the subject line is completely pertinent and
>> completely Wolfe, ala An Evil Guest. Does anyone have any idea why Wolfe
>> bothers to have the cop that meets Cassie in the soda/ice cream shop
>> tell the girl working there to "Shut the fuck up." I mean, it was so
>> jarring and so un Wolfe-ish, that I did a double take and then started
>> laughing my ass off. It really is pretty funny, but does anyone think
>> there's a reason for it that furthers the story?
>>
>> Don
>>
>> Doggerel
>> www.don-doggett.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
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