tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post514955549386811969..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Falling in love with Raymond Chandler . . . wait, isn't he, um, dead?Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-21471520784007951562009-01-16T19:34:00.000-05:002009-01-16T19:34:00.000-05:00I used to stick with books all the way through, ev...I used to stick with books all the way through, even if I hated them, but those days are long gone. Now a book has to enthrall me very quickly or it is put aside. (Hey, I sound like an agent or an editor.) <BR/><BR/>Chandler had some of the greatest lines in fiction, and genuinely intriguing plots. It's a little alarming to consider how much the noir/hardboiled subgenre has changed, how much moreSandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-25303148706954639252009-01-16T14:46:00.000-05:002009-01-16T14:46:00.000-05:00Paul, good point about the whole piece!Susan, you ...Paul, good point about the whole piece!<BR/><BR/>Susan, you are in for a treat both with the movie and the book!<BR/><BR/>Dana, I remember that line too. His descriptions are wonderful.Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-86573313556658483242009-01-16T11:25:00.000-05:002009-01-16T11:25:00.000-05:00To me, Chandler is where it all starts. Some thing...To me, Chandler is where it all starts. Some things are dated, some of the dialog doesn't wear well, and there are holes in a few of the plots, but the writing is everything. As Ross Macdonald said, "Chandler was a slumming angel."<BR/><BR/>I've read all the novels (and re-read at least one a year) and all the short stories. I never get tired of them.<BR/><BR/>My favorite description:<BR/>From Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75785768447991236872009-01-16T10:01:00.000-05:002009-01-16T10:01:00.000-05:00The Big Sleep. You got me, Lonnie. I immediately...The Big Sleep. You got me, Lonnie. I immediately went to the Toronto Public Library on-line catalogue to start with the movie (movie first, then book). It might please you to hear that there are 4 copies of the DVD in the system--and 89 holds on it.<BR/><BR/>The classics live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-14036813251485790212009-01-16T06:54:00.000-05:002009-01-16T06:54:00.000-05:00I think you could count on one hand the number of ...I think you could count on <B>one hand</B> the number of books I began and didn't finish in my whole life! I always believe that the story is a whole piece and that it can't be fully appreciated until I've taken in all of it -- all the way to the end. Often books will redeem themselves as they go on, the points of the plot falling into place for example. In the case of <I>Portnoy's Complaint</I> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com