tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post7221089492298693641..comments2024-03-26T15:49:05.333-07:00Comments on Criminal Minds: To Suffer the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune...or Misfortune...of Having Gotten This QuestionJosh Stallingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913654176433125233noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-44566834134024161612016-01-27T00:48:47.137-08:002016-01-27T00:48:47.137-08:00That's cool about Anaheim. I would be curious ...That's cool about Anaheim. I would be curious to see what they all thought.<br /><br />PPaul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-67486925663932334372016-01-26T19:38:59.805-08:002016-01-26T19:38:59.805-08:00Oh, and one more thing...
Did you know that all o...Oh, and one more thing...<br /><br />Did you know that all of the city of Anaheim is reading Hammet's "The Falcon" this month as sort of a giant book club challenge....<br />cool stuff going on out there!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-40855968417833351972016-01-26T19:09:31.513-08:002016-01-26T19:09:31.513-08:00Hey thanks for that Paul!
Keep you posted on the ...Hey thanks for that Paul!<br /><br />Keep you posted on the latter!<br /><br />And yeah, MacDonald's quote seems spot on!<br /><br />Cheers!Lisa Ciarfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400993023093819050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-37429180877160164762016-01-26T17:05:09.749-08:002016-01-26T17:05:09.749-08:00Hi Lisa, Thanks. And sorry for getting back to you...Hi Lisa, Thanks. And sorry for getting back to you so late. Unfortunately, I missed your response. And at least there’s one other person who feels like I do about Christie... ;)<br /><br />Satisfying nightmares, I love that phrase. Goodis is known in some circles but certainly less than Chandler, Hammet, Cain and Thompson. But it sounds like you have a terrific reading list – I’m envious. But I agree, a total punch to the gut. You really feel like you’ve been through the ringer after you spend some time with his characters, even more so than with Thompson I think.<br /><br />And Hammett, Cain and Thompson. Definitely faves and you describe them well. But my ultimate is Chandler. Ross MacDonald (another fave) said he wrote like a slumming angel and it’s so true. <br /><br />Good luck with your Grifters-inspired story. Would love to see it some time.<br /><br />P<br /><br />Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-70136033978276000642016-01-25T13:30:18.689-08:002016-01-25T13:30:18.689-08:00Oh...I got so excited talking about all those grea...<br />Oh...I got so excited talking about all those great authors I forgot to mention, I'm not a real fan of Christie either. Her stuff is kind of fun, but a little too light weight for me.<br /><br /><br />But I did like the TV shows they had a while back...again, lightweight, but entertaining enough.Lisa Ciarfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400993023093819050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-82541749111517019932016-01-25T07:24:20.274-08:002016-01-25T07:24:20.274-08:00Oh my gosh, such a great post here Paul! Gotta ge...Oh my gosh, such a great post here Paul! Gotta get in here too.<br /><br />If anyone's seen my goodreads list lately you know that in the last couple months I've been devouring almost every author on your list here...<br />I had a stack of books about 4 feet hight with Goodis, Chandler, Hammet, Cain, and Thompson all just screaming at me...The stuff nightmares are made of, but the satisfying kind that makes you want to get in there with your pencil and see what you can do to keep up...<br /><br />Goodis prose reads like a straight shot punch to the gut, and then some...his characters who are so down and out and so hard headed, and so hard to forget! <br /><br />And Hammet's mastery of the refined criminal in the falcon and the thin man was something special...<br /><br />Cain's postman definitely rang my bell twice, and who could forget phyliss in double indemnity dragging her dead husband's body across the field only to dump it on the train tracks to get dinged up some more!<br /><br />And of course there's Thompson...the master of small time thieves living on the down-low lurking in the shadows just waiting on their moment...The Grifters inspired a short story of mine about a band of traveling small time thieves...<br /><br />Just too much good stuff here to read, and not enough time to read it all unfortunately!!!<br /><br />Thanks much for this, Paul!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-21418461275091855082016-01-23T16:49:54.587-08:002016-01-23T16:49:54.587-08:00Hey Art,
Well, I had to choose somebody... And I ...Hey Art,<br /><br />Well, I had to choose somebody... And I do like her stories, just not so much the style of writing. But that's just me. -- I'll be curious to hear what you think of Black Money and Build My Gallows High. On the latter, I think the movie is probably better because that movie is close to the perfect noir, but I liked the book too.<br /><br />PPaul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-15313020233751908132016-01-23T12:11:42.888-08:002016-01-23T12:11:42.888-08:00Hi, Paul --
Sorry to hear you're not a fan of ...Hi, Paul --<br />Sorry to hear you're not a fan of Christie's (still a favorite for me), but can't argue with any of the authors you're championing instead! Still haven't read Black Money, though it's been on my TBR list forever--and haven't read Build My Gallows High, either (though love that movie, of course, and show clips of it in my lit classes when talking about noir). <br />Thanks for the suggestions!<br />Art Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-6890508907743770692016-01-22T17:59:33.204-08:002016-01-22T17:59:33.204-08:00Okay, Cathy, we'll call of the hordes. I'l...Okay, Cathy, we'll call of the hordes. I'll take the heat :)Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-2036629825225797492016-01-22T17:10:40.050-08:002016-01-22T17:10:40.050-08:00To be fair, I really enjoyed The Murder of Roger A...To be fair, I really enjoyed The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - it's just that it could never have lived up to the way my mum hyped it. I don't want to diss Christie's work at all - the vast majority of it is fantastic and set the broad strokes in place for the sub-genre. Cathy Acehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03209957178470434907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-48731502505377309052016-01-22T16:31:45.222-08:002016-01-22T16:31:45.222-08:00Sam, I’d never heard that, but it’s a great descrp...Sam, I’d never heard that, but it’s a great descrption for Black Money. Glad you liked it, not that my opinion matters...<br /><br />Gayle, there are occasions when the movies are better and Christie is a case in point. I’m not familiar with Anna Katherine Greene, but hopefully I’ll have time to check her out one day.<br /><br />Susan, hopefully that rainy day will come soon!<br />Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-51822636351508397942016-01-22T11:15:01.224-08:002016-01-22T11:15:01.224-08:00GBPool, I enjoyed The Woman in White much more tha...GBPool, I enjoyed The Woman in White much more than I thought I would, and give Collins a lot of credit for the format - the serial narrators. A couple Chistmases ago, my son gave me an early second edition of The Moonstone, which I'm saving for a rainy day. (Hey, maybe that's now, after I finish Stuart Neville's Ratlines!)Susan C Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225627756540127032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-4045760152017716172016-01-22T11:02:41.328-08:002016-01-22T11:02:41.328-08:00It is rare that the movie is better than the book,...It is rare that the movie is better than the book, but in Agatha Christie's case, you are right. The movies brought the story into a more understandable era. Even Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White) is a little hard to read. I did find Anna Katherine Greene very readable. She wrote before Christie and Christie even credited her as an influence. Greene's stories are both short and novella length. Some are slightly less than a Christie mystery, but the writing is superb. Half the time I thought they were actually written much more recently rather than a hundred years ago. For one who usually likes tougher stuff, Anna Katherine Greene was so intelligent and crisp and better than much that I have read today. Go figure.GBPoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190573764848658894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-3990818639511071972016-01-22T07:53:23.555-08:002016-01-22T07:53:23.555-08:00Just read Black Money for the first time. It's...Just read Black Money for the first time. It's awesome. Someone described the plot as "the Great Gatsby as a PI story."<br />Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756643049753865150noreply@blogger.com