[ SECRET POST #3146 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3146 ⌋

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Comments

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

I sort of feel like, "okay, she might well be a geek-- just not about classic comedy teams." I geek out pretty hard over vintage noir detective fiction, but I won't get up in someone's face if they don't know who wrote The Continental Op stories or who John Dalmas was. Maybe if they boast about how much they know on the subject and then get tripped up they might get some ribbing-- depends on how haughty the boasting was.

But really, the nitpicking/gatekeeping aspect of fandom and geekery is very tiresome, and the less I see of it the better.

[sarillia]

Ooh can you give me some noir detective recs? I love the Continental Op. Though Nick and Nora are a lot of fun too. Though as much as I love Hammett it can be kind of frustrating to find other books like his when people act like hardboiled detective stories begin and end with him and Chandler.

[(Anonymous)]

Her work isn't really detective stories (NAYRT) but the work of Patricia Highsmith is fucking GREAT. Start with The Talented Mr. Ripley, and if that doesn't do it for you, her other work is unlikely to, but if it does, she wrote a lot of good stuff.

Or, if you want batshit-insane Rube Goldberg plots in this weird surreal universe where it's like everyone is in training to be a Batman villain, you want Cornell Woolrich.

[sarillia]

I love Patricia Highsmith but I'm not familiar with Cornell Woolrich. Sounds perfect for me actually. Thanks!

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps and The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories are fat tomes with lots of interesting stories-- some are just one-shots, but all are fun.

I also like what James M Cain I've read (the classic ones primarily: Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice), as well as Cornell Woolrich and Jim Thompson.

[sarillia]

I've seen the movies based on James M Cain's books but I haven't read any of them yet. I keep meaning to. I'll look into the others you mentioned. Thanks!