tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post515259361754251303..comments2024-02-07T15:58:36.649-08:00Comments on hardboiled wonderland: JarheadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-51512366616102852482009-02-07T12:28:00.000-08:002009-02-07T12:28:00.000-08:00Jed:I think by Woodrell’s own admission the first ...Jed:<BR/><BR/>I think by Woodrell’s own admission the first few books were an attempt to ‘do genre’.<BR/><BR/>but yeah both Woodrell and Corbett (who are the two of the four featured writers I know) screw more toward the literary end of crime fiction, where as I would think of something slightly less considered as a thriller.<BR/><BR/>Keith:<BR/><BR/>No, you’re quite correct: it wasn’t awful. (not like ‘Young Guns’. that was my favorite film when I was 16. I watched it again recently and gah.) it’s just not as good as it could have been. But then, that’s what get’s my goat about MOST movies!Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-91569295253155859032009-02-07T09:25:00.000-08:002009-02-07T09:25:00.000-08:00I think it's funny it took the "Thriller" edition ...I think it's funny it took the "Thriller" edition to get Woodrell published in Narrative. I've read all the books and every story I could find - haven't found a thriller among them. Not complaining though. I'm happy for a new one. Good for Narrative.jedidiah ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601451789918885612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-73182344876559282592009-02-06T23:20:00.000-08:002009-02-06T23:20:00.000-08:00I took note that Narrative came out with a "thrill...I took note that Narrative came out with a "thrillers" edition ... It's like they're treating it like "open pool swim" -- a controlled period of time in which things get crazy before they go back to the reserved and refined "adult swim."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-58014223164858426802009-02-06T21:49:00.000-08:002009-02-06T21:49:00.000-08:00Jed,Thanks for dropping the line on the new Woodre...Jed,<BR/>Thanks for dropping the line on the new Woodrell story. I've spent the past year tracking down Woodrell's catalog and I can't get enough of the guy.<BR/>And come on, Gordon, Ride with the Devil wasn't all that badAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827652636843928373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681306287721676137.post-46249138371424958552009-02-03T04:15:00.000-08:002009-02-03T04:15:00.000-08:00God, I love Woodrell.and yeah, let's hope for a go...God, I love Woodrell.<BR/><BR/>and yeah, let's hope for a good film because 'Ride With The Devil'? wasen't it.Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.com