From: vagans@inanna.eanna.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Kevin Calder   wrote:   
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   >In message <52790288.0312171853.16a1d47a@posting.google.com>,   
   >HowToBecomeWhatOneIs  writes   
   >>In the future   
   >>Deals heavily with computers and technology   
   >>dark   
   >>Society is corrupt   
   >>drugs   
   >>deals with lawlessness in some way   
   >>main character is often a loner   
   >   
   >If you drop the first two of those youve got period detective fiction.   
   >   
   >What does this imply?   
      
   The influence of 1920s pulp noir and Chandler on WG.   
      
   "I never saw any of them again - except the cops. No way has yet been   
   invented to say goodbye to them." ---The Long Goodbye  (Chapter 52)   
      
      
      
      
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