Thank you. Then even though I adore Miss Marple, The Maltese Falcon gets my vote. I watched the movie again the other night, I've been wanting to read the book for a long time, and I think it would be terrific to discuss.
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Thank you. Then even though I adore Miss Marple, The Maltese Falcon gets my vote. I watched the movie again the other night, I've been wanting to read the book for a long time, and I think it would be terrific to discuss.
Maltese Falcon is leading...
My vote goes to "Ficciones" by Jorge Luis Borges. We discussed "Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos" in class last semester and I want to read more of Borges' works.
For anyone that has read the book and seen the Bogart movie. (And please forgive the question if it's stupid!) Is the book much better than the movie? Is there more depth to it?
I know people have raved about the book, so my guess is that, yes, there is more too it. However, I can't help but suspect that perhaps there isn't. Any help?
Not sure if there is more depth than the movie, it is a detective novel after all, but the prose writing is outstanding. The movie follows the book fairly well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uberzensch
Why can't I vote in this poll? Anyways, I'm "writing in" my vote for The Maltese Falcon!
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Originally Posted by Uberzensch
The book is more detailed than the movie, but I like the movie so much it's hard to say if the book was "better." I'd certainly hate to have to choose one over the other with a loaded gun pointed at my temple...
You should read the book and decide for yourself!
Hi Don Quixote Jr.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Quixote Jr
You need to have at least 50 posts to be able to vote in the polls.
I am sure you will reach that number before the end of the month. :)
There are very interesting choices this month. I voted for Borges seeing how I'm reading it now and am very fond of his style of writing. But I'd be very interested to read Eco or Pynchon's The Crying Lot of 49.
May 1st is still a ways off....hhaha...
True but I was expecting more interesting in detective books!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Could I nominate Wilkie Collins, Woman in White - or the Moonstone? As these were the first full length detective novels after Poe - I haven't read the Moonstone but Woman in White is wonderful....
Ohh or Miss Smilla's feeling for snow - I would absolutley love to read that again!
Yeah, it seems that by now there would be more votes. I see the voting is heavily tilting towards "The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett", but does one of those votes count? It does sound like a good book to me. I don't know much about this genre, but maybe I should try it, right? How long is "The Maltese Falcon", do you know? I will have to hunt for the book, if that is the one chosen. I loved the film version; so the novel has to be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
If I could vote I'd be all in for crying of lot 49. But if The Maltese Falcon ends up getting chosen I'll probably participate. I'm actually just finishing up a detective fiction course at my university, so I've done a lot of work with Hammett lately.
And if you're looking for some different detective fiction to toss in for the vote, any of Chandler's Marlowe novels (The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, etc.) would probably be great choices Also, Ellroy's L.A. Confidential is an amazing detective fiction novel.
Shall I order The Maltese Falcon, then?
I bought Ficciones in Februray and have not read it yet... Hope it wins...:)