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James Ellroy hates Raymond Chandler and dismisses Dostoevsky, but talks of his love for the LAPD
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoJames Ellroy goes full Ellroy in a conversation with Michael Connelly at the Festival of Books,...
Rare Raymond Chandler poem is a tribute to his late wife, with a surprising twist
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoNear the end of 1954, the wife of Raymond Chandler died after a long battle with lung disease....
Philip Marlowe perfume, anyone? Raymond Chandler's estate revives its hero, for better or worse
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months ago(Paul Rogers / For The Times) Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide...
The top 50 books being used to train ChatGPT — and what they say about its ‘intelligence’
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoOpenAI won't say what books it has used to train ChatGPT. But some data experts have figured it out...
'The Big Sleep' made Steph Cha want to write fiction — and rewrite Chandler
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoSteph Cha, author of 'Your House Will Pay,' explains how Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep,' her...
Book Review: In 'Farewell Amethystine,' a private eye hunts for a beautiful woman’s ex-husband
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoIt’s 1970 in Los Angeles, and Easy Rawlins has come a long way since Walter Mosley launched his...
George R.R. Martin Criticizes Screen Adaptations of Books: 'They Never Make It Better'
People via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoThe author’s fantasy novels were adapted into the acclaimed HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ Jason...
A new Highland Park bookstore is funded by publishers — but as indie as it gets
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen publishers Rare Bird and Unnamed Press moved into Highland Park, North Figueroa Bookshop soon...
George R.R. Martin Says Literary Adaptations Are Never Better Than the Book
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoGeorge R.R. Martin, whose “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels were very successfully turned into HBO’s...
L.A.'s writers make their case for their absolute favorite books on the city
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago95 writers with deep ties to Los Angeles weighed in on the L.A. books that affected them most....