THE BIG BLEEP. The Mystery of the Universe has been solved.

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Synopsis:

The Big Bleep is a satirical tribute to Raymond Chandler's classic American detective story, The Big Sleep, that became the standard for crime stories featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak, dark scenarios. The principle characters in his book were portayed in film noir by Humphrey Bogart and Laren Bacall.

The Big Bleep is the story of hard-boiled, Harley riding detective Sam Shovel, digging up the truth on a comedic, existential journey of self-realization. It's an investigation into a universe where a fictional character can become self-aware -- just like in real life! And, it's the only book that tells the truth about what REALLY happened to the Earth dinosaurs... (really).

The Big Bleep is a comedic spoof and tribute to Raymond Chandler's book, The Big Sleep

ABOUT RAYMOND CHANDLER:

Of Raymond Chandler's seven detective novels, his first, The Big Sleep (1939), is arguably his best. When the novel was published, Chandler was fifty years old. He had already spent five years as a full-time writer of short stories and novellas for the pulp fiction magazine market, and during this apprenticeship had mastered his technique. Although it would be years before the novel received the critical recognition it deserved, the publication of The Big Sleep was a landmark in the history of the American hard-boiled detective novel. In the years that followed, Chandler's style and technique would be widely admired and imitated; his work would help establish the conventions of the genre that persist (in both detective novels and movies) to this day. In 1946 the book was made into a classic film version starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Chandlerisms: ( classic quotations from Raymond Chandler stories )

"On the dance floor half a dozen couples were throwing themselves around with the reckless abandon of a night watchman with arthritis "-- Playback (Chapter 8)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts "-- The Big Sleep (Chapter 8)

"I was the page from yesterday's calendar crumpled at the bottom of the waste basket "---The Little Sister (Chapter 25)

"Tall, aren't you?" she said.
"I didn't mean to be."
Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her. -- The Big Sleep (Chapter 1)

"The minutes went by on tiptoe, with their fingers to their lips." -- The Lady in the Lake (Chapter 1)

"She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight." -- The Little Sister (Chapter 12)

"I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard." --"The King in Yellow"

"The big foreign car drove itself, but I held the wheel for the sake of appearances." -- Farewell, My Lovely (Chapter 9)