Mixing Noir into Spec-Fiction

Many of you are mixing your noir with spec-fiction on some level so I thought this post might be of interest. I do think though, that the writer has confused hard-boiled with noir, but then who doesn't? Still an interesting look at the mixing together of crime and sci-fi/fantasy tropes. http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2012/02/07/the-aesthetics-structure-and-themes-of-noir-speculative-fiction/