Rain Man as inaugurating a common but mistaken media stereotype that people on the autism spectrum typically have savant skills, and references to "Rain Man", in particular Dustin Hoffman's performance, have become a popular shorthand for autism and savantism. Conversely, "Rain Man" has also been seen as "dispelling" a number of other misconceptions about autism, and improving public awareness of the failure of many agencies to accommodate autistic people and make use of the abilities they do have, regardless of whether they have savant skills or not. The film is also known for popularizing the misconception that card counting is illegal in
Killer in the Rain not be reprinted. This was because he felt that the plots had become cannibalized — in the process of writing three of his novels, Chandler had borrowed, expanded, and extensively reworked plots, passages, and characters from these eight stories. "The Big Sleep" made use of "The Curtain", "Killer in the Rain", as well as small passages from "Finger Man". "Farewell, My Lovely" made use of "The Man Who Loved Dogs", "Try the Girl" and "Mandarin's Jade". "The Lady in the Lake" made use of the short story of the same name, "Bay City Blues" and "No Crime in the Mountains".