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Post by OldSamVimes on May 18, 2018 8:36:03 GMT
I haven't read many,
I read 'The Sisters Brothers'. Short book, entertaining. I hear they're making a movie.
I read 'The Englishman's Boy'. Really enjoyed it.
Right now I'm reading 'Lonesome Dove'. I'm about half-way through, I can see why it won some awards.
I used to read mostly science fiction and fantasy but westerns are one genre I never got into.
I'd probably like some books in the murder mystery genre, but I'm not sure where to start there.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on May 18, 2018 10:41:36 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a western book, even though I am a big fan of the genre when it comes to movies.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 15:08:21 GMT
I love a good western, but I can't say I've read that many.
Lonesome Dove is probably the best I've read. I didn't want it to end.
Warlock by Oakley Hall is nearly as good.
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams
The Big Sky by AB Guthrie
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Post by hi224 on Jan 4, 2019 8:58:47 GMT
Centennial.
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Post by Zos on Jan 4, 2019 19:59:20 GMT
Used to love the "Sudden" books when I was a kid. Tried to reach read one and found it embarrassingly bad. Louis L'amour was the best writer I suppose.
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Post by Marv on Jan 8, 2019 2:08:19 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a western book, even though I am a big fan of the genre when it comes to movies. Same. Closest i come is The Gunslinger from the Dark Tower series. Kinda part western part fantasy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 2:56:14 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a western book, even though I am a big fan of the genre when it comes to movies. Same. Closest i come is The Gunslinger from the Dark Tower series. Kinda part western part fantasy. A good friend was raving about The Gunslinger, called it the most perfect novel he had ever read.
I read it.
Yeah, he was BSing me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 2:57:27 GMT
Looks like an interesting novel. |
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Post by Marv on Jan 11, 2019 3:10:50 GMT
Same. Closest i come is The Gunslinger from the Dark Tower series. Kinda part western part fantasy. A good friend was raving about The Gunslinger, called it the most perfect novel he had ever read.
I read it.
Yeah, he was BSing me.
Its prob my least favorite of that series. I like parts of it...but a decent amount is just too slow for how short the story really is. The rest of the series is much better, but the rest of the series does add a lot more sci fi/fantasy. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 12, 2019 1:06:55 GMT
I have James Ellroy's collected Western short stories. Haven't read any of them though!
EDIT: Elmore Leonard, not James Ellroy!
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Post by Morgana on Jan 12, 2019 12:00:28 GMT
Years ago, I read a few Louis L'Amour books. I must have enjoyed them, because I know I read more than one.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 13, 2019 5:10:29 GMT
I haven't read many, I read 'The Sisters Brothers'. Short book, entertaining. I hear they're making a movie. I read 'The Englishman's Boy'. Really enjoyed it. Right now I'm reading 'Lonesome Dove'. I'm about half-way through, I can see why it won some awards. I used to read mostly science fiction and fantasy but westerns are one genre I never got into. I'd probably like some books in the murder mystery genre, but I'm not sure where to start there. Any you see as movies possibly. |
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Post by Bargle on Jan 13, 2019 12:22:13 GMT
The only one I can think of off-hand is "Little Big Man".
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Post by theravenking on Jan 13, 2019 13:35:45 GMT
Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is great and of course Blood Meridian.
There is also Robert Olmstead's Coal Black Horse and its sequel Far Bright Star, the latter being developed as a movie by Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 14, 2019 4:16:04 GMT
i am surprised nobody mentioned ELMORE LEONARD. he has written a lot of westerns.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 14, 2019 11:24:55 GMT
i am surprised nobody mentioned ELMORE LEONARD. he has written a lot of westerns. Oops! He's the one I meant when I wrote James Ellroy!! |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 14, 2019 11:49:31 GMT
i am surprised nobody mentioned ELMORE LEONARD. he has written a lot of westerns. Oops! He's the one I meant when I wrote James Ellroy!! that collection is supposed to be very good, ff. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 14, 2019 11:53:17 GMT
Oops! He's the one I meant when I wrote James Ellroy!! that collection is supposed to be very good, ff. Cool. I got it pretty cheaply too. I remember telling the board about the offer (or maybe it was on the old IMDB board.) I think Squelchy may have bought it too. Sadly I'll almost certainly never get around to reading it. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 14, 2019 11:55:23 GMT
that collection is supposed to be very good, ff. Cool. I got it pretty cheaply too. I remember telling the board about the offer (or maybe it was on the old IMDB board.) I think Squelchy may have bought it too. Sadly I'll almost certainly never get around to reading it. wow, thats very pessimistic man. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 14, 2019 11:56:17 GMT
Cool. I got it pretty cheaply too. I remember telling the board about the offer (or maybe it was on the old IMDB board.) I think Squelchy may have bought it too. Sadly I'll almost certainly never get around to reading it. wow, thats very pessimistic man. Well, I only read one book in 2018! And that's been pretty typical for the last 20 years or so! |
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