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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 7, 2012 14:11:21 GMT 1
a few of my favourites:
Blood Meridien - Cormac McCarthy (possibly my favourite novel bar none in any genre)
True Grit - Charles Portis
Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
anyone have any favourites??
I've also ordered 'lonesome dove' and have a rather low opinion of the 'piccadilly westerns' finding them very two dimensional.
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Post by Ray on Nov 7, 2012 17:41:45 GMT 1
I've not read all that many, but Cold Mountain for sure, and also Thirteen Moons - I love Frazier's style. I recently read Last Stand at Saber River, by Elmore Leonard, which was fun. I've been meaning to read the Dan Simmons one but not got round to it yet.
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 7, 2012 20:56:28 GMT 1
cheers ray, hadn't realised simmons had written one?
been thinking about trying leonard - saw he wrote 'ulzana's raid' and i love the film so...
i thought the final shootout in cold mountain is possibly the best i've ever read - out doing even the end of true grit
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Post by karswell on Nov 8, 2012 21:41:38 GMT 1
I love Larry McMurtry's books - Lonesome Dove is the best known but he uses the characters in a number of prequels which are equally as impressive.
I liked Simmons' Black Hills - there's a really good story hidden amongst all the history lessons...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2012 7:46:48 GMT 1
Warlock, by Oakley Hall.
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 9, 2012 12:02:25 GMT 1
cheers, lads. getting a good list together now.
re:mcmurty - i'd seen he wrote a few more and thought the prequel looked really interesting.
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 10, 2012 1:53:38 GMT 1
lonesome dove turned up today - it's a BIG bastard book!!!
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Post by karswell on Nov 11, 2012 21:29:37 GMT 1
It's a massive book but you'll fly through it. The TV series was a pretty faithful adaptation and had Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall in it. The prequels are really good too.
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 12, 2012 13:28:44 GMT 1
^sort of happy i only vaguely remember the tv series so it shouldn't spoil the book
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Post by stu on Nov 23, 2012 11:45:33 GMT 1
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 23, 2012 19:00:22 GMT 1
^wasn't that impressed with the film of 'appaloosa' but then i think it was because i was comparing it to the the more masterful recent westerns ('open range', 'unforgiven' etc.). i'll have a check for the books though.
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Post by stu on Nov 23, 2012 20:33:02 GMT 1
Appaloosa's not a great film but it's pretty decent. I was just pleased that one of Parker's novels finally got made into a film (the various TV movies of his crime novels don't count).
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Post by benedictjjones on Nov 23, 2012 21:45:03 GMT 1
^thought there was talk of doing a 'big' budget spenser, just had a look but can't find a link so maybe not!
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Post by stu on Nov 24, 2012 12:38:42 GMT 1
Don't tease me like that!!!!!
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Post by benedictjjones on Dec 12, 2012 0:23:28 GMT 1
finished 'butcher's crossing' - john williams earlier and though it was superb - deserves to be filed next to 'blood meridien' in my opinon.
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