I like Larry McMurtry. The Lonesome Dove series, prequels, pre-pre-prequels, and postquels are all good.
Also, the Duane series, the Last Picture Show, Duane's Depressed and Texasville. I think I didn't read Texasville yet, so I read the first and last in the trilogy. --------------------------------------------- Todd Elliott [email protected] http://www.theuniquegeek.com/ http://www.google.com/profiles/thelliott On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone. Been on a something of a mental Old West kick over the > last few weeks. Westerns have always been a favorite of mine, in > film, television, and literature. I am not totally absorbed in them > like some folks can be (a function, I think, of where I grew up and > live -- there wasn't exactly a lot of cowboys in New York nor South > Carolina), but I always come back to them. > > So I wanted to ask, any other Western fans out there on the Unique > Geek? Anyone have any favorite authors, books, films, shows, or > comics they want to share? Anyone read/see/enjoy any good Westerns > lately? > > The last really good Western I read is The Lonesome Gods by Louis > L'amour. It's set in the time of the Republic of California and is > replete with historical details about the Californios and their > lives. There's a great sequence where the hero heads off into the > desert to avoid capture with little more than the supplies on his > back, and has to continually come up with new ways to make mocassins > (to avoid burning his feet), to create saliva (so he won't become > completely dehydrated), and how to make a few shreds of jerky last. > > I've also started reading the DC volume Showcase Presents: Bat-Lash, > which is fantastic. Bat-Lash is such a contrast to Jonah Hex (and > let's face it all comic book cowboys, especailly DC ones, get compared > to Hex) but his adventures are still great. Definitely a throwback to > an earlier time. > > Anyone else care to share? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
