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Chantry, 07:45 PM, 05-14-12, (0)
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Chantry, 05-26-12, 08:27 PM, (28)
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- "Reilly's Luck" & "Last of the Bree,
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Tennessee Dave
Member since 1-2-11
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05-15-12, 03:45 PM (Pacific Time) |
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8. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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My all time top fav is 'The Daybreakers'.
Although I usually include all of the Sackett novels as one, 'The Daybreakers' is by far the best of them. IMO, of course. Tennessee Dave "Change is inevitable, growth is optional."
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FuwaFuwaUsagi
Member since 11-26-07
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06-11-12, 02:44 PM (Pacific Time) |
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39. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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>Almost finished reading Hondo again.
>Actually shed a tear when the Apache
>Silva killed Hondo's dog, Sam. By the
>way, the movie Hondo with John Wayne was
>released in Nov., 1953, the same year LL
>published the novel Hondo. That is a
>"deep" thought. Absolutely no disrespect intended with the next few comments, but I have always viewed Louis L'Amour as a talented story teller who enthralls/mesmerizes his readers with his story telling skills. The plots of the stories may not be that firmly established and inconsistencies may emerge, but at the end of the day it is the skill of the story teller in the man that puts his works head and shoulders above that of his contemporaries and seats his place in history. The closest I have found to L'Amour was Robert E. Howard, the two seem much cut from the same cloth in terms of literary style (my opinion only).
It seems to me that L'Amours works like Howard's often suffer when they grow in size and scope, although you could easily argue some of the shortest stories suffered form lack of sufficient character development and exposure. Both had a penchant for cannibalizing earlier works to expand them into novelette or novel length. Hondo is probably the finest novel associated with L'Amour, but he may have been the beneficiary of the assistance born by the writers of the screen play. My understanding is L'Amour wrote a short story called the gift of Cochise. The screenplay for the John Wayne western Hondo was developed from that. Louis L'Amour then novelized the screenplay. So it looks like this:
The Gift of Cochise -->Screenplay --> Hondo, which was the novelization of the screenplay based on L'Amour's Gift of Cochise. Just a few random thoughts on the matter…
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Kiwi _ Brie
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05-21-12, 07:06 AM (Pacific Time) |
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21. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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>Tom, any one of those books you just
>mentioned would be sufficient to
>permanently cement a writer's
>outstanding reputation. To think they
>all came from the same author, plus all
>the other terrific novels mentioned on
>this thread...!
>-Dan
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READING = = = IS = = = mY FAVIORIT
AT THE PRESENT IT IS = = = "KILRONE"
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togietrader
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05-23-12, 04:37 PM (Pacific Time) |
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24. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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The Man called Noon. I have read most of his stories, but this one struck me as unique. Couldn't put it down.
Lando is right up there also. |
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Tennessee Dave
Member since 1-2-11
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05-23-12, 07:10 PM (Pacific Time) |
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25. "Hey, Trader!"
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Hey, welcome to the forum, Trader!
It's a great bunch of LL fans here, and you are most welcome.
If you want to you can start a post and tell us a bit about yourself.(e.g., how long have you been reading LL, and what are your favorite books. Also, what area of the country, or world are you from.) .....Or not.LOL As you wish.
But, again, welcome and jump in on any post. It is open house here. Beau and Paul, and the reast of the L'Amour family are great hosts, and will drop in from time to time. Tennessee Dave "Change is inevitable, growth is optional."
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Chantry
Member since 10-7-08
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05-26-12, 08:27 PM (Pacific Time) |
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Right now Hondo is the winner with 4 votes, and The Daybreakers are the runner-up with 3 votes. Others on the list are: Comstock Lode, Flint, High Lonesome, Kilrone, The Lonesome Gods, The Man Called Noon, The Rustlers of West Fork, Fallon and To Tame A Land |
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FuwaFuwaUsagi
Member since 11-26-07
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06-11-12, 11:49 AM (Pacific Time) |
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35. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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My overall favorite book is “Passin’ Through” though it exhibits some weak plot elements etc. In today’s world of endless boardroom meetings etc, it is a treat to be able escape to a different place and time where you can shoot your problems away. I have mentioned in the past that I think you can group L’Amour’s western works into 5 categories. And I have my favorites within each category, but overall Passin’ Through is may favorite story for pleasure reading(fits under the quintessential loner category). And while it is not L’Amour at his finest it may be L’Amour at his most enjoyable. |
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FuwaFuwaUsagi
Member since 11-26-07
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06-11-12, 12:12 PM (Pacific Time) |
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37. "RE: What is your favourite LL novel"
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>Would you mind listing the 5 categories
>again? I remember reading them before
>and I thought it was a rather brilliant
>analysis. Thanks! And so swells my ego; seriously, thank you for the kudos. Remembering that this is just my thoughts (it would be interesting if Beau would agree), I think you can put most of Louis L’Amour’s westerns into one of 5 categories: 1) The quintessential loner
2) Group cooperation stories
3) The historiography
4) Coming of age stories
5) Pure entertainment/Yarns/tales (mostly the short stories) Examples of each: 1) The quintessential loner
- Passin’ Through
- Keylock Man 2) Group cooperation stories
- Last stand at Papago Wells
- Westward the Tide 3) The historiography
- Sackett’s Land
- Comstock Lode 4) Coming of age stories
- Tucker
- Proving trail
5) Pure entertainment/Yarns/tales
- Cactus Kid stories
- Pardner from the Rio Kindest regards...
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