I hope everyone is well. I was curious to know what people were planning on reading over the summer months. I am trying to read some of the classics which I have too long neglected (The Iliad, Inferno, and Paradise Lost), plus some ll "chasers" in between just to keep things from getting too heavy. I am particularly looking forward to The Mountain Valley War, the last of the Kilkenny novels. I also thought I would pick up Lonesome Dove, which I have seen many people in this forum extol but which hitherto I have not read. With the passing of comedy legend Tim Conway, I thought I would read his autobiography too. What's everyone else reading?
#1. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 0
Hello Dan,
I'm currently reading "The Greatest Generation" (I know, it came out nearly 20 years ago). Better late than never.
Sitting on my nightstand is Rudyard Kipling - Complete verse. This is a step outside my zone. I've never read poetry nd I'm starting here.
It's been far too long since I've read any LL at all. Like you I haven't read all of the Kilkenny novels and am leaning in that direction. I also want to read another Milo Talon Novel.
"In case of snakebite always carry a small flagon of whiskey, and furthermore always carry a small snake." W.C. Fields
"In case of snakebite always carry a small flagon of whiskey, and furthermore always carry a small snake." W.C. Fields
#6. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 1
That's a terrific list! I wonder if the 75th anniversary of D-Day influenced your decision to read The Greatest Generation...?
As always, I LOVE the Bill Fields quote! My favorite is, "And then there was the time we were lost in the desert of Afghanistan without a corkscrew. We had to survive on food and water for several daaaaays..."
#2. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 0
Winter down here so am plowing through the Jack Reacher novels (about 2 in 3 days) and have The Revenant sitting looking at me waiting to be read. I bought it after seeing the film but have put it off until I felt ready for it. After that it will be some Arizonan history (Titles recommended by Marshall Trimble when I visited him last year). By that time I think a cost effective package of LL Lost Treasures editions will be ready to be posted to me, so Far Noon, Fallon and Hondo are leading the list but 2 more and Lost Treasures Volume 2 should make a nice tidy parcel.
Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#4. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 2
les, I saw the film Reveneant and was sorely disappointed. I know the true story of Hugh Glass and i don't for the life of me understand why they didn't stick to the facts. Truth, to me, is always much better than fiction. If you're not familiar with his story then I strongly suggest you check it out.
Tennessee Dave
"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God" Author unknown
#5. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 4
I saw it too and the Bear should have been up for an Oscar :7. The ending of the movie is probably one of the reasons why I have put off reading the book. I'll let you know how the book comes out. Probably read, watch the DVD and rip the crap out of both. :7
Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#18. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 14
Surgery completed, now one kidney short but all is going well. Just finished the Revenant and the book, although a work of fiction did try to maintain some historical accuracy and is worth a read. The film however butchered the novel as well as the known history of Hugh Glass. Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#9. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 7
Winter is mild and wet at present but the worst of it usually hits in a month or so. Some ski fields have been late opening because of lack of snow and appropriate weather for the snow machines. If you get the chance try and find books by Marshal Trimble, he is the official Arizona Historian and is very easy to read. He also writes the "Ask The Marshal" column in the True West Magazine and leads the SW History programme at Scottsdale Community College.
Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#3. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 0
Lonesome Dove is a very good one, and the series is so true to the book.... Reading Fall Guy by Chuck Roberson, a stuntman, actor and member of the John Ford stock company. Then on to finshing 'The Long Knives Are Crying', a reading by a native Indian on the Indian's retrospect of the 'Battle On The Little Big Horn'....
#10. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 0
Just started reading "Chihuahua of the Baskervilles .. don't laugh.. it's a huge change from what I normally read, however a good friend got it for me because of my love of the breed.. actually it's quite funny and a good mystery too.. when this is done, I'm back to LL re-reads.. he is always prominent in my summer reads :)
#13. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 0
Reading this I was trying to remember if I ever had a reading list. NO TRAVELER RETURNS is sitting on my night table. It’s unopened. It’s sort of strange knowing it’s the one not read. Knowing it is the last one I sort of want to know there is still one more...so it sits where I can see it every evening and every morning. And I pick up RIDE THE DARK TRAIL (which I am currently reading) or another that I have read many times. When I was younger and working I had a book stashed in several rooms and would read three or more books at one time...now I carry a library around in my iPad....crazy. Anyway I’ve reached the stage in life where it’s mostly about my cat...who lets me live with her. Yes me, who doesn’t like cats lives with one. It’s what happens when you find a little kitten clinging to a tree in the middle of nowhere, and she decides you may stay.
"We don't have any law here. Just a graveyard." LL from TREASURE MOUNTAIN
#23. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 13
I haven't had much "reading" time lately, but I've listened to "The High Graders" and "Ride the River" by LL. I've also listened to several of the Erle Stanley Gardner novels about Perry Mason.
#24. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 23
If you enjoy the Perry Mason stories you’ll enjoy the Cool and Lam mysteries...written under the pen name A.A. Fair. Lam was a lawyer who was disbarred for telling how to commit a murder and get away with it. The novel resulted in the law in California being changed. He applies for a job with the B.Cool Detective Agency. The B stands for Bertha. Eventually Donald Lam supplies the brain and Bertha supplies the brawn.
"We don't have any law here. Just a graveyard." LL from TREASURE MOUNTAIN
#25. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 24
I remember these as a teenager, distracting me form homework :7. If I recall covers were solid black with white silhouettes. You said Pen name AA Fair but it was Earle Stanley Gardiner wasn't it?
Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#26. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 25
Yes, Gardner wrote under AA Fair and also several other pen names. Recently, I found out he was a judge on one of the Raymond Burr TV shows. For some reason Gardner and L’Amour always reminded me of having similar writing styles. It could be because they both got their start in pulps and were both self educated. Gardner passed the bar without going to law school.
One of the interesting things was the relationship of Gardner and his secretary, who Della Street was patterned after. After Gardner’s wife died he married the secretary. Also interesting that In several of the novels Mason proposed to Della Street and she turned him down, explaining she enjoyed the adventures and that if she and Perry were to wed the adventures would end.
"We don't have any law here. Just a graveyard." LL from TREASURE MOUNTAIN
#30. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 29
Just finished Galloway.. Wow! the first two or three chapters will grab you by your socks..Talk about descriptive writing, L'Amour at his best. Almost like he was the one on the run from them Indians, bloody, battered feet and naked to boot. On another note, many months ago, I gave a neighbors girl a copy of 'Last of the Breed'. She has read it twice and did an essay at school and got an A+... Now she wants to do an annotated bibliography and I suggested Louis L'Amour, but her Mom wants her to do Jules Verne, her favorite author... To tell you the truth, I wouldn't know where to start, in fact I don't even know what it is for sure. Should be interested to see what she does... I have numerous screen savers pop up on my computer when its testing. Got one from Queenstown, New Zealand. Shows a bridge overlooking a rocky ridge which follows a river....Beautiful and interesting....
#31. "RE: Summer Reading lists?" In response to Reply # 30
The bridge sounds like either The Shotover Canyon (road is so rough your car insurance is negated if you drive on it and have an accident) or the Kawarau River Gorge the home of the original bungy jump. both about 2 hours drive from my home.
Check this site for Hal Halls Annotated bibliography of LL. Les Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
