tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8102934345315848109..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Range Robbers - Oliver StrangeJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-12115008585165982272016-11-21T11:56:45.096-06:002016-11-21T11:56:45.096-06:00Sudden was one of the fictional characters my gene...Sudden was one of the fictional characters my generation read fondly during school days- Fast with his colt, furious with his fists and righteous to a fault. I still have most of these novels after 40 years.<br /><br />mohanamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-39078087618683674342010-10-11T10:41:48.742-05:002010-10-11T10:41:48.742-05:00This kind of pulps were typical in that years. The...This kind of pulps were typical in that years. They are real classics of their respective genres. This one looks very exciting.Viagra Saleshttp://www.safemeds.com/viagra/sales.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-3154636184508970332010-03-06T09:53:55.443-06:002010-03-06T09:53:55.443-06:00Flint is nice, to tame a land is quite good too. H...Flint is nice, to tame a land is quite good too. How about "Long ride home"? Two kids (a five year old and a toddler) get separated from a wagon train in an indian attack in midwinter somewhere like wyoming or montana, high country anyway - this in the 1850s or so I guess. A couple of outlaws after them, an indian after their horse - and their dad (an army scout) trying to find them.Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21124660280808268332010-03-05T22:00:38.845-06:002010-03-05T22:00:38.845-06:00Suresh,
I agree with you on all those movies excep...Suresh,<br />I agree with you on all those movies except RIO BRAVO, which I love. I'd seen it quite a few times before I ever knew about its connection with HIGH NOON, so that didn't affect my opinion of it.<br /><br />I remember liking REILLY'S LUCK, but my favorite L'Amour novels are FLINT and TO TAME A LAND.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29265317328768150382010-03-05T20:34:47.613-06:002010-03-05T20:34:47.613-06:00@Cap'n, some of the early JT Edsons were great...@Cap'n, some of the early JT Edsons were great. He got older, way too popular so started recycling plots, thinning his plots out and filling the book in with recycled background material on his main characters.. the series went downhill all the way.<br /><br />@James, 100% agreed on Shane, both the Jack Schaefer book and the Alan Ladd movie. As for my favorite westerns -<br /><br />* Elmore Leonard 3:10 from Yuma<br /><br />* Louis L'Amour - Reilly's Luck<br /><br />* Lou Cameron's first Longarm (titled Longarm)<br /><br />* Glendon Swarthout's The Shootist (the duke's last movie that, about a gunfighter dying from cancer, in an age when the gunfighter was a dying breed)<br /><br />If you want movies -<br /><br />* Gregory Peck's "The Gunfighter" (and listen to Bob Dylan's "Brownsville Girl" - tells the story of that wonderful, wonderful movie)<br /><br />* High Noon (and absolutely hated Rio Bravo, it'd have been a great movie by itself if Hawks hadnt consciously tried to trash High Noon every second he got)<br /><br />* Stagecoach<br /><br />* The man who killed Liberty Valance<br /><br />* My Darling Clementine <br /><br />* The Outlaw Josey Wales (even more so than other clint eastwoods.. I'd have said A Fistful of Dollars, but I saw Kurosawa's Yojimbo first)Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-13784850462023895252010-03-05T20:34:25.103-06:002010-03-05T20:34:25.103-06:00Terrific post. There's so very many writers I&...Terrific post. There's so very many writers I've not even heard about, let alone read!Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-4197165751716327192010-03-05T19:33:26.280-06:002010-03-05T19:33:26.280-06:00Cap'n,
I'll admit, I'm fond of many of...Cap'n,<br />I'll admit, I'm fond of many of the J.T. Edson books. I'll also admit that most of his later books weren't very good. But the ones from the early Sixties are great. Not very realistic, even then, but I thought they were a lot of fun.<br /><br />I've heard lots of stories about Edson's antics at WWA conventions. He was a colorful character, to say the least.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73656800005311716492010-03-05T19:29:21.306-06:002010-03-05T19:29:21.306-06:00Which is probably why, Suresh, the Edson book I re...Which is probably why, Suresh, the Edson book I read was godawful.<br /><br />WV: Destra--the guy who rides again (other than the Toyman).Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-10812145417943504722010-03-05T19:06:14.798-06:002010-03-05T19:06:14.798-06:00Soames,
It's hard to narrow it down to one boo...Soames,<br />It's hard to narrow it down to one book, but I'll just throw this out: the novel SHANE is just as much a classic as the movie. If anybody else has suggestions for all-time best Western novel, I'd love to see 'em.<br /><br />And I just realized that the link I put at the end of this post didn't come through, so I'll fix that.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66597660349980547012010-03-05T16:45:41.495-06:002010-03-05T16:45:41.495-06:00I'll have to track down some Oliver Strange.I'll have to track down some Oliver Strange.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-6417380598867510252010-03-05T11:27:26.914-06:002010-03-05T11:27:26.914-06:00That's a great comment about the horse. Anothe...That's a great comment about the horse. Another western, and still I struggle with the genre. Maybe I should just stick with OTR listening?<br /><br />James, what do you consider to be the top western in terms of both writing and storytelling?Soameshttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-79030580534887546532010-03-05T10:00:45.609-06:002010-03-05T10:00:45.609-06:00I've looked into some of these before, but the...I've looked into some of these before, but the prices seem a bit daunting for me.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738462837640721126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-57910068556987254302010-03-05T07:04:16.523-06:002010-03-05T07:04:16.523-06:00Some of the most successful westerns were written ...Some of the most successful westerns were written by people who had never been anywhere near the west. JT Edson (the floating outfit series) was quoted as saying "I've no desire to have lived in the Wild West, and I've never even been on a horse. I've seen those things and they look highly dangerous at both ends and bloody uncomfortable in the middle."Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61182211164833540922010-03-05T06:49:26.213-06:002010-03-05T06:49:26.213-06:00Interesting the idea of people across the ocean li...Interesting the idea of people across the ocean liking the genre and trying to capture it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-83337195138200161602010-03-05T01:58:56.410-06:002010-03-05T01:58:56.410-06:00Enjoyed the review, and glad you liked the book as...Enjoyed the review, and glad you liked the book as much as I did.<br /><br />One thing that Oliver Strange kind of pioneered was the dry, humorous one-liner (and even today there are very few western authors who can pull that off as well as Strange did)<br /><br />By the way - I remember at least one book where he introduces himself "Green. The name is Jim Green. They also call me Sudden."<br /><br />Wonder whether Ian Fleming (or was it whoever wrote the dialog for the early Bond movies) read that.Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.com