THE EMPTY LAND by Louis L'Amour
Heh. The Big Bad in this book is the Wild West equivalent of a hedge fund.
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THE EMPTY LAND by Louis L'Amour
Heh. The Big Bad in this book is the Wild West equivalent of a hedge fund.
Thus proving that the novelist was the most philosophical of them all...
"If these three stick me with the check, at least I'll get a story out of it."
KILLOE by Louis L'Amour
It's hard to say which is the better cattle-drive novel by L'Amour - KILLOE or LONELY ON THE MOUNTAIN - but KILLOE is certainly the smoother reading experience. Recommended.
Fair.
Force for good.
"Those were the years when half the world grew up with the knowledge that if everything went wrong they could always go west... It was the answer to unemployment, to bankruptcy, to adventure, to loneliness, to the broken-hearted. It was everybody's promised land."
I was today years old when I learned that fringe on a buckskin shirt has a practical purpose: it allows rainwater to drain off faster.
Watching Edward G. Robinson movies lately, and today it’s The Widow from Chicago (1930). Look at this awesome poster.
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THE FIRST FAST DRAW by Louis L'Amour
A cut above. L'Amour put an extra effort into the writing and the characterization with this one. He's trying to deliver both the thrills of a western and the thoughtfulness of historical fiction and he makes it all work.
BENEDETTA (2021) Directed by Paul Verhoeven
"We're all entitled to a sin. What's yours?"
Cover illustration by Harry Grant Dart for the magazine "The All-Story", October 1908.
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This review on Letterboxd cracked me up: "takes place in a fantasy world where trauma dumping on a man for two hours straight only makes him want you more"
A Bluesky post reading: "Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works."
Brother I don't know pears work but I can still tell when one's made of wax
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY (2025)
The lead actors are as good as you'd imagine in this picture but, just once, I'd like a romance story that isn't about how fucking badly the characters are in need of psychotherapy.
UTAH BLAINE by Louis L'Amour
An early, uncharacteristically plot-driven work, boiling over with action. L'Amour crafted the literary equivalent of the Patrick Swayze movie ROAD HOUSE.
Not a complaint!
I thought UTAH BLAINE was a hoot and a half.
It's hard to imagine what might elicit such a profound look of near-orgasmic joy in another human, especially in times of such turmoil.
The latest release from Point of Impact Publishing might be just the thing! Only one way to find out.
Buy a copy.
Or two, they are small. 😀
I should hear it all the time, really.
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From A Midnight Kind of Place
- Four Army rangers meet their match in the form of an old woman tied to a bed.
Chalk Marks
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Punk Noir Press's online series, "Find what you love and let it kill you," kicked off today with wistful, witty, memorable stories by some terrific authors, including @carlottadale.bsky.social and @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social. Don't miss it!!
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HONDO by Louis L'Amour
It's okay. L'Amour would go on to rewrite HONDO years later and call it CONAGHER. I liked that one better.
BRIONNE by Louis L'Amour
A father-son treasure hunt adventure. L'Amour wrote better books than this one, but the finale is something special. L'Amour was usually happier writing fistfights than gunfights but he makes a real effort to do a shoot-'em-up here and the result is golden.
She’s like a liar gone to burning hell
Not the Idoru I imagined, l’m afraid. (Actually the previous sentence can be two, as well.)
LINE OF SIGHT by @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social is an excellent bit of crime fiction, detailing a race-related case taken on by reporter-turned-PI Russ Avery. From the gritty Newark setting to the cast of drug dealers, crooked cops, reporters, and activists, this debut keeps the pages turning.
Those'll do.
L'Amour said he got a lot of great material from diaries written by regular folks during the eras he depicted in his work. I wouldn't be surprised if the gimmick in this story came straight from real life. This is a great way to make history come alive for readers.