VN Boards Archive

[VN Boards Archive]

Welcome to the Vault Network forum archive.

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Popular boards may have as many as 250 pages archived at 50 topics per page, while others deemed of historical signifigance may be archived in their entirety.

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Topic: Lonesome Dove

Cawlin Posts: 20,754 Registered: Feb 22, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 20,667 User ID: 1,030,445	Subject: Lonesome Dove
	I'm guessing many of you have seen the movie (TV miniseries) made out of this book, but I'm not sure how many of you might have read the actual book. My father read it years before it was a miniseries and recommended it to me. I never got around to reading it but I watch the miniseries once every year or so. The book is FANTASTIC and provides much in the way of detail and added pleasant story that was, by necessity, not a part of the cinematic production. I find it impossible to think of the characters in the book as any other than the actors that were cast in the roles for the miniseries. Anyway, for what it's worth, I cannot recommend this book more highly to anyone even vaguely interested in the American West of the 19th century. -----signature----- If ignorance were painful, half the posters here would be on morphine drips. Everyone playing WoW knows everything about playing two classes: 1) their own and 2) Hunters
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Modeeb Title: A Ghost In The Machine Posts: 47,242 Registered: Apr 19, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 39,997 User ID: 670,238	Subject: Lonesome Dove
	I have read a few of mc murtry's books. Gus is a role model for certain behavior. You just have to ask yourself: What would Gus do and you have your answer? -----signature----- "What is here is there. What is not here is nowhere." Vishvasara Tantra "Ever tried, Ever Failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Samuel Beckett
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Cawlin Posts: 20,754 Registered: Feb 22, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 20,667 User ID: 1,030,445	Subject: Lonesome Dove
	Modeeb posted: I have read a few of mc murtry's books. Gus is a role model for certain behavior. You just have to ask yourself: What would Gus do and you have your answer? For that matter, so are Col and Deets. -----signature----- If ignorance were painful, half the posters here would be on morphine drips. Everyone playing WoW knows everything about playing two classes: 1) their own and 2) Hunters
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Jorrdan Posts: 6,485 Registered: Oct 19, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,432 User ID: 470,257	Subject: Lonesome Dove
	Whenever I am asked what my favorite novel is, this one almost always comes to mind. I agree 100%. As an aside, I have read all of his books and, while they do not come close to the brilliance that is Lonesome Dove (he won the Pulitzer for it, by the way), they are all highly entertaining and recommended. -----signature----- Eh.
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