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To: NicknamedBob; Harmless Teddy Bear; Silentgypsy; Darksheare

Several of Louis L’Amour’s stories from his years in the Pacific (1930s and into the 40s) have been made into movies. He was not, in my opinion, notable for tight plotting - you can get to the end and say, “Now wait a minute, how did that happen?” - but his characterization and action are great. He said himself that he didn’t like to edit: if there were gaps, there were gaps, and readers should just go with the flow.

After he died, his son was planning a biography, but ran into long periods in his father’s life when he couldn’t find out where Louis was living, what he was doing, or what name he was using. (It’s interesting that some people can disappear from the record, while others from the same time period have their entire lives documented.) There are strong indications that he was involved in espionage out there in the islands, even in Soviet Russia, but we’ll probably never know until we get to the Final Library.

And I agree with Bob - if anyone is going to keep writing through the Hereafter, Louis would be the one. He was doing it for fun, because he wanted to share a story. Like Darksheare, only without the music videos.


543 posted on 02/10/2012 4:52:34 AM PST by Tax-chick (Email your grandmother!)
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To: Tax-chick; Harmless Teddy Bear; Silentgypsy; Darksheare
"- if anyone is going to keep writing through the Hereafter, Louis would be the one. He was doing it for fun, because he wanted to share a story."

He said one time that he could write in the middle of a busy thoroughfare.

"Persnickety, I am not," said Louis.

545 posted on 02/10/2012 5:28:58 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
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To: Tax-chick

“Like Darksheare, only without the music videos.”

LOL, thanks.

I was hoping “Staiway to the Skies” would get the imagery right of this crazy manned cannonball rising through the air before crashing down.


556 posted on 02/10/2012 9:35:49 AM PST by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; Darksheare; Scoutmaster; null and void; ColdOne; HKMk23; ...

Ah, Darksheare, Louis, and the UTers! A recipe for joy....
Please excuse my inattentiveness. Had weird but not uncommon sleep variation. Family chores completed but haven’t quite reestablished equilibrium. Probably should bid y’all goodnight and sweet dreams, and drop back in tomorrow.
Yep—goodnight and sweet dreams!


564 posted on 02/10/2012 1:50:20 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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