Monday, January 7, 2008

Scouting the Web

Saddle up for the latest Lonesome Dove miniseries, Comanche Moon, starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn and Karl Urban. The six-hour, three-part extravaganza will air Jan. 13 on CBS. A prequel to Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, this is the final installment in the saga. Here’s an interview with actor Karl Urban.


■ Two interesting book reviews from the Vintage Hardboiled Reads blog: Sabadilla by Richard Jessup and The Appaloosa by Robert MacLeod.

■ The newest issue of the Western Writers of America’s Roundup Magazine is out and with plenty of interesting offerings. Check out Stephen Lodge’s review of the 17th Annual Festival of the West in Arizona as well as its traditional book review section, Western Bookshelf, including comments on novels by Elmer Kelton, Bill Pronzini, Lauran Paine, and many others.

■ Here’s an interesting review of The Thunder Riders by Frank Leslie (a.k.a. Peter Brandvold) from Bookgasm.

Ron Fortier’s Pulp Fiction Reviews blog discusses the new Western anthology Where Legends Ride, a collection of stories by new and upcoming writers as well as several authors who regularly pen novels for the UK-based Robert Hale Publishers’ Black Horse Westerns.

■ Salon.com takes another look at Charles PortisTrue Grit on the occasion of its recent 40th anniversary.

Soviet Cowboys? ’Nuff said…

The Guardian on female characters in the new crop of Western films.

■ The Chicago Tribune takes a look at The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner.

■ Over the last few weeks, Pulpgen has posted a slate of new downloadable Western pulps, including stories by Hapsburg Liebe and Lon Williams.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Howdy Russell. This is a belated thankyou for your December 2007 review of my novel, THE VENGEANCE TRAIL. I hope you will read some of my other works, especially since, after 24 novels, I've begun to scratch the surface of the storyteller's art.

Anonymous said...

Oops! I sent the above email to the wrong place. Sorry!

Anonymous said...

Once again, an excellent review of what is happening on the western scene. A bit frustrating, though, as Comanche Moon looks so good, and I doubt we will ever get it over here in the UK. I wonder whether it will be out on DVD?

Catherine

Leox said...

Hola Gonzalo. Espero que este año sigas subiendo buenas entrevistas y reseñas western.
Nosotros estamos en lso preludios a la entrevista de Lou Carrigam.
saludos desde Conce.

LA Nickers said...

Enjoyed this!

By the way, I just STUMBLED your blog. Nice work here!

Linda
http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Good day !.
You may , perhaps curious to know how one can collect a huge starting capital .
There is no initial capital needed You may start to get income with as small sum of money as 20-100 dollars.

AimTrust is what you thought of all the time
AimTrust represents an offshore structure with advanced asset management technologies in production and delivery of pipes for oil and gas.

Its head office is in Panama with offices around the world.
Do you want to become really rich in short time?
That`s your choice That`s what you really need!

I`m happy and lucky, I started to get income with the help of this company,
and I invite you to do the same. It`s all about how to choose a proper partner utilizes your funds in a right way - that`s the AimTrust!.
I make 2G daily, and what I started with was a funny sum of 500 bucks!
It`s easy to start , just click this link http://gokazytos.freehostyou.com/ukyfake.html
and lucky you`re! Let`s take our chance together to become rich

Anonymous said...

Glad to greet you, ladies and gentlemen!

We are not acquainted yet? It’s easy to fix,
my parents call me Nikolas.
Generally I’m a social gmabler. recently I take a great interest in online-casino and poker.
Not long time ago I started my own blog, where I describe my virtual adventures.
Probably, it will be interesting for you to utilize special software facilitating winnings .
Please visit my diary. http://allbestcasino.com I’ll be interested on your opinion..

alicethomas said...

Very nice blog, thanks for this post and I have some special things for you. If you are finding something to relax, magic games free; candy games free will be my best recommendation for you. Let’s play and get more deep relaxation!
Beside, you can try cool games for boys. Now, you can completely play this addicting fun game on your mobile. Have fun!!!!