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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Sergeant Bob on August 20, 2013, 10:25:15 AM
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Elmore Leonard, whose short stories are the basis for the show "Justified", has passed on.
RIP Elmore.
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Guy had a very prolific storytelling mind. I wish I had discovered him earlier.
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=( Passed many hours reading or watching his work.
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Guy had a very prolific storytelling mind. I wish I had discovered him earlier.
Derp da dupe. Dupe topics merged.
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Great author.
He followed up with several more well-written, fast-paced crime novels, including "Swag" (1976). Leonard was already following the advice he would later give to young writers: "Try to leave out the parts that people skip."
I am re-reading his books electronically. They stand the test of time, as do most that focus on the basics: writing, plot, character development, etc.
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That's too bad. Really well-rounded author and screenwriter, from "Get Shorty" to "Justified". I think he wrote some westerns as well. I need to check those out.
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That's too bad. Really well-rounded author and screenwriter, from "Get Shorty" to "Justified". I think he wrote some westerns as well. I need to check those out.
"Valdez Is Coming" is my favorite EL western.
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The mind that came up with all of the complex characters of Justified was a creative mind, indeed. RIP.
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I was spoiled by Baen for a long time. $10 for an ebook? Sigh.
It's cheaper just to crawl used book stores than build up a healthy ebook collection.
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I was spoiled by Baen for a long time. $10 for an ebook? Sigh.
It's cheaper just to crawl used book stores than build up a healthy ebook collection.
Me, too. Did not Apple & BN just take it in the shorts (in court) for collusion in this area?
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I was spoiled by Baen for a long time. $10 for an ebook? Sigh.
It's cheaper just to crawl used book stores than build up a healthy ebook collection.
I feel the same way, but then I remember I don't have to store the books. These days, I tend only to buy dead tree books if they're used or something I plan to keep forever. Most fiction doesn't fall into that plan.
Chris
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I feel the same way, but then I remember I don't have to store the books. These days, I tend only to buy dead tree books if they're used or something I plan to keep forever. Most fiction doesn't fall into that plan.
Chris
Same here. I've been going through the Longmire series, and have been flabbergasted at the prices. However not having to deal with storing or getting rid of them afterwards somewhat alleviates that. Like Chris, I only by harcopies of books I want to keep forever. Also harcopies of things like manuals that have lots of pictures and diagrams, because I still find it much easier to access those kinds of texts as physical books.
I do think Ebooks shouldn't be more than five bucks or so. I don't blame the authors. I think a lot if it is similar to the music industry, where a big chunk of change is being wasted on "hardcopy" infrastructure and methods in a digital infrastructure age.