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11:48a, 3/6/22
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Finally got around to reading the novel and didn't want to put it down. There are parts in the book that were left out of the tv series, but it mostly holds true to the written story.

My wife and I attended a Bob Schneider concert and he spoke of the book. Said one of his band members left a copy on the tour bus, and he ignored it for weeks. He finally decided to pick it up one day and couldn't put it down. Said it was one of the greatest books he'd ever read. I had always thought I'd get around to reading it since the tv adaptation is one of my favorite, if not my favorite movies of all time. Listening to Bob talk about it peaked my interest and I decided to order it. Took me a couple of weeks to get through it with a busy schedule. I laughed out loud at times and other parts took my breath away. Just beautifully written.

If you want a good book and haven't read it, I highly recommend it (even if you've watched the mini-series). It's easy to see why its hailed as "the greatest cowboy novel and the grandest novel ever written of the American West."
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12:32p, 3/6/22
It really is a great book. I'm not sure if you know, but Lonesome Dove is part of a series. There are 3 other books. "Dead Man's Walk", "Comanche Moon" and "Streets of Laredo". They cover other parts of Augustus and Woodrows lives. You really should read them. Comanche Moon is still my favorite of the four. I blame Larry McMurtry for hooking me on bittersweet stories.

P.S. I've always liked Bob Schneider. Great music. That's pretty cool that he talked about Lonesome Dove at a concert and convinced you to read it.
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12:50p, 3/6/22
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I don't care for western/Cowboy culture at all, and I absolutely love this novel. I read it last year and it is now one of my all time favorite books. Such great characters and a moving story.
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12:56p, 3/6/22
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One of the few books I've actually read multiple times!
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12:58p, 3/6/22
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I hadn't read it, so my father in law let me borrow his first edition. I read a few chapters and was really enjoying it.

Then, naturally, my lab pup ate the book one day while I was in another room. /facepalm.
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In reply to Hubert J. Farnsworth • 1:11p, 3/6/22
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Hubert J. Farnsworth said:
It really is a great book. I'm not sure if you know, but Lonesome Dove is part of a series. There are 3 other books. "Dead Man's Walk", "Comanche Moon" and "Streets of Laredo". They cover other parts of Augustus and Woodrows lives. You really should read them. Comanche Moon is still my favorite of the four. I blame Larry McMurtry for hooking me on bittersweet stories. He really was an American treasure.

P.S. I've always liked Bob Schneider. Great music. That's pretty cool that he talked about Lonesome Dove at a concert and convinced you to read it.
I may check out Comanche Moon. I'm not sure I want to know what happens after Lonesome Dove as I like to imagine Call going back to Montana with Newt.

Yeah, Bob is great. His Lonelyland shows are great if you've never taken one in.
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1:15p, 3/6/22
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Knew bob sr a while back. He led our choir/band/whatever it was. Nice guy.
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1:55p, 3/6/22
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I enjoyed Streets of Laredo as well, need to get to the other two.
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In reply to aggierogue • 2:14p, 3/6/22
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I still need to get around to this. Last Picture Show is still the only McMurtry book I've read cover to cover at least once. I've thumbed through LD and Streets of Laredo before, and it seemed like there were quotable lines on almost any random page you could flip to.

Someone on another thread asked if Lonesome Dove would have been better as a series on HBO or something. No; they would absolutely butcher the dialogue by stretching arid one-liners into bitter speeches, or creating composite characters for no reason. And if it got popular, the network would want to stretch it more.

The mini series was a perfect format for book adaptions, because the finality forces the showrunners to adapt a complete storyline from start to finish.
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2:23p, 3/6/22
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Definitely my favorite book.
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2:35p, 3/6/22
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Easily top 3 book ever for me. I'll go ahead and throw out another - Pillars of the Earth.

To me none of the others in the series hold up to Lonesome Dove. They are ok books but not exceptional
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In reply to MAROON • 3:39p, 3/6/22
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MAROON said:
Easily top 3 book ever for me. I'll go ahead and throw out another - Pillars of the Earth.

To me none of the others in the series hold up to Lonesome Dove. They are ok books but not exceptional


Yep, I never read 1000 page books but I love all the Pillars of the Earth books, and the prequel from last year "The Evening and the Morning" I think was even better.
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3:56p, 3/6/22
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Loved the mini-series (even named my son after one of the characters) but didn't love the book.
Didn't like LPS either so maybe it's the author for me
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In reply to BaileyAg • 4:22p, 3/6/22
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Wow! Hard to imagine how you could enjoy the tv series and not absolutely love the book!
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In reply to bam02 • 4:32p, 3/6/22
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Wow! Hard to imagine how you could enjoy the tv series and not absolutely love the book!


The mini-series literally follows the book. Except the mini-series cuts some scenes.
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4:49p, 3/6/22
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Absolutely loved Lonesome Dove the book. Comanche Moon is equally good.
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5:26p, 3/6/22
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I also HIGHLY recommend the audio book narrated by Lee Horsley. He does an amazing job!
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6:04p, 3/6/22
My favorite book ever.....and series ever.
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In reply to aggierogue • 6:05p, 3/6/22
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aggierogue said:
Hubert J. Farnsworth said:
It really is a great book. I'm not sure if you know, but Lonesome Dove is part of a series. There are 3 other books. "Dead Man's Walk", "Comanche Moon" and "Streets of Laredo". They cover other parts of Augustus and Woodrows lives. You really should read them. Comanche Moon is still my favorite of the four. I blame Larry McMurtry for hooking me on bittersweet stories. He really was an American treasure.

P.S. I've always liked Bob Schneider. Great music. That's pretty cool that he talked about Lonesome Dove at a concert and convinced you to read it.
I may check out Comanche Moon. I'm not sure I want to know what happens after Lonesome Dove as I like to imagine Call going back to Montana with Newt.

Yeah, Bob is great. His Lonelyland shows are great if you've never taken one in.
Commanche Moon and Dead Man's walk are fun.

Streets of Laredo no so much.
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In reply to aggierogue • 6:23p, 3/6/22
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aggierogue said:
Finally got around to reading the novel and didn't want to put it down. There are parts in the book that were left out of the tv series, but it mostly holds true to the written story.

My wife and I attended a Bob Schneider concert and he spoke of the book. Said one of his band members left a copy on the tour bus, and he ignored it for weeks. He finally decided to pick it up one day and couldn't put it down. Said it was one of the greatest books he'd ever read. I had always thought I'd get around to reading it since the tv adaptation is one of my favorite, if not my favorite movies of all time. Listening to Bob talk about it peaked my interest and I decided to order it. Took me a couple of weeks to get through it with a busy schedule. I laughed out loud at times and other parts took my breath away. Just beautifully written.

If you want a good book and haven't read it, I highly recommend it (even if you've watched the mini-series). It's easy to see why its hailed as "the greatest cowboy novel and the grandest novel ever written of the American West."

Haven't seen ole Bob in a few years. Seen him probably 50 times between 2001 and 2015. I'm sure his shows are still great?
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In reply to Johnny Danger • 8:20p, 3/6/22
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Johnny Danger said:
aggierogue said:
Finally got around to reading the novel and didn't want to put it down. There are parts in the book that were left out of the tv series, but it mostly holds true to the written story.

My wife and I attended a Bob Schneider concert and he spoke of the book. Said one of his band members left a copy on the tour bus, and he ignored it for weeks. He finally decided to pick it up one day and couldn't put it down. Said it was one of the greatest books he'd ever read. I had always thought I'd get around to reading it since the tv adaptation is one of my favorite, if not my favorite movies of all time. Listening to Bob talk about it peaked my interest and I decided to order it. Took me a couple of weeks to get through it with a busy schedule. I laughed out loud at times and other parts took my breath away. Just beautifully written.

If you want a good book and haven't read it, I highly recommend it (even if you've watched the mini-series). It's easy to see why its hailed as "the greatest cowboy novel and the grandest novel ever written of the American West."

Haven't seen ole Bob in a few years. Seen him probably 50 times between 2001 and 2015. I'm sure his shows are still great?


Still going strong.
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9:43p, 3/6/22
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A Lonesome Dove/Bob Schneider thread. I can die now.
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10:03p, 3/6/22
It's by far my favorite book but I also read it with all of the casting choices from the mini-series. In my opinion, it was perfectly cast. 100%.

My wife bought me the entire series as a wedding gift and I've read it two or three times. They aren't great but they're still pretty damn good.
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In reply to aggierogue • 10:22p, 3/6/22
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Reading Lonesome Dove now... just finished Part I ... looking forward to the rest of the book.

Will finish the book then will watch the tv movie if it is available
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10:27p, 3/6/22
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My absolute favorite book of all time. I've literally worn out 3 copies of it. I really enjoy Comanche Moon and Dead Man's Walk as well. I hate Streets of Laredo and I pretend it doesn't exist.

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In reply to Trajan88 • 7:28a, 3/7/22
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You can find the series on YouTube.
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8:59a, 3/7/22
I can't remember the last time I read it, but it's been a long while. I enjoyed all four books, but Lonesome Dove was the best. I'd lay in bed and read a few paragraphs at night before falling asleep, and when I read the passages with Po Campo, the cook, talking about his wife in Mexico, the bed would shake because I was laughing so hard. My wife would "politely" ask me to put the darn book down and go to sleep. We still joke about that, 35 or so years later.
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In reply to BaileyAg • 8:59a, 3/7/22
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BaileyAg said:
Loved the mini-series (even named my son after one of the characters) but didn't love the book.
Didn't like LPS either so maybe it's the author for me


Po Campo Bailey really rolls off th tongue.
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ChipFTAC01 said:
BaileyAg said:
Loved the mini-series (even named my son after one of the characters) but didn't love the book.
Didn't like LPS either so maybe it's the author for me


Po Campo Bailey really rolls off th tongue.
Nah, I like Blue Duck Bailey better.
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In reply to Trajan88 • 9:33a, 3/7/22
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Trajan88 said:
Reading Lonesome Dove now... just finished Part I ... looking forward to the rest of the book.

Will finish the book then will watch the tv movie if it is available


I am planning to watch the series again too.

The entire book I imagined Duvall, TLJ, Urich, Glover, Schroder, the young and beautiful Diane Lane, and the rest of the cast. The cast was perfect although they describe Gus as a taller man in the book. That being said, I can't imagine a better Augustus than Robert Duvall. Also Blue Duck's character (Forest) is described as a very large man as well in the book.
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In reply to Maveric • 10:08a, 3/7/22
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Awesome... thank you.
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10:22a, 3/7/22
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I'm convinced McMurtry stole LD. I've read a few others by him and they don't compare. LD is just so damn good.
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1:30p, 3/7/22
I too took up the challenge of reading Lonesome Dove this past January, and I am glad that I did. Excellent book with some of the best character development that I can think of. The descriptions of the trials and tribulations that the cattle drive endured was incredible. The details that McMurtry used to describe a thunderstorm while on horseback was pure art. Even though it took me a several weeks to finish the novel, I enjoyed every page.

I then decided to watch the mini series, for the first time, after I had finished the book. Robert Duvall was born to play the part of Gus McCrae. The other casting was good, but damn if that man did not personify that character.


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1:46p, 3/7/22
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Interesting fact: the original source material was a screenplay -- McMurtry (and a collaborator, I think) sold it to a studio who didn't do anything with it so McMurtry bought it back and adapted it into a novel.
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In reply to aggierogue • 1:56p, 3/7/22
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Trajan88 said:
Reading Lonesome Dove now... just finished Part I ... looking forward to the rest of the book.

Will finish the book then will watch the tv movie if it is available


I am planning to watch the series again too.

The entire book I imagined Duvall, TLJ, Urich, Glover, Schroder, the young and beautiful Diane Lane, and the rest of the cast. The cast was perfect although they describe Gus as a taller man in the book. That being said, I can't imagine a better Augustus than Robert Duvall. Also Blue Duck's character (Forest) is described as a very large man as well in the book.
While I will agree that they did a phenomenal job on casting this, I just never saw Frederic Forrest as Blue Duck. I think some of the best villains in movies are actors you haven't seen before - like Wes Studi (Magwa - The Last of the Mohicans), or Javier Bardem (Chigurh - No Country for Old Men). Every time I saw Forest, I couldn't separate him from Chef in Apocalypse Now. But I've read the book and I don't know that any actor could have captured how evil Blue Duck was.

+1 on this being the best book I've ever read. Like many of Ken Follett's books . . . and I agree on Pillars of the Earth being in the same conversation . . . the character development is the key.

I'd love to see a thread about who else could have been cast for Lonesome Dove.
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