ust finished "Lonesome Dove". Wow! What a depressing novel. Well written, but it was quite clear what McMurtry was trying to create in his characters: ...
i am glad to have found this site. has anyone been to Larry's "Booked Up" bookstores in Archer City, Tx.? i am an avid fan of l. mcm. and have heard him speak,...
Hi People! Did anyone happen to catch Return to Lonesome Dove on CBS last night? I personally didn't enjoy the choices McMurtry made with his characters like ...
If you're referring to Streets of Laredo, I didn't see it. But I'm sorry you were disappointed with it; again, I'm certain the novel is better than the movie....
I visited Archer City for the first time last summer, coming back to Texas after a trip to Minnesota. I was stunned to find McMurtry's Cadillac parked outside...
Hi everyone,<br>I'm a new member here. I just finished reading "Duane's Depressed" and I liked it a lot, that's why I decided to seek info on Larry. Hope to...
Don't be confused by imposters. Return to Lonesome Dove was not based on a McMurtry novel. The true sequal to Lonesome Dove is/and always will be Steets of ...
I agree James. And, on the topic of "Anything for Billy," being written soon after LD, I found it to probably be written while LMcM was still in his original ...
Hey, hello there. Im from another <br>country but I read a lot of MC Murtry's books.<br><br>I can easily relate to the oddity and attitude acquired by the ...
Hi, my email name is JacyFarrow65. I have been a huge fan of Larry McMurtry since I was 15. The Last Picture Show was the first book I had read from Mr. ...
Glad to hear someone else admires "All My Friends..."; it's actually far and away my favorite of McMurtry's. When I visited the bookstore in Archer City, ...
Hi, I just joined the club today. I have been a McMurtry fan for a long time. Like most of you,<br>(I have read all the posts), I consider Lonesome<br>Dove to...
You know, I love this novel and I loved the mini-series. There's something about LD that makes me feel like I'm a part of it. When I give the book to someone I...
Well, first of all, let me say how surprised, and gratified, I am to see a post so soon after my first! I recommended the book to a friend, and it became one...
since you last wrote in July, I am wondering if you are still checking in on L McM Club from time to time. I just joined, and am trying to get some discussion...
Hi, your last post was long ago....doubt that you are still coming to Larry McM Club. But, I too<br>have read John Jakes, back at the time of the bicentennial....
Smiles....I think I'll go back and re-read Lonesome Dove...and the John Jakes stuff....I'd forgotten how lost I could get in those pages...wanders off to do...
It is well worth reading again! As you do, we can discuss here in the McMurtry Hotel. I am just starting to read a new novel by Kent Haruf, <br>Plainsong -...
This is the Larry McMurtry Club see...we are here to discuss his work see.....the idea is you drop in and say a few words about Larry McM or his works...
From what I read on the other posts I might be the second international member of the club: I live in the Netherlands and have never even got the chance to see...
