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1: Longarm and The Golden Eagle Shoot-Out – Tabor Evans: Marshall Custis Long is chasing down Felix Gaunt, an outlaw that had shot a Federal employee. But then a contest looking for the fastest draw and best shot in the west lures both men. Longarm has to dispose of other entrants before he can get to Gaunt.
2: Longarm and The Lone Star Trackdown – Tabor Evans: Long heads into Indianola looking for a hard case he’s been pursuing. Two things distract him: old friend, the lusty, busty Jessica Starbuck and an armed French dandy who kidnaps her. A violent storm gets in his way as he tries to rescue the beautiful Jessica.
3: Longarm and The Railroad War – Tabor Evans: Longarm gets called away from a well earned rest when railroad baron Clayton Abernathy needs help in Wyoming. Masked bandits near the town of Rimfire are attacking the workers. there are suspects, the bother and sister owners of Rimfire’s stage line. But they’re being attacked by the masked bandits as well.
4: Savage Guns – William Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone: Sheriff Cotton Pickens has a problem. Young King Bragg has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang for the murder of three hands of the Bar T ranch. He’s been threatened by the boy’s father, Admiral Bragg, and propositioned by his sister, Queen Bragg, to look into the boy’s conviction, maintaining his innocence. Crayfish Ruble, boss of the Bar T, intends to make the hanging go off as scheduled, either legally or illegally. Against his will, Pickens comes to believe the boy innocent, but the judge who convicted him, wants evidence.
He has the hands of two ranches converging on town, armed to the teeth, to deal with as he tries to find proof.
5: Toyman – E. C. Tubb; the third Dumarest of Terra novel. Earl Dumarest comes to the planet of Toy, a world designed for the pleasure of it’s owners, in search of answers. The computer banks are the oldest in existence and he wants to consult the Great Library in hopes something of Earth is there. Maybe it’s location.
Unfortunately, he falls into the hands of a decadent young man absorbed in his own pleasures, pain inflicted on others.
6: Kraken – China Mieville: latest from the English author, a future London awash in magic and secrets where everyone is locked in a war to bring about-or prevent-the end of all things.
7: The Last Days of Krypton – Kevin J. Anderson: the author brings his talents to the DC universe, recreating the end of Superman’s home planet.
8: The Slaves of Mercury(free ebook from Project Gutenberg) Nathan Schachner: vintage SF
9: Brigands of The Moon(free ebook from Project Gutenberg) – Ray Cummngs: more vintage SF.
10: MYTH-Interpretations: The Worlds of Robert Asprin: a collection of short works from the late author, as well as his original prospectus that sold the Myth books to Starblaze, the publisher.
11: The Lone Wolf(free ebook from Project Gutenberg) – Louis Joseph Vance: the first of eight novels about Michael Lanyard, jewel thief with a soft spot for damsels in distress. The first of eight novels by Vance(a ninth by Carl W. Smith), he appeared in dozens of movies(about eight of then silents), a radio program, a TV series, and a female version appears in comics today.
Did you suffer through some of Kevin J. Anderson’s “Dune” books like I did? They were awful…. pain…. I gave up after House Harkonen — some of the later ones looked somewhat better.
I read the first few and then stopped. DUNE is a classic of the first order. DUNE MESSIAH wasn’t bad. CHILDREN OF DUNE I got bored with and never tried the last three.
The Lone Wolf sounds like a book I would enjoy — hope you do too. Happy reading!
These aren’t books that I’ve read, but I do like the occasional sci-fi for me every now and again — I think Kraken sounds pretty interesting! I might have to check a few of these out and get more in depth with this genre! Here’s my Mailbox: Coffee and a Book Chick — Mailbox Monday…
I don’t know how you still get the Mailbox Monday visitors, I can’t even find the website any more. Anyway, that’s quite a haul you have this time. I wonder if that Lone Wolf omnibus is also available in print? Maybe I’ll download the e-book if I can figure out how to play it on my iPod while traveling (but not while driving!). The Melville has gotten good reviews, but I’m going to wait for the paperback. I’ve had pretty good luck with Kevin J. Anderson’s SF, didn’t even know he wrote a Dune series, but I agree that the original first (and maybe the 2nd) Harrison books are all that necessary and Dune itself is a classic.
I haven’t read any Asprin in decades, like Piers Anthony’s books, I got tired of all the punning, cuteness and “humor”. For me, funny doesn’t work any better in fantasy than it does in mystery, which is to say it doesn’t work at all.
Mine is up.
The Lone wolf novels are said to be an inspiration for The Saint. I see the similarities and the first four-five were published before Meet The Tiger(I would love to get that one, but the prices are outrageous on the used sites).
I see there is no way to get those books in a listenable (audiobook) format from Gutenberg, it’s all type face, on-screen reading. Rats.
I was referring to the works by Kevin J. Anderson who co-wrote some Dune Prequels with Frank Herbert’s son Brian Herbert (after Frank Herbert died)….
But yes, you stopped at the right place — before the son and his co-writer destroyed the wonderful series…
Richard, try these:
http://printedpage.us
They have a floating monthly host now. It will be to the right and just page down on the October host. You’ll find the place to enter your post.
http://www.thestorysiren.com
A second site that provides listings for folks’ books.
I know what you meant, Joachim. I read that first trilogy, started on the second, but have not read the follow-up to Chapterhouse: Dune(not having read that one), or the direct sequels to Dune and Dune: Messiah.
The jewel thief looks like fun.
Stopping by from She Reads and Reads’ post for Mailbox Monday.
Have a great week.
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