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 Post subject: RIP Elmore Leonard
PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:06 am 
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Author Elmore Leonard dies at 87

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Elmore Leonard, best known for gritty crime novels including Get Shorty and shoot-'em up Westerns including the short story 3:10 to Yuma, died Tuesday morning from complications from a stroke. He was 87.

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I just watched 3:10 to Yuma a few weeks ago. Still holds up as a great story.

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 Post subject: Re: RIP Elmore Leonard
PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:25 am 
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Dammit, I was literally JUST reading a story about his new book using characters invented by the Justified tv series. Sadness.

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He was awesome.

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He was good. So much of his stuff got converted to movies. Really quite incredible.

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 Post subject: Re: RIP Elmore Leonard
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I haven't read the entire thing yet, but I bought his complete Western Stories book. 3:10 to Yuma was actually a very short read, and the movies just took the story and added whatever they felt it needed to make a complete movie.

Good writer with an interesting style. I bought Maximum Bob at a used book store, and it was an entertaining read.
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 Post subject: Re: RIP Elmore Leonard
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Sam wrote:
I haven't read the entire thing yet, but I bought his complete Western Stories book. 3:10 to Yuma was actually a very short read, and the movies just took the story and added whatever they felt it needed to make a complete movie.

Good writer with an interesting style. I bought Maximum Bob at a used book store, and it was an entertaining read.


The Western Stories book is actually really good. It's the only one of his I own.

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