/lit/ - Literature

I've never read any western but it looks comfy af.

Any suggestions?

>>17586451
> Fargo lives with a gun in his fist. Guns and killing are all he knows. And Fargo likes what he knows. Want to start a revolution? Want to stop one? Send for Fargo. Want to blow a bridge, stage a prison break, rob a bank? Fargo’s your man. The Army taught Fargo how to kill with pistol, rifle, machine gun. He became an expert with knives, shotguns and women on his own time. Fargo hates the quiet life. He knows he’s going to get it sooner or later. He hopes it won’t be too much later because he wouldn’t know how to be old and comfortable. So while he lasts, Fargo plans to grab the world by the throat and take what he wants. If the world doesn’t like that, it can try to stop him ...

>>17586201
What's the difference between this thread and /sffg/?

>>17586546
It’s based more around pulp books

>>17586546
The SFFG general ( >>17583275 ) is more about bakker/sander-posting etc.
We try to keep the conversation going here.

>>17586519
Thanks, anon.

Also, I've seen this posted here, apparently Ox-bow Incident and the Warlock are quite good.

What are your predictions for the next big genre or splicing of genre?

>>17586790
I'm not well-read to speculate upon that but I'd love to hear what others think.

>>17586201
Does chinkshit go in this thread or the other one?

>>17586892
If you come across pieces of Chinese genre fiction which you think it's good, feel free to share with us, anon.

>>17586201
I've never read a cowboy story yet, but I've enjoyed some of Ambrose Bierce's short stories and found out about this collection: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories.
>This collection boasts the best of his Civil War tales, including Chickamauga, A Horseman in the Sky, and the author's much-imitated masterpiece, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Writers of mystery and suspense stories have long been influenced by Bierce's tales of the supernatural such as The Moonlit Road, and The Eyes of the Panther. This anthology also features Oil of Dog, My Favorite Murder, and other satirical fables that continue to captivate readers with their humor and ingenuity.
I have it on my list and it might be interesting to some of you.

>>17586546
>What's the difference between this thread and /sffg/?
This one is dead.

>>17588127
Thanks, anon I'll check it out.

Also, here are some links:
>Western comics and books, dime novels, etc.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cbplus=western

>Western books bookshelf on Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/77

>Western story bookshelf on Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/293

>All Western Magazine
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/all-western-magazine.html

>Exciting Western magazine
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/exciting-western.html

>10 Story Western magazine
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/10-story-western.html

>Two Gun Western magazine (novels)
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/2-gun-western.html

>Western Story magazine
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/western-story-magazine.html

>>17588186
This thread's been short and not very active but there have been some interesting suggestions and posts so far, not to mention the amount of content that's been posted is a lot more than what I've seen in /sffg/ lately. There's been a treasure trove of pulp magazines or story collections posted.
>>17588283
Thank you

>>17586201
Bump

>>17586201
My nomination for one of the best space-cowboy books. Opens up with a horse chase on another planet.

>>17590134
My second choice. The whole series is decent. She was also co-writer with Faulkner on

>>17590141
A couple of screenplays iirc

>>17586201
This collection is decent and has an interesting introduction by John jakes where he argues that Star Wars was the beginning of the end for the Western genre because space-opera covers much of the same ground as western fiction, as far as characters, vistas and a sense of heroism goes. I don’t know if it’s true but it sounds right. Even though sci-fi existed before Star Wars, space-opera was probably the final nail in the coffin.

>>17590237
looks very interesting, anon! Thanks.
>Available on z-library
https://b-ok.asia/book/5017451/34899b

>>17590141
originally published in the Planet Stories pulp magazine.
https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/planet-stories.html

This makes me want to spend a whole year just by going through those pulps and find gems like these...

>>17586784
Your welcome anon, that company who putted fargo on the kindle store also republishes a lot of good pulp westerns

http://piccadillypublishing.org/

>>17586201
bump

This is the only Western novel I've read. It's pretty funny, longest chapter is ~1 page.
The Mammoth Book of Westerns is a pretty good short story collection, although I'm only halfway through.

The Bells of El Diablo is a pretty good western I read. Started it waiting in jury duty, found it in the library the week after to be able to finish.

>>17586201
bump

>>17592857
>The Mammoth Book of Westerns
nice, anon.
>available on z-library.

>>17592857
>longest chapter is ~1 page
I'm intrigued

>>17586201
bump

>>17596402
>bumping after someone posted a reply less than 30 seconds ago
/lit/ isn't that fast anon

>>17596400
The average chapter looks like this.
Ignore that my copy is falling to pieces, I bought it off the internet.

>>17596460
this is like a screenplay in paragraphs...