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Title: The Haunted Mesa by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0-553-27022-2 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (28 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not typical L'Amour
Comment: Fans of L'Amour Westerns have come to expect face-paced, tightly plotted adventure stories with lots of authentic historical detail. This book is a departure from most of L'Amour's other books both in terms of subject matter and writing style. It is set in the Southwest, but in the modern day, and it is as much a science fiction novel as a Western. It involves a search for the lost Anasazi Indians involving mysterious inter-dimensional doors in the Southwestern desert. While it is refreshing to see the author exploring some new creative territory, this book suffers from several flaws. Uncharacteristically for L'Amour, the novel is meandering and repetitious--the story could have been told better in half as many words. And while it contains a fair amount of detail about Southwestern history and culture, some of the anthropology he brings in is outdated, suspect, or both.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not the L'amour title to start with
Comment: If you've never read L'amour, please don't start with "The Haunted Mesa". It is a good book, and parts of it are excellent, but it does tend to ramble, and like some of the other reviewers I attribute this to the author's ill health (he had lung cancer) at the time of its writing. I have read it 3 or 4 times and look past its weak points to really enjoy it, especially its detail and its fascinating premise. But if you are new to L'amour, start with "Conagher". "Conagher" is a novel that proves L'amour could do in 150 pages what most other authors struggle to do in 500. Also try "Hondo", "The Sackett Brand", "Last of the Breed", and "The Californios". If you try L'amour once you'll eventually read all of his work, but don't start out with "Mesa". Save it for later.
Rating: 4
Summary: A kid confused
Comment: I thougth this book was good but not great it reapeats. It has great parts that will keep you reading but parts that will make you whant to throw it away.
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Title: Last of the Breed by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553280422 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Walking Drum by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553280406 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Silver Canyon by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553247433 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1957 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Rider of Lost Creek by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553257714 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1982 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Tall Stranger by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 055328102X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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