The Danamaniacs discussion

So we've agreed before that the TV series is different from the book, but that most of us enjoy both. Most of us don't like Chase. But what a bombshell (and a nice tie-in to the books) that Chase is Lucian's nephew. Doesn't make me like him any better, but it helps tie the book world and the TV world closer together.

Lucian is a hoot!

Did you see the episode in the first season with Lucian? Peter Weller played him. I also think the character of Branch is based on Turk in the first book, he was
Lucian's nephew.

Just starting the Longmire books. Great storyteller. Looking forward to this summer reading. n

go to poisoned pen and their livestream of his interview before signing books earlier this month.really good insight to the author an the series and the newest book.

Just finished a close study of my Atlas map of Wyoming. Couldn't find Absaroka County. Did find the Powder River so I get the general vicinity. Actually I drove thru that country on my way to Alaska in 1991. Each day of my drive from Colorado Springs to Anchorage I would wake to another spectacular sight. Each day greater heights, more vast landscapes. I think I'm going to very much like Craig Johnson as a descriptor of the setting for his stories. Already he's using terminology I have to look up. (Maundy yellow?) Later. n

he creates a sense of his place which is part of hi character just alaska is real through kate

I'm waiting for his first book, The Cold Dish, from the library. I'm looking forward to reading the series. This goodreads discussion prompted me to watch the series on TV. Thanks to all of you for your recommendations. I love the western United States!

try c.j box then

I'll check him (?) out. Thanks.

Finished the first book and immediately purchased the second. I really like the humor and the way he tells the story. I've also been watching the first season on Netflix and though the two don't mesh, it is nice to have a visual of the scenery. I do like the show but not as well as the books.

Just finished The Cold Dish and I'm really happy to begin this series. I also read Hell is Empty because it was the first episode I saw on tv. Wow! How much is left out when the episode is less than an hour long.
There was so much more depth to the book. Can't wait to begin the next one.

am on book seven and a signed copy of the new one is on my table waiting to be read.a great summer discovery

just finished 7 not a a disappointment yet in the series. bookstore owner gave me an arc( advanced reader copy )of spirit of steamboat a novella. do if you get a chance read his short works form amazon. divorce horse is a hoot. these are not mysteries as much as they are setting and character studies, but well worth the read.am on to c.j.box.ay info

So glad that The Cold Dish was recommended by people here! Read it, and am ready to read the rest of the series. Also recommended it to my mother, who lives in a retirement community. She's already put Dana's books on the list for their library to get, and now she's going to add Craig Johnson, too. :)

Those of you starting to read this series, when you get to the third book and see it's set in Philadelphia and you think "do I really want to read this one?" We'll the answer is YES! Great story.

longmire is the best~ books not tv.....tv omits and adds stuff that isn't in jiobe with the books....Philadel ---great.....keep readomg

And remember....in September we will hold a chat to discuss the first book in the series, A Cold Dish. It should be fun. The date is TBA. I am so glad you all are enjoying this discovery of Craig Johnson's work. It is a great series.

This is a terrific thread for Craig Johnson. I'm only on "4" but couldn't get "2" from the library. Regardless, I think this is great adventure and detective fiction. And the actor portraying Longmire on TV captures the character very well.

And I owe it to the Danamaniacs for the introduction to Craig Johnson. Dana Rocks !!!! n

am finishing serpent. and have read all thenivellas as well except steamboat. hope I amnot teaching on chatnight. class onwed and 4 tuesday in sept and oct.

I am working on The Cold Dish and am enjoying it very much. It is good to have a break occasionally from Infinite Jest, which I am reading for the second time, and love to bits, but am woefully behind the reading schedule of the Summer of Jest group.

Am past the halfway point in the series and don't want to continue because I want them to last! We "discovered" the Bighorns on a road trip eight years and have also read C.J. Boxx. I watch the TV show, but have to separate the books and the series in my mind or I go crazy muttering, "not so".

thismary agrees with mary in 22. am just starting box as a pal lent me 2 not in order but good just the same.

Cathy--can't wait for the September chat about The Cold Dish.
Just finished Another Man's Moccasins. The Viet Nam background was compelling. I also agree with the recommendations of Kindness Goes Unpunished, set in Philadelphia. Great to get some background on Vic and lots of development of Cady.
I'm so hooked on this series.

This is one case where I don't mind the TV adaptation, I do prefer the books but am enjoying the show too. At least they haven't taken everything we love about the books and changed it.

I watch the show as a separate entity entirely from the books. But I am still annoyed at the TV writers' need to add an element from the past that haunts the characters such as the murder of Walt's wife and the murderer's subsequent murder by Henry?! And "They've found me" by Vic? I mean, these things aren't at all necessary in the books, but this seems to be a common thread in so many TV shows, my dad would call it hackneyed!

have read all 8 and never once it it hinted that longmire's wife's death is anything but cancer and vic is more and more involved with walt whose daughter has married her brother/ book's character's interesting but have different back stories. often wonder if they read the books. still i enjoy both

I'm reading the latest Longmire now but also watching the TV series and occasionally suffer from whiplash because of the differences between the two. It's like those sci fi shows where you slip into an alternate universe! ;-)

Have bay if you read Margaret Coel? It takes place on the Wind River reservation Wy

no but my daughter has and she syas it a good series.

Karen wrote: "Have bay if you read Margaret Coel? It takes place on the Wind River reservation Wy"

I have but some time ago. I like her books.

Karen,

I've read all of them. I like them a lot.

Elizabeth wrote: "Karen wrote: "Have bay if you read Margaret Coel? It takes place on the Wind River reservation Wy"

I have but some time ago. I like her books."

She is as close to Hillerman as I have found.

Just finished "Junkyard Dogs" and "As the Crow Flies." Love the humor in both, but I laughed out loud at Walt's musing in "Crow" about who might play Chief Lolo Long and him in a movie. Don't miss his selections in Chapter 15, although both folks are long gone. Except....

Waiting anxiously for A&E to announce the 3rd season of Longmire has approved. Really had trouble at the beginning of the show with all the differences between the show and the books (Cady is in Philly and doesn't have a local love interest, etc). But...I'm hooked on both. Favorite of the series is Hell Is Empty.

I watched part of the Series 1 DVD last night. It was a surprise to hear an Australian accent coming out of Walt's mouth. But he's just the right actor to play this part. I'm currently rereading "Another Man's Moccasins." I also have trouble with the differences, esp. the death of his wife, but have decided to just enjoy both interpretations.

I have read all of Margaret Coel's Wind River series and would highly recommend. Also, Library Journal gave a good review of Anne Hillerman's Spider Woman's Daughter, acontinuation of her father's Leaphorn/Chee series which is being released in October. Can't wait!


I'm lookingAnne wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Karen wrote: "Have bay if you read Margaret Coel? It takes place on the Wind River reservation Wy"

I have but some time ago. I like her books."

She is as close to Hillerman as I..."

Nice to know about Anne Hillerman, I love all his work. Anybody everreadC.Q.Yarborough's native american series? Limited but a favorite of mine.

I read Craig Johnson's Longmire short story/novella (The Messenger) today on my flight home from New York City and was laughing out loud. I do so enjoy spending time with Walt, Henry and Vic. :-)

love longmire's divorce horse. am planning on reading the novella about theplane wreck this weekend. Just finished the eagle catcher. goof. second one here to do.

I need to go back thru this thread. Sally, I didn't even know about the short stories. Now I do, thanx. While reading the books I agree, it's great to spend time with these people. Thanx, n