tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post8222836781220731067..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears: The Rough and Tumble World of Breckenridge Elkins Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-66837692431674168562017-11-06T18:16:23.847-08:002017-11-06T18:16:23.847-08:00Yes, I've read the Breck Elkins stories. Trie...Yes, I've read the Breck Elkins stories. Tried to write one in the idiom, once. The language is great fun.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-76851427322246410712017-11-02T11:22:15.811-07:002017-11-02T11:22:15.811-07:00Aw, what would you expect from the author of Silve...Aw, what would you expect from the author of Silver John?<br />I'm very fond of Wellman's work, but he's plain wrong.<br /><br />REH's humorous westerns are, at their best, laugh-out-loud slapstick.<br />His sword & sorcery tales are, at their best, fresh distillations of myth. <br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-88024294781744608512017-11-02T08:25:55.277-07:002017-11-02T08:25:55.277-07:00I wouldn't go that far, but there ARE the most...I wouldn't go that far, but there ARE the most fun.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-66425875591526033272017-11-01T16:23:19.856-07:002017-11-01T16:23:19.856-07:00Some critic (maybe Manly Wade Wellman, but I'm...Some critic (maybe Manly Wade Wellman, but I'm not certain) once said that REH's tongue-in-cheek Westerns were the cream of his writing, and that his best-known works (Conan, Kull, and the other sword & sorcery stories) were the dregs.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com