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suededsilk, Louis L'Amour.
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
I've heard of him for a long time, but never really read any Westerns. Then my cousin Nick lent me a book our uncle Warren had bought for him: the paperback The Hills of Homicide, a collection of non-Western P.I. short stories L'Amour wrote in the 1940s. SO exciting - these stories were fairly Chandler-esque, but downright hair-raising in parts with a good bit of violence. (My first introduction to real fist fights in fiction, actually.) That was enough to get me into his other work. One of the first was Hondo, which I got from the local library. It had to be my senior year of high school.
At Texas A&M, I discovered that despite its later-found deficiencies in important things like Saint books and Campion books, the main library excelled in L'Amour. I don't know that even one was missing, and there were duplicates of many. I must have read dozens my freshman year. Initially reading for the excitement, I ended up learning so much history, plus Western basics. I found, and still find, it all fascinating. L'Amour had a passion for research, and it really shows.
I really haven't bought many, considering my already-overflowing bookshelves, though I collected a few favorites from my local USB. Bro. No. 1 promptly read those, then (not being at A&M) went and bought a lot more... which I then read in turn!
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
Oh, I'll not move away from L'Amour. Eventually I discovered that he did have some formulas for a number of books. So some of the books are less memorable than others. And then after I'd pick up the pattern, I'd end up reading a book that was totally new. The man was overflowing with ideas. And I find most of them very re-readable.
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
Borden Chantry (definite mystery element), The Man Called Noon, The Daybreakers, Catlow, Hondo, Flint, The Proving Trail, The Broken Gun
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
No, I never have. I'm not sure that much of one exists... I suspect he's very much Yesterday's News, besides that the whole Western genre is more or less politically incorrect.
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
I think there's a lot more to appreciate and enjoy than people my age realize, but I think it'll also be difficult to get them into it!
Fromjordannamorgan, Indiana Jones.
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
Bits and drabbles! That's what happens when you (almost) grow up with something.
Once when I was small (under 10, and I the oldest of four), we were on a family vacation. Bedding down for the night where we were staying, my parents turned on the TV and my father immediately recognized it was the very end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. That definitely being something kids under 10 oughtn't to see, he turned it off... of course I was curious, though.
Then Dad has always been a soundtrack person. I grew up familiar with the themes for Star Wars, Patton, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, etc. in tapes made from his records. He also had a real cassette tape of the Raiders soundtrack. I LOVED that thing. I listened to it over and over again until I knew every second of every track.
One very memorable Memorial Day, which we always spend at my grandmother's house with aunts and uncles and cousins, someone turned on the TV again and found Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - at the beginning this time! I'm not sure how old I was; probably early teens. Anyway, that time we DID watch it, and I was enthralled.
For Christmas that year I asked for and received my first CD, the soundtrack to Last Crusade. I had to get as familiar with it as I was with Raiders! To this day it is my favorite soundtrack of all, and one that I can always listen to.
At some point soon, whether the same year or shortly after, we finally saw Raiders. It was so good. And it was near-magical to be watching something totally new - and yet feeling the music move and knowing what was coming next, just from the music. (What actually happens in "The Basket Game"! The wonder of "The Map Room"!) I've never had that experience since.
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
I will NEVER move on! They taught me how amazing adventure stories can be, and particularly the piquant joy of mixing serious action with humor. (These elements together I treasure now in Alistair MacLean, for example - as desperate and dangerous as his books can be, there are few without humor.) And as I've gotten more into the world and popular culture of the 1930s and 40s, I realize how subtle a mixture of imitation, tribute, and tongue-in-cheek fun the Indiana Jones character is to the serials and B-movies of the time, like the "I Love a Mystery" OTR series. I can't imagine such a thing being made now. If a new franchise were to use the same source material, it would merely amplify the explosions and double the sex, and be Deadly Serious throughout.
Indiana Jones is the epitome of Adventure.
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
I've never seen Temple of Doom; many people, friends and family alike, recommended against it, and I can't say I've heard anything since to make me think I ought to fill that in. Last Crusade is my favorite. Besides being the first seen, it's lacking the romance with Marion (who I find faintly annoying), and adding the joy and delight of Dr. Jones, Sr.
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
Nope. Apparently it's crazy active, and very guy-dominated (not that that's a problem) and I suspect takes itself a bit too seriously at times. I would love to go withfancyfrocks and suededsilk to the IndyGear summit some year, though!
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
Actually, I've been rather shocked recently to learn how many people my own age and younger are almost totally unacquainted with Indiana Jones! I'd thought it was nearly universal. But although most of have at least heard of Indiana Jones, few have seen the movies... or any but Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Which could have been better, yes. But while I wasn't blown away, I thought it was amazingly successful at continuing similar elements in a new period of time.)
So... yes!
suededsilk, Louis L'Amour.1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
I've heard of him for a long time, but never really read any Westerns. Then my cousin Nick lent me a book our uncle Warren had bought for him: the paperback The Hills of Homicide, a collection of non-Western P.I. short stories L'Amour wrote in the 1940s. SO exciting - these stories were fairly Chandler-esque, but downright hair-raising in parts with a good bit of violence. (My first introduction to real fist fights in fiction, actually.) That was enough to get me into his other work. One of the first was Hondo, which I got from the local library. It had to be my senior year of high school.
At Texas A&M, I discovered that despite its later-found deficiencies in important things like Saint books and Campion books, the main library excelled in L'Amour. I don't know that even one was missing, and there were duplicates of many. I must have read dozens my freshman year. Initially reading for the excitement, I ended up learning so much history, plus Western basics. I found, and still find, it all fascinating. L'Amour had a passion for research, and it really shows.
I really haven't bought many, considering my already-overflowing bookshelves, though I collected a few favorites from my local USB. Bro. No. 1 promptly read those, then (not being at A&M) went and bought a lot more... which I then read in turn!
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
Oh, I'll not move away from L'Amour. Eventually I discovered that he did have some formulas for a number of books. So some of the books are less memorable than others. And then after I'd pick up the pattern, I'd end up reading a book that was totally new. The man was overflowing with ideas. And I find most of them very re-readable.
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
Borden Chantry (definite mystery element), The Man Called Noon, The Daybreakers, Catlow, Hondo, Flint, The Proving Trail, The Broken Gun
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
No, I never have. I'm not sure that much of one exists... I suspect he's very much Yesterday's News, besides that the whole Western genre is more or less politically incorrect.
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
I think there's a lot more to appreciate and enjoy than people my age realize, but I think it'll also be difficult to get them into it!
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jordannamorgan, Indiana Jones.1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
Bits and drabbles! That's what happens when you (almost) grow up with something.
Once when I was small (under 10, and I the oldest of four), we were on a family vacation. Bedding down for the night where we were staying, my parents turned on the TV and my father immediately recognized it was the very end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. That definitely being something kids under 10 oughtn't to see, he turned it off... of course I was curious, though.
Then Dad has always been a soundtrack person. I grew up familiar with the themes for Star Wars, Patton, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, etc. in tapes made from his records. He also had a real cassette tape of the Raiders soundtrack. I LOVED that thing. I listened to it over and over again until I knew every second of every track.
One very memorable Memorial Day, which we always spend at my grandmother's house with aunts and uncles and cousins, someone turned on the TV again and found Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - at the beginning this time! I'm not sure how old I was; probably early teens. Anyway, that time we DID watch it, and I was enthralled.
For Christmas that year I asked for and received my first CD, the soundtrack to Last Crusade. I had to get as familiar with it as I was with Raiders! To this day it is my favorite soundtrack of all, and one that I can always listen to.
At some point soon, whether the same year or shortly after, we finally saw Raiders. It was so good. And it was near-magical to be watching something totally new - and yet feeling the music move and knowing what was coming next, just from the music. (What actually happens in "The Basket Game"! The wonder of "The Map Room"!) I've never had that experience since.
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
I will NEVER move on! They taught me how amazing adventure stories can be, and particularly the piquant joy of mixing serious action with humor. (These elements together I treasure now in Alistair MacLean, for example - as desperate and dangerous as his books can be, there are few without humor.) And as I've gotten more into the world and popular culture of the 1930s and 40s, I realize how subtle a mixture of imitation, tribute, and tongue-in-cheek fun the Indiana Jones character is to the serials and B-movies of the time, like the "I Love a Mystery" OTR series. I can't imagine such a thing being made now. If a new franchise were to use the same source material, it would merely amplify the explosions and double the sex, and be Deadly Serious throughout.
Indiana Jones is the epitome of Adventure.
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
I've never seen Temple of Doom; many people, friends and family alike, recommended against it, and I can't say I've heard anything since to make me think I ought to fill that in. Last Crusade is my favorite. Besides being the first seen, it's lacking the romance with Marion (who I find faintly annoying), and adding the joy and delight of Dr. Jones, Sr.
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
Nope. Apparently it's crazy active, and very guy-dominated (not that that's a problem) and I suspect takes itself a bit too seriously at times. I would love to go with
fancyfrocks and suededsilk to the IndyGear summit some year, though!5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
Actually, I've been rather shocked recently to learn how many people my own age and younger are almost totally unacquainted with Indiana Jones! I'd thought it was nearly universal. But although most of have at least heard of Indiana Jones, few have seen the movies... or any but Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Which could have been better, yes. But while I wasn't blown away, I thought it was amazingly successful at continuing similar elements in a new period of time.)
So... yes!
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Date: 2012-03-22 09:02 am (UTC)(And it seems I wasn't paying attention, and left my Indiana Jones comment on the other entry. Oops!)
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Date: 2012-03-23 04:13 pm (UTC)No one picked it - probably because I've burbled on PLENTY about him in the past - but do also read up on Alistair MacLean's books. He's one of my all-time favorite authors, probably in the top 5.
http://nuranar.livejournal.com/tag/authors%3Aalistair%20maclean