Comments on: Texas Wisdom #12

By: Laramie Sasseville

Laramie Sasseville — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:32:06 +0000

Lucky I wasn’t the judge. There’d've had to be *proof* he needed killing.

By: AShortt

AShortt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:25:36 +0000

If ya can’t dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bulls**t…

Luved Roadhouse, appealed real well to my inner Billy-Bawb, seen it dozens of times. Sam/Wayde Garrett : “Maybe she’ll have brains enough for both of ya”.

By: Ethelred

Ethelred — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:56:59 +0000

Many of Piper’s books are now in the public domain. I guess no one had an interest in renewing the copyrights after he killed himself. Lone Star Planet is available at Project Gutenberg.

In Road House Sam was really a deputy. The head bouncer was the sheriff, the girl friend was called Doc. Roger Ebert thought it was a western in disguise and I have to agree. Police, as such, had no place in it.

And I hadn’t noticed that about Tarentino. Thank you.

And for all those books you write.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:45:44 +0000

Makes me think of an old book by H. Beam Piper called “Lone Star Planet”

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:36:10 +0000

I remember that movie. It’s set in the Alternate World of Quentin Terentino–the one where there are no police. But Sam Elliott almost saved it.

By: Ethelred

Ethelred — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:41 +0000

This one reminded me of the movie Road House. Allegedly inspired by a man that needed killing so bad none of the 30 or so witnesses saw anything.

Asimov got away with using something like 50 or 100 limericks per book. Maybe it was less, its been a long time since I saw those.

By: GWW

GWW — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:34:38 +0000

Get a pencil illustrator and prob around 38 more.

You could call it Tex-Zen: The Tao of Gautama.

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:00:23 +0000

Hee hee! Interesting thought. I wonder how many I’ll need to make a chapbook.

By: schmwarf

schmwarf — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:25:05 +0000

You know, you should bundle these pearls of wisdom up in a book under the pen name of Billy-Bob Gautama and sell them at tourist places around your adopted state.