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25. "Okay, here we go:"
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His best stuff:
Rum Punch
Pronto
Riding the Rap
The Hot Kid
LaBrava
Glitz (the book that made him huge)
Cuba Libre
52 Pick-Up
Tshimingo Blues
Pagan Babies

The next tier (still excellent):
Unknown Man #89
City Primeval
Big Bounce
Cat Chaser
Freaky Deaky
Swag
Stick
Mr. Paradise
Maximum Bob
Mr. Majestk

Very good, but sorta problematic:
Get Shorty (never loved the book, though I loved the movie)
Out of Sight (another case where I actually like the movie better)
Split Images
Killshot

The enjoyable but kind of slight:
Moonshine War
Gold Coast
The Hunted
Switch

Just okay:
Bandits (his follow-up to "Glitz". His longest and most character-driven book. Doesn't quite come together in the end)
Touch
Road Dogs (ostensibly a sequel to "Out of Sight", but also a sort-of sequel to "LaBrava" and "Riding the Rap")

The not-so-good/bad:
Be Cool (sequel to "Get Shorty")
Up in Honey's Room (sequel to "The Hot Kid". Might be his worst book)
Raylan (sequel to "Fire in the Hole" that he started to write after "Justified" got green-lit)

Noticing a pattern here? Outside of "Rum Punch" and "Stick," the out-right sequels that he writes tend to suck.

I think that covers mostly everything I've read. Reading "Djiboutti" right now, so I can't rank it yet. And I haven't read his kid's book, but I hear it's good.

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Cotw: DEATH THREATS, DEF THREATS. [View all] , JRennolds, Sun Sep-01-13 04:25 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
ANXMTHEORY
Sep 01st 2013
1
Those last few pages of UA were killer.
Sep 02nd 2013
2
The Underwater Welder
Sep 02nd 2013
3
yup im about to start it now
Sep 02nd 2013
5
I liked it but can't remember much about it
Sep 03rd 2013
17
      Yep. Trillium has stayed with me too.
Sep 03rd 2013
22
CAPPY MCCAPTAIN DA GOD OV VICTORY SPOILERS.
Sep 02nd 2013
4
The A on his head stands for Agony
Sep 03rd 2013
15
      Captain America. Might start killing.
Sep 03rd 2013
21
half price books 20% off everything
Sep 02nd 2013
6
Couldn't wait for my, RICKY FIX.
Sep 02nd 2013
7
      ya they had the ultimates vol 1 and 2
Sep 02nd 2013
8
           Shoulda. Amazing reads.
Sep 02nd 2013
9
                ya that will have to be a digi copy
Sep 02nd 2013
10
Uncanny Avengers SPOILERS.
Sep 02nd 2013
11
RE: I think PLANET X was, OLD GOD's final arc.
Sep 02nd 2013
12
      RE: #600 made, HICKGOD!
Sep 02nd 2013
13
           RE: RIHANNA?
Sep 02nd 2013
14
yo so that latest issue of THOR was spectacular
Sep 03rd 2013
16
he's up all night to get lucky
Sep 03rd 2013
20
Not comics, but: We got some Elmore Leonard fans round these parts?
Sep 03rd 2013
18
I've read just about every Leonard non-Western that he's written
Sep 03rd 2013
19
the Westerns are great
Sep 03rd 2013
23
      I've got the 3 volumes of his westerns sitting on the bookshelf
Sep 03rd 2013
24
      RE: I love this post, Ducker.
Sep 03rd 2013
26
      !!!
Sep 03rd 2013
27
Trinity War. Kinda interested. How was it?
Sep 03rd 2013
28
a couple fun moments
Sep 05th 2013
53
PSA: FF and F4 have not sucked lately.
Sep 03rd 2013
29
RE: PSA: FF and F4 have not sucked lately.
Sep 04th 2013
30
      Welcome aboard, sir.
Sep 04th 2013
31
      RE: PSA: FF and F4 have not sucked lately.
Sep 04th 2013
32
      RE: PSA: FF and F4 have not sucked lately.
Sep 04th 2013
37
           Word. Please do.
Sep 04th 2013
38
           Great choices!
Sep 04th 2013
39
           RE: Great choices!
Sep 04th 2013
45
                I actually dropped Kirkman an email about that same problem
Sep 05th 2013
57
           Yeah, good stuff man
Sep 04th 2013
42
           Batman 66' is alot of fun
Sep 05th 2013
51
      The FF issue with, Fraction, Allred and Brevoort...
Sep 04th 2013
33
lmao @ DC vs. Masters of the Universe
Sep 04th 2013
34
LMAO @ DC
Sep 04th 2013
35
i cant believe masters of the universe is even still going
Sep 04th 2013
44
that keith giffen wrote it
Sep 05th 2013
54
"i TOLD you nightwing was a dick".
Sep 04th 2013
36
btw, new Hickman book out from Avatar today
Sep 04th 2013
40
whaaaa?
Sep 04th 2013
41
      yep
Sep 04th 2013
43
Infinity#2
Sep 04th 2013
46
Forever Evil#1
Sep 04th 2013
47
Battle of the Atom is cranking up quite nicely.
Sep 04th 2013
48
Battle Of The Atom#1
Sep 04th 2013
49
RE: Part 2 SPOILER!
Sep 04th 2013
50
i dunno...the House of Ideas needs better IDEAS
Sep 05th 2013
52
      To each his own.
Sep 05th 2013
55
      i enjoy the books, just not the "events"
Sep 05th 2013
56
      The "warning from the future" is just a trope at this point IMO
Sep 05th 2013
58
           i'm the same, just wanted to gripe
Sep 05th 2013
60
                Future Xorn, is my biggest interest.
Sep 05th 2013
61
                     oh, we KNOW they are
Sep 06th 2013
70
Big 70s Kirby kick right now
Sep 05th 2013
59
Kamandi SHOULD BE A TOP TEN BOOK or....
Sep 05th 2013
62
The Kaing's work is just so full of life and imagination
Sep 06th 2013
75
FUCK DC. Anti-gay consistency.
Sep 05th 2013
63
wait what?
Sep 05th 2013
64
Out with #26.
Sep 05th 2013
65
the orson scott card thing still hasn't been printed.
Sep 05th 2013
66
But, Superman is banging Wonder Woman.
Sep 06th 2013
67
it isn't about gay shit
Sep 06th 2013
71
      so it's somehow even more stupider?
Sep 06th 2013
73
           yep
Sep 06th 2013
74
reading Ben Katchor's 'Drying Hands in America.'
Sep 06th 2013
68
Also read Craig Thompson's 'Carnet de Voyage'
Sep 06th 2013
69
Forever Evil was just okay
Sep 06th 2013
72
Attempting to help my boy pottytrain at 38 months
Sep 06th 2013
76
Did you know they were Aquaman right away?
Sep 06th 2013
77

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