# Casual Subjects for Cafe Society (CS4CS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927 "2008-03-27T16:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927/101 "2008-03-31T20:16:35Z")
I am seeing Vienna Teng play in Atlanta on Friday and am really excited. It’s at a really intimate venue in Decatur that holds maybe eighty people that I saw and met Sarah Bettens at last year. It should be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927/102 "2008-04-01T00:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] **America’s Best Dance Crew** = JabbaWockeeZ!! [/QUOTE] NajaHusband will be _tres_ relieved. He turned it off in a fit of pique after Kaba Modern was eliminated due to Status Quo getting voted into the top two. We flat refused to watch the next two episodes. Kaba was robbed! Meanwhile, I just picked up a copy of Lonesome Dove. It’s a little slow in the first few pages, but I’ve got high hopes. Anyone recommend the related movies or should I avoid them entirely? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927/103 "2008-04-01T01:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] Meanwhile, I just picked up a copy of Lonesome Dove. It’s a little slow in the first few pages, but I’ve got high hopes. Anyone recommend the related movies or should I avoid them entirely? [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s my favorite book. The mini-series is _fantastic_ and very true to the novel. So true, in fact, that I wouldn’t watch it until after you finished the book. There are some things that just shouldn’t be spoiled. I love it. You should pick up all the books in the series: **Dead Man’s Walk** , **Comanche Moon** , (both prequels) and **Streets of Laredo** (the sequel). I haven’t seen the mini-series for **Dead Man’s Walk** , though I do own it on DVD, and I mean to watch it soon. I really enjoyed the recent **Comanche Moon** with Karl Urban and Steve Zahn, though it does suffer from being a prequel (the book manages to avoid the same problem, thank goodness). I cannot stop watching **Rock of Love 2** , and I find myself really hoping that Bret Michaels finds the woman for him. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927/104 "2008-04-01T01:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] Oh, that’s my favorite book. The mini-series is _fantastic_ and very true to the novel. So true, in fact, that I wouldn’t watch it until after you finished the book. There are some things that just shouldn’t be spoiled. I love it. You should pick up all the books in the series: **Dead Man’s Walk** , **Comanche Moon** , (both prequels) and **Streets of Laredo** (the sequel). I haven’t seen the mini-series for **Dead Man’s Walk** , though I do own it on DVD, and I mean to watch it soon. I really enjoyed the recent **Comanche Moon** with Karl Urban and Steve Zahn, though it does suffer from being a prequel (the book manages to avoid the same problem, thank goodness). [/QUOTE] Ohh, thanks! I knew there were others, but thought I’d start with the big one to get a taste. I’m heading to the bookstore tomorrow though, do you think I should read them in chronological order, or published order? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927/105 "2008-04-01T01:24:18Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] Ohh, thanks! I knew there were others, but thought I’d start with the big one to get a taste. I’m heading to the bookstore tomorrow though, do you think I should read them in chronological order, or published order? [/QUOTE] I would definitely read **Lonesome Dove** first (first in publication order, 3rd chronologically). From there, I read them in this order: **Dead Man’s Walk** , **Comanche Moon** , **Streets of Laredo**. But honestly, they’re all really self-contained novels, and while McMurtry makes various allusions and references throughout the series, he’s so adept that it’s never confusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casual-subjects-for-cafe-society-cs4cs/442927.md?page=5)