7 Differences Between the ‘Longmire’ Books and TV Series (PHOTOS)

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    GoldChilli

    One of the best TV series there was. Wish it would come back as there certainly isn’t anything to watch on TV now.

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    BlueBandAid

    I've seen the series and read all the books and short stories at least twice. I thought the series was okay, but I love Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Mysteries. The books and TV shows are VERY different.

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      CyanScissors

      Wow, hat's for sure. Standing Bear was well over 6' tall in the books......LDF was short. Vic in the book was a very experienced, foul mouth deputy. In the TV show, they just made her a sex symbol. Having been born and raised in WY and familiar with the area where things happened....the show was filmed in New Mexico. These things just soured it for me.

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      CyanTree

      I’ve seen the series twice but I still want more so I looked up the Longmire series on Kindle it is on there I need your advice which book do I read and in what order do I read them and also does the last book in the series or will there be more?

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      PurpleLeaf

      good TV series , but It paled in comparison to the novels - Netflix did save the television show but proceeded to destroy it by straying too far from Craig Johnson's original concept'

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    BlueDice

    Wish they'd make a few stand alone movies with the Longmire TV crew.

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      BlueSailboat

      Yay! Me too.

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    PurplePizza

    I love the series and the books. They are different, but both are excellent in their own ways.

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    BlueSailboat

    I loved the Longmire series, the cast, the setting, everything.

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    CyanBottle

    I have a walt longmire poster in my office at work. A big 24 x 24. Everybody who sees it is watching the series on Netflix. It is catching on again with a new audience. I live in the bible belt and other than the final episode sex scene folks are comfortable watching it with kids and grandkids. Only thing I notice how much the language changed when it moved to Netflix. But that isn't the only show I've heard that comment made about. Language gets tougher when it hits netflix

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    OliveBeer

    Read the Cold Dish first

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    GreenBulb

    In the Netflix 6 series of Longmire, we loved all the characters and want to know if Mr Johnson has written the sequence followup keeping all the same characters? I could certainly see how there could be sequel's. I can't seem to want to pursue the other books because I want the series to continue..and the way #6 ended had a great ending, but I can imagine more to the story .