Victor Gischler

, Male

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
About Me:
I write books and stories and other lies. I went to school for a long, long time but don't feel very smart.
Website:
http://www.victorgischler.blogspot.com
Books And Authors I Like:
James Crumley, Kurt Vonnegut, Christopher Moore, Mike Resnick, Anthony Neil Smith, Sean Doolittle, Charlie Stella, Raymond Chandler, Nancy Kress, Niven & Pournelle, Lawrence Watt Evans, Vicki Hendricks, Al Guthrie, Nancy Kress, Scott Phillips.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
The Royal Tanenbaums, Pulp Fiction, The Quiet Man, In Harm's Way, Jaws, Blade Runner, Lost in Translation, Zulu, Snatch, Dr. Zhivago, Band of Brothers, The Sand Pebbles, Bridge on the River Kwai, Seven Samurai, Anatomy of a Murder, Winchester '73.

Comment Wall:

  • Toni McGee Causey

    Nice to find a fellow Baton Rougean here.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Hey Toni! I've only been here since the saummer, but I really like it so far.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Toni McGee Causey

    Wow, you made it through a summer. ;) It's a pretty decent place. I think we ended up with the positive end of things when a lot of New Orleans people moved here (is that where you're from?)... we have a lot more clubs and music and events happening now.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Toni,

    Not from New Orleans. I'm originally from Florida but moved here more recently from Oklaohma. My wife got an excellent gig at LSU, so here we are.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Toni McGee Causey

    Ah, cool. We live quite near LSU (my alma mater). And obviously, if you're from FL, you know heat, so this won't be a horrible surprise to you.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Toni,

    Yes, and it would actually get plenty hot in Oklahoma too, triple digits in summer. Thankfully the humidity was lower.

    Now, the scorpions ... well, that's another story.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Christa Faust

    Back atcha! Loved GUN MONKEYS btw.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Thanks, Christa. I'm looking forward to your Hard Case Crime book.

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Sean Doolittle

    Goulet!

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Jeremy Lynch

    Entertainment editing is going wonderfully. So nice to have a legit excuse to watch hours upon hours of films and television.

    Send me details about Lee adapting your novel.

    Mar 16, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    I actually watch lots of film and televsion too, and I also have a good excuse.

    I'm a lazy mofo.

    Mar 16, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    So....since you watch alot of TV. Are you one of those Idol fans? Or more Dancing With The Stars?

    And here's where I admit publicly that I don't watch either. But damn, The Cowboy U season was a killer :)

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    For me it's America's Next Top Model and Project Runway.

    Yes, my wife is in charge of the remote control.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Hey, check out the PBR videos I posted. That's what I watch religiously...

    Its the only time I'm in charge of the remote.

    Have you watched HBO on Friday nights recently? I cannot believe what they're putting on.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    HBO? What, am I made of money?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    You mean you aren't rich? Shit. Removing you from my friend list.

    We get HBO as part of our cable package. I figured it was better than Showtime.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    I can barely afford to pay all my servants.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Yeah, I know those gunsmiths are hard to come by.

    How is Louisiana?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Sean Doolittle

    Anybody mind if I smoke a jay in here?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Extinguish that doobie, hophead.

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    More new pics. Guys. I'm confused.

    What's a jay (kidding) I know we're talking about birds, right?

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    The last message you sent me didn't come thru on my email, so if you'll send it again, we'll see if it works.

    Anyone else having this problem today? I've gotten notice for like 4 messages I can't retrieve....

    Mar 17, 2007

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Hey, Victor. Just to let you know, Crimespace email is up and running again. Let us know if you have any further problems.

    Mar 20, 2007

  • Sean Doolittle

    Psst. First round coverage of the WGC at Doral on The Golf Channel. Pass it on.

    Mar 23, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Sigh. Real cowboys don't drink PBR because they're not an official "pro rodeo" sponsor, like Coors and Bud. So if PBR ain't good enough for them, it sure as shootin' isn't good enough for the bulls.

    Re: Toby Keith/Willie Nelson song: Beer for my HORSES

    Mar 26, 2007

  • David J. Montgomery

    Gisch, you got a new book coming this year?

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Hi Victor - just finished Gun Monkeys - loved it, great stuff! Thanks for a fab read. Best, Jools

    May 17, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Just done my bio for Out of the Gutter - reminded me how much I enjoyed reading Final Tally, so I thought I'd stop by and say so. That was what made me pick up Gun Monkeys. Can't be bad!

    May 22, 2007

  • Kent Gowran

    Brock Samson pretty much rules.

    And when is the next book coming out?

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Tony Black

    Thanks for stampin' my pass, Victor. Final Tally was one serious piece...oh yeah. Deadly style.

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Thanks for chattering on my chatter wall, Victor. Thought I'd return the favour. So... what can I tell you? I went out today and bought stuff. DVDs, CDs and books. And shoes. It's a gender thing, shoes. Y'alright?

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Harry Shannon

    Howdy!

    Jul 28, 2007

  • Olav Guldbrandsen

    Thanks! Hope the swamp-life treats you good. Had to leave a message because I saw your books lying around in the office of another one of our editors. Wanted them, but couldn't just take them. Now I'll be a liar and tell her I've spoken to you in debth about ... things, and ask if I can read over christmas.

    Dec 6, 2007

  • Todd Robinson

    Don't know if I've ever complimented your Brock Samson photo, but NIIIIICE.

    I'm friends with one of the artists on the show, and he told me that the delays have been so severe on the scripts - now the writer's strike - a third season was becoming unlikely.

    I choked him until he told me it wasn't so.

    Dec 7, 2007

  • Mitzi Szereto

    Hey mate, happy new year! Hope we get to work together soon!

    Jan 3, 2008

  • Mitzi Szereto

    It's early days yet. Started out crap though LOL!

    Jan 3, 2008

  • len howlett

    Hi, Victor. I read 'Gun Monkeys, and 'Pistol Poets' back to back. I feel a kinship with anyone who sees the hilarity in violent crime, murder, and the relevance of Monopoly to the first two.

    Jan 11, 2008

  • L.J. Sellers

    Hi Victor,
    I read Pistol Poets on a plane and enjoyed it so much,
    my husband read it when I was done (and he doesn't read.) Now Gun Monkeys is in my TBR pile.
    It is fun to sit around and make stuff up, isn't it?

    Mar 24, 2008

  • JackBludis

    Saw Zulu last week ... Great flick. Read you too ... not so bad, damn good in fact.

    Aug 14, 2008

  • D.R. MacMaster

    Thanks for the add. Great picture, you look very animated. ;)

    Oct 13, 2008

  • Wayde Klein

    Hey, Thanks.......

    Feb 25, 2009

  • Wayde Klein

    when you want to write a story but don't want to research various aspects of a department or agency...is it wrong to make up things and state them authoritatively?

    Exapmle: I have an idea about a story but don't really want to figure out how an organiozed crime task force really works.....mainly because it doesn't matter..but am sure there will be references back to the task force's work...

    Feb 28, 2009

  • Wayde Klein

    reading SHOTGUN OPERA ...wow! slick read......so far, so very good...don't know which was published first, but THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE is similar but different....

    Mar 10, 2009