RE continuity. I bet you're talking about how he winds up the Newt story. Gah!

And yeah, I think the reason I want to throw the other books is because I had high expectations because of Lonesome Dove that weren't met. I agree that Dead Man's Walk is the best of the others.

Interesting that the romances are always such failures in Lonesome Dove, and in a lot of his other books, too, because I'd say he writes women really well.