High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
This collection of Joe R. Lansdale stories represents the best of the Lansdale” genrea strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humor, and adventure tales. Though varied in setting and theme, all the stories are pure Lansdaleeerie, amusing, and occasionally horrific. In The Pit,” modern...
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This collection of Joe R. Lansdale stories represents the best of the Lansdale” genrea strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humor, and adventure tales. Though varied in setting and theme, all the stories are pure Lansdaleeerie, amusing, and occasionally horrific. In The Pit,” modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. An alternate-history tale called Trains Not Taken” shows Buffalo Bill as an ambassador and Wild Bill Hickok as a clerk. Lansdale’s love of large lizards and humor are evident in the stories Godzilla’s Twelve Step Program” and Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland.”
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780965590129 (0965590127)
Publish date: September 1st 2000
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Pages no: 267
Edition language: English
This is an excellent collection of Lansdale's short fiction put out in a 4,000 copy edition by Golden Gryphon in 2000. It was their 8th publication under editor Jim Turner. This is a messy collection in a number of ways. Most of the stories are top notch, a few are average and there is one rea...
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