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| 1. Lost Echoes by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2007-02-13)
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| 2. Dead in the West by Joe R. Lansdale, Colleen Doran | |
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(2005-03-15)
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| 3. The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2001-09-01)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com Harry, an elderly man, tells the story of a series of events that occurred inhis 11th year, when the mutilated, murdered bodies of Negro prostitutes beganturning up in the county where his father was the local constable. Harry andTom, his younger sister, find the first one. Only their father, Jacob Crane,seems to care about finding justice for the victims, who are dismissed out ofhand as unimportant by the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan, which warns Jacoboff any further investigations. Harry and Tom think they know who'sresponsible: the Goat Man, a creature who's said to lurk beneath the swingingbridge that crosses the Sabine River, where the first body was found.In fact,the Goat Man has something to do with the murders, and the secret of who he isand what he really did is the key to the unsolved slayings. But that takessecond place to the artfully explicated character of Jacob and Harry's changingrelationship with him in the course of the loss of his boyish innocence. Thisis a masterfully told story and a very good read. --Jane Adams Customer Reviews (80)
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| 4. God of the Razor by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2007-10-31)
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| 5. Batman in Terror on the High Skies by Joe R. Lansdale, Edward Hannigan, Dick Giordano | |
| Paperback: 66
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(1992-11)
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| 6. Two Bear Mambo by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(1997-03-20)
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The Two-Bear Mambo is so far the most unflinching in its portrayal of Southern racism. Grovetown is even worse than I could have imagined and Lansdale does not look away for a moment. Leonard is the obvious target, but Hap's association with him brings him into the fray of violence as well. And as for Florida: well, no one as yet has admitted to even seeing her... My white Southern guilt was intensified while reading The Two-Bear Mambo; the characters, their ideas, and their violence are all-too familiar from my upbringing. So much so that I could barely even bring myself to read it in public, afraid of what the people around me -- seeing the N-word on nearly every page -- would think I was reading (as if the barely euphemistic title weren't embarrassing enough). But the trademark Lansdale humor abounds in sarcastic remarks and in the first-person narration of Hap -- whose difference from the author himself seems to be getting less and less. Lansdale has said that he is very comfortable with the voice of Hap and the easy-going prose makes that obvious. Despite my emotional reaction to the book, I look forward to continuing the adventures of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. I'm glad they can't keep away from trouble; if they did, I'd be reading some other book that isn't nearly as fun.
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| 7. Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale, Andres Guinaldo | |
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(2005-11-23)
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| 8. Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2005-01-04)
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| 9. The Drive-In (A B-Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) by Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Mass Market Paperback: 158
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(1988-01-01)
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This story is extremelyoriginal, fast-paced, full of interesting characters and great dialog. Ithas everything; bad movies, cannibalism, monsters, aliens, and a few othersurprises. ... Read more | |
| 10. Freezer Burn by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2000-09-01)
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Freezer Burn is largely a retelling of the film 'Freaks' as a comedic roman noir.Chock full of unsavory characters that view humane behavior as stupid and weak, this is certainly not a novel for all tastes.Longtime Lansdale fans will be delighted to see him brush up on his darker roots, the ones responsible for The Nightrunners and the black as tar noir nightmare The Night They Skipped the Horror Show.Others used to the trace of nobility found in his most recent work will wonder why he wasted his time telling the tale of such an unlikable sociopath anti-hero.Being a nearly twenty year Lansdale addict I heartily recommend to his longtime fans as well as to those who just like dark hearted noir with a goofball twist.
Then, about the time the protagonist, Bill, realizes that he's starting to have unusual feelings (love, friendship) for Conrad the Wonder Dog, and Frost, the leader of a small freakshow he's hooked up with following a botched robbery, I realized that I was starting to feel all warm inside, too. It takes a great writer to create a character like Bill--someone you'd normally cross the street to avoid--and make you care about what happens to him.I know that other reviewers didn't feel the same way, but I was right there, rooting for the poor guy the whole way. If anything, the downbeat, noirish finale, which I should have seen coming, came as a bit of a surprise, even though we've all seen this a thousand times before (think _Double Indemnity_ or _Body Heat_). Heck, I would have been happy just following Bill's adventures with the freakshow for a few more hundred pages.I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it highly, though it's obviously not for all tastes. ... Read more | |
| 11. Captains Outrageous by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2001-09-20)
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| 12. The Shadows Kith and Kin by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2007-04-25)
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| 13. Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2001-07-05)
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| 14. Mad Dog Summer: And Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2006-09-01)
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| 15. The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale, Dean Koontz | |
| Mass Market Paperback: 256
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(1989-03-15)
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There are rough portions. The teenagers are just nasty and evil, while you can see the husband's transformation from weakling to ravenous fighter coming a mile away. But this is an amazing book on its own merits and shouldn't be read if you are expecting a deep philosophical treatise on human nature. It's just fast, evil and damn good.
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| 16. Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Hardcover: 324
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(1994-08)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com Lansdale slowly develops the relationship between his two protagonists as they banter with each other throughout their pursuit of the killers. Mucho Mojo also introduces two other characters, LaBorde Police Department members Lieutenant Marvin Hanson and his sidekick, Charlie, who serveas ongoing sources of friction--and, when it's most needed, support. Customer Reviews (28)
When Leonard's uncle Chester dies, he inherits the old homeplace. This causes complex feelings in Leonard since Chester had disowned Leonard on learning that Leonard was gay. While he and Hap are fixing up the place, they discover a large wooden box in which is found a child's skeleton and a stash of child porn magazines. Despite the obvious circumstantial evidence, Hap urges Leonard to look into alternative explanations. Meanwhile, they meet up the drug dealers across the street, a local preacher with questionable motives, and the lovable MeMaw, Leonard's neighbor who always has time (and an open invitation) for a glass of tea. In addition to the plot involving the secret murders of several of a small town's black children, Mucho Mojo investigates such heavy subjects as relationships -- whether black-white, man-woman, gay-straight, adult-child, young-old -- and racism. And all the while Lansdale delivers a cracker of a crime novel, with a terrific ending, that continues the story of the main characters as begun in Savage Season.
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| 17. Bumper Crop by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2005-05-01)
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| 18. A Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2003-10-01)
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| 19. The Drive-In: A Double-Feature Omnibus by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(1997-08)
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| 20. High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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(2003-07-01)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com The genre-jumping collection High Cotton is subtitled Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale, but could more rightly be called The Best of Joe R. Lansdale. If you haven't read Lansdale, this is the place to start. If you like Lansdale, you already know you want this collection, even if you already own By Bizarre Hands, which contains 7 of these 21 stories. If, however, you are of a delicate constitution or a sensitive nature, you might want to steer clear. Lansdale can be blunt, or gross, or grim, sometimes all at once. Most of the stories in High Cotton are excellent, and some are already classics. "Night They Missed the Horror Show," a tale of bored young hell-raisers who discover dreadful new depths of trouble, is one of the great horror stories of the 20th century. The alternate-history Western "Letter from the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches" packs a lot of big (and shocking) changes into four pages. In the crime story "The Steel Valentine," a fading athlete finds himself the captive of his lover's merciless, criminal husband. In "The Phone Woman," a man discovers his horrifying true nature in a violent act. And in the screwball "Mister Weed-Eater," a man's life is turned upside-down and inside-out by his innocent attempt to help a blind groundskeeper. Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over 20 books, including the Hap Collins and Leonard Pine mystery series. He has won the American Mystery Award, the Booklist Editor's Award, five Bram Stoker Awards, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Crime Writers Award. --Cynthia Ward Customer Reviews (11)
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