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The best of Joe R. Lansdale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monsters--Fiction.
- Monsters.
- Texas--Fiction.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Tachyon, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Stories in this collection are populated by characters such as zombies, Godzilla, and wise-cracking down-on-their-luck types who are caught up in bizarre incidents and mundane desires. Marked by elements of horror, suspense, black humor, and Texas, these stories are vintage Lansdale.
- Contents:
- Crucified dreams : introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
- Godzilla's twelve-step program
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Mad dog summer
- Fire dog
- The big blow
- Duck hunt
- Incident on and off a mountain road
- The events concerning a nude fold-out found in a Harlequin romance
- White mule, spotted pig
- On the far side of the Cadillac Desert with dead folks
- Not from Detroit
- Cowboy
- Steppin' out, summer '68
- Fish night
- Hell through a windshield
- Night they missed the horror show.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-61696-005-1
- 1-61696-007-8
- OCLC:
- 613681276
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