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Title: Dead in the West by Joe R. Lansdale, Allen Koszowski ISBN: 0-917053-04-4 Publisher: Space and Time Pub. Date: May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Great, The Fun, And the Ugly(those zombies)
Comment: Lansdale has done it once again. He has written a book that is disgusting, disturbing, and extremely funny. Lansdale has prooven time and time again that he is a master at writing real people who talk like real people talk. If you don't believe me read any of the Hap and Leonard books (Savage Season, Mucho Mojo, Two Bear Mombo (my personal favorite), and Bad Chilli). Dead in the West did not let me down, like some of his earlier books where he wasn't yet comfortable with his dialogue. Dead in the West has everything that you would expect from a great Lansdale book: offensive behavior (incest), violence (zombies eating people), characters that are easy to relate to (the doctor and his feelings towards the indian are very real), and above all humor (Lansdale's dialogue is once again unmatched).
Rating: 5
Summary: 'Pale Rider' meets 'Dawn of the Dead' - helluva read!
Comment: When I first saw the cover to this book, I knew I would love this book. It's terrible to admit, but true. The pulp-styled artwork gave me the early impression that 'Dead in the West' would take a prominant place on my bookshelf... and whaddya know, it has.
'Dead in the West' is a fun horror western written by Joe Lansdale. A gunslingin' preacher rolls into the backwater town of Mud Creek, questioning his beliefs and indulging his desires. His personal problems take a backseat soon enough when the dead start waling the streets...and their darn hungry!
The book is one of those delightful pleasures I love to indulge - survival horror. I just love tales of hard-bitten heroes finding sanctuary and trying to stay alive as masses of evil try to take 'em down. 'Night of the Living Dead', 'Resident Evil' and 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (which I swear drew more than just a passing resemblance to this book) were all enjoyable exercises into that genre, and 'Dead in the West' joins their ranks.
Like the intro itself states, don't expect this to be Shakespeare. It's action through and through. I was a little disappointed in the size (about 100 pages, very small) but was glad by the end. Perfect size for a perfectly fun story.
Rating: 5
Summary: ZOMBIES IN SPURS
Comment: From the opening scene in the old stagecoach to the apocalyptic ending in a church, DEAD IN THE WEST delivers more thrills and spills it in its short length than many 300+ tomes. Joe Lansdale, known for his black humor, whips it out in plenty in this tale of a Reverend who wanders into Mud Creek and finds himself involved in the curse of an Indian wrongly accused of killing a young girl, and lynched. His mulatto woman was also brutally raped and murdered. The curse is purely simple: zombies beget more zombies, and Lansdale spares nothing in his brutally graphic and frightening tale. Joining Rev. Jeb in the spotlight is a delightful young boy named David; the bewitching Abby and her rascally doctor father; and of course the many zombies populating the scene.
The book is relentless and no character is guaranteed safety by the time the book ends; it has a rather "twisty" ending as well; did he ever do a sequel? It would be great!!!
A very good horror story.
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Title: High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale ISBN: 1930846177 Publisher: Golden Gryphon Pr Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Freezer Burn by Joe R. Lansdale ISBN: 0446608823 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Magic Wagon by Joe R. Lansdale ISBN: 1892284812 Publisher: Subterranean Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Captains Outrageous by Joe R. Lansdale ISBN: 0446679631 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale ISBN: 0446691674 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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