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The Best Of Joe R. Lansdale (2010)

by Joe R. Lansdale(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1892391945 (ISBN13: 9781892391940)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Tachyon Publications

review 1: This is my first books from Joe R Lansdale and it's a collection of short stories most of which were very interesting, but some of which seemed disgusting for disgusting's sake, as well as being rife with racial slurs which were a little much for me. A few stories stuck out like the opening ode to the Japanese monster flicks I grew up with that threw the hilarious spin on Godzilla trying to give up his Tokyo stomping ways through a twelve step AA type program which was just great fun. I was familiar with Bubba Ho-Tep from the movie with Bruce Campbell but the actual initial descriptions of Elvis's anatomy "problems" was just a little much, but the story beyond that was interesting. I'm sure I've also seen the Incident On and Off Mountain Road but I'm not sure where, may... morebe Masters of Horror, but it was a pretty good straight up horror story. Then there was White Mule, and Spotted Pig which ended up being one of the most interesting stories in the book. The rest of the stories were just ok. I could suggest the book if you have a strong stomach for disgusting descriptions, but if you're easily offended I would avoid it.
review 2: Lansdale is a storyteller at heart and these are gutsy, hyper-realistic slices of a Texas which it would be nice to think is only a product of his imagination. These stories contain zombies, rednecks, far-dystopian futures, and past time reminiscences. Mostly told in a no-nonsense matter of fact style, they are an engaging read and whilst they won't win any 'literary' awards there are a fair number of award-winning stories amongst the bunch. Entertaining, sometimes comic, often disturbing, but not for the faint-hearted. less

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