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If you've never heard of the Weird West genre, don’t feel too disconnected. I had no idea such a thing existed until I picked up Dead Man’s Hand – Anthology of the Weird West edited by John Joseph Adams.
So what makes a Weird Western, weird? The short answer is you take your standard Western setting and toss in a speculative genre–fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural, or horror. The skill is in the blending.
These types of stories stretch back a long way (by modern standards). As noted in Adams’ introduc ...more
So what makes a Weird Western, weird? The short answer is you take your standard Western setting and toss in a speculative genre–fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural, or horror. The skill is in the blending.
These types of stories stretch back a long way (by modern standards). As noted in Adams’ introduc ...more
I loved this book.
Most of the stories I found interesting and unique. I have been a Weird West fan before it was a "Thing". Steampunk is a fairly new territory for me but I have already found some good books from that Genre.
If you like the Wild West.. read this. If you like Steampunk... read this. If you like horror and sci-fi... read this. If you like weird... read this.
Just... read this! ...more
Most of the stories I found interesting and unique. I have been a Weird West fan before it was a "Thing". Steampunk is a fairly new territory for me but I have already found some good books from that Genre.
If you like the Wild West.. read this. If you like Steampunk... read this. If you like horror and sci-fi... read this. If you like weird... read this.
Just... read this! ...more
If you've never heard of the Weird West genre, don’t feel too disconnected. I had no idea such a thing existed until I picked up Dead Man’s Hand – Anthology of the Weird West edited by John Joseph Adams.
So what makes a Weird Western, weird? The short answer is you take your standard Western setting and toss in a speculative genre–fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural, or horror. The skill is in the blending.
These types of stories stretch back a long way (by modern standards). As noted in Adams’ introduc ...more
So what makes a Weird Western, weird? The short answer is you take your standard Western setting and toss in a speculative genre–fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural, or horror. The skill is in the blending.
These types of stories stretch back a long way (by modern standards). As noted in Adams’ introduc ...more
Okay, to be fair, I didn't read all of the stories here. I went through my favorite authors, and read 2/3rds of the remaining authors present. Being this is in audiobook format, I have the rest of them on my phone to be listened to when I need a short read. That said, I have seen enough of the book to give a faithful review.
Dead Man's Hand is a good introduction into the weird west sub genre of fantasy writing. A great deal of the stories are told like straight forward westerns, only adding tou ...more
Dead Man's Hand is a good introduction into the weird west sub genre of fantasy writing. A great deal of the stories are told like straight forward westerns, only adding tou ...more
This was a decent collection of Weird Western Fiction, though some of the stories (including the eponymous one) were not as "weird" as I'd like, and contained very few speculative elements. Still, the majority of the stories worked well, and it was nice to see a few familiar faces again for one more ride.
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This is a great collection of weird west stories. Worth a look!
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