Doc enlists the aid of both magic (Geronimo) and science (Thomas Edison) Cataloging source DLC Resnick, Michael D Dewey number 813/.54 Illustrations illustrations Index no index present LC call number PS3568. The biggest reward is for the death of Billy the Kid.
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Language eng Summary Doc Holliday needs to replenish his bankroll quickly and uses his skill as a shootist to turn bounty hunter. Read The Doctor and the Rough Rider by Mike Resnick for free on hoopla.
Holliday, John Henry, 1851-1887 - Fiction. Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 - Fiction Corral Think again, as five-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick takes on his first steampunk western tale, and the West will never be the same. The game’s “Weird West,” no limit, and everything‘s wild.Label The doctor and the kid : a weird west tale Title The doctor and the kid Title remainder a weird west tale Statement of responsibility by Mike Resnick Creator Pull up a chair, ante up, and I’ll deal you in. To quote Adams: “So that’s the game, pard. (Yes, really.) It’s been out of print forever, like most of Jackson’s work, so if you see it in some dusty bookstore shelf–grab it!” Need more Weird Westerns? I’m intrigued by this recommendation from Fred Van Lente (whose short story Neversleeps appears in Dead Man’s Hand): “my absolute favorite is this rarity from 1989, Secret of San Saba, in which early conquistadors from early Texas discover an unearthly Lovecraftian horror beneath the sagebrush that poops gold. Farland (also known as David Wolverton) hails from Utah and is the New York Times Best Selling author of The Runelords and YA fantasy thriller Nightingale. Farland manages to pack a ‘skinwalker’, a stranger who “turned into an oily shadow and wafted away”, a box of beating black hearts, a plague merchant, a steam-punk airship with a balloon of golden silk, and so much more into just eighteen pages.ĭespite this huge heap of fantasy, he manages to create a despairingly honest story with (in my opinion) no hero and no hope. It was the third story, David Farland’s Hellfire on the High Frontier, that prompted this blog post. During the introduction Adams explains that the phrase “dead man’s hand” refers to the poker hand held by the gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok when, in 1876, he was shot and killed by the coward Jack McCall. The item The doctor and the kid : a weird west tale, by Mike Resnick represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct. 
I’m familiar with Weird Fiction, but this Western niche has escaped my attention until now. Think electro-punk western and you won’t be far off.
THE BUNTLINE SPECIAL is a weird Wild West tale stripped out of the historical annals of the region and twisted to decent effect by the master of science fiction, Mike Resnick. Published last year by Titan Books, this genre is new to me. Read em all and weep, people, cause Resnick’s come to town.
Adams has previously collated a book of fantasy short stories Epic: Legends of Fantasy.ĭead Man’s Hand includes work from Mike Resnick, Beth Revis, Alastair Reynolds, Hugh Howey, Kelley Armstrong, Jeffery Ford, Fred Van Lente, Christie Yant and others. And to do so, here’s an all-new posse of top authors to explore it with. Now we venture to an even wilder frontier town: Deadwood and its creepy environs. : The Buntline Special (A Weird West Tale) (9781616142490) by Resnick, Mike and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
THE WEIRD AND WILD RIDE AGAIN First there was Straight Outta Tombstone. I’ve been reading Dead Man’s Hand, an anthology of Weird West short stories put together by John Joseph Adams. Tales of the Weird Wild West from Charlaine Harris, Mike Resnick, D.J.
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