It its no great insight that many slasher movies are essentially rape fantasies packaged for audiences of teenage boys. I like the other god of the razor stories, but i remember being turned off by the nastiness of the characters in the nightrunners which i didnt finish. Lansdale grew up in east texas, the son of a mechanic. The nightrunners 1983 is an early novel by joe r lansdale. Buy a cheap copy of the nightrunners book by joe r. Lansdales first published work was a short story collection entitled stories by mama lansdales youngest boy. A powerful blend of hardboiled crime and supernatural. Lansdales hap and leonard books in order of when they were originally released which is the same as their chronological order. Lansdale i finally had to buy me a copy online to read this early lansdale tale he didn t hold back his punches in this story, of sex and murder he showed us the really dark side of the human soul, the twisted, revengeful side of even young souls this thing carries some raw power, as he was establishing himself with what has become his style in. Lansdales the nightrunners is the literary equivalent of a slasher movie and, like tcm, it is not interested in gratuitous titillation. Crime fiction evil eighties horror joe r lansdale pulp fiction the nightrunners 10 longrunning sffhorror fiction podcasts must read horror, scifi and fantasy books from brazil.
Bad dude brian blames becky for the death of his closest friend. Oct 18, 20 the nightrunners by joe r lansdale, 9780615897554, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He attended tyler junior college, the university of texas at austin, and stephen f. Lansdale and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In some ways, the nightrunners is a departure for joe lansdale, if only for the fact that it seems to be classifiable in a single genre fairly easily. Brutally violent, a sort of supernatural retelling of peckinpahs straw dogs.
By day, hes living by the grace of his best friend black, gay vietnam vet leonard pine and his good woman, former sweet potato queen brett sawyer. This one was commissioned for a book titled mothers and sons, edited by jill morgan. Lansdale delivers a powerful concoction of juvenile delinquency and supernatural menace thats loaded with action. Headon collision smashing in your guts everybody remembers their first joe r. He has received the edgar award and eight bram stoker awards, and several of his books have been adapted into films. Having written for some of the biggest names in comicbook publishing, such as dc comics, hes created a name for himself that is well established within the industry. Lansdale and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. A solid first novel for joe lansdale and a minor nearmasterpiece of horror, the nightrunners is somewhat derivative of stephen king was there a single 80s horror writer who didnt follow kings example. Lansdales books in order of when they were originally published.
Meanwhile brian blames becky for the death of his best friend. Lansdale is well known and well regarded for his unique brand of comicbook fantasy and horror. Lansdale s the nightrunners is the literary equivalent of a slasher movie and, like tcm, it is not interested in gratuitous titillation. Lansdale s books almost always defy categorization, from the weird blending of horror, scifi, and thriller that was the drive in to the comedic noir of the hap and leonard series, so the. My mother and i were close, but we also had our differences. In the story, becky is raped and her husband, monty, is not up to confronting the situation. Feb 27, 2015 crime fiction evil eighties horror joe r lansdale pulp fiction the nightrunners 10 longrunning sffhorror fiction podcasts must read horror, scifi and fantasy books from brazil. Part pulp noir, part splatter, this is a tale of survival and revenge. The nightrunners book by joe r lansdale half price books. In the field of country noir the dark side of rural and smalltown america lansdale staked his claim to east texas with the nightrunners.
Lansdale also penned two jonah hex series for vertigo jonah hex. To read all of darkness on the edge of town, an article about champion joe published by texas monthly, click here. Some of the short stories have nasty characters, too, but i find them easier to take in smaller doses. He has written novels and stories in various genres, including western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. A 66 chevy bears down on the countryside, with a carful of vicious teenagers and evil of biblical proportions, in this terrifying morality tale of sex and violence. Buy the nightrunners by joe r lansdale online at alibris uk. We went through the usual teenparent conflicts, but we weathered them quite well, and stayed friends. God of the razor introduces the dark god behind serial killers.
Lansdales books almost always defy categorization, from the weird blending of horror, scifi, and thriller that was the drive in to the comedic noir of the hap and leonard series, so the. I had read more recent lansdale books a fine dark line, the bottoms, etc. Lansdale is the toast of italy, a hot property in hollywood, and an inspiration to a generation of horror and thriller writers everywhere. A powerful blend of hardboiled crime and supernatural horror that owes a considerable debt to sam peckinpahs movie straw dogs. Lansdale lives in nacogdoches, texas, with his wife, karen, writer and editor. Lansdales depiction of teenage juvenile delinquents as evil incarnate is convincing and thoroughly chilling. Nightrunners is a show of the extreme dark side of human nature and what happens when light and dark begin to mix unwittingly.
In the field of country noirthe dark side of rural and smalltown americalansdale staked his claim to east texas with the nightrunners. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. A martial arts fight to the death between a reluctant cham. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. Lansdale has also had a varied career, having worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard, a transportation manager, a custodian, and a karate instructor before becoming a fulltime writer in 1981. Mine was night they missed the horror show, which i read in the 1990 anthology splatterpunks in january 1991 its first appearance was in 1988s silver scream but i mustve missed it somehow. Lansdale born april 1943 is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories.
A look at one of my favorite halloweenset horror novels, joe r. Lansdale novel i ever read, april 1991 according to the notation i made inside the front cover. The nightrunners night runners by joe r dean koontz. Lansdales books almost always defy categorization, from the weird blending of horror, scifi, and thriller that was the drive in to the comedic noir of the hap and leonard series, so the nightrunners horror tale seems atypical. Lansdale began his hap and leonard series in 1990 with the novel savage season. Publisher tor had its horror line graced with gloriously tacky covers like this one. The nightrunners by joe lansdale and dean koontz 1989. Joe richard lansdale born october 28, 1951 is an american writer and martial arts instructor. Buy the nightrunners by joe r lansdale online at alibris. Adrenalincharged splatterpunk pulphorror at its finest, the nightrunners was the first joe r. Written before his recently published 1976 and highly eccentric westerns dead in the west, magic wagon, lansdales harddriving, ultraviolent, and utterly formulaic horror novel is most reminiscent of the early whiplashfast novels of top terrormaven dean koontzso its no surprise that koontz himself ushers in this tale of demonic juvenile. The nightrunners by joe r lansdale, 9780615897554, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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