![]() It began on April 4, which I know because that’s the date I downloaded his Leather Maiden and started reading. ![]() Like one of his evil, sadistic, East Texas sumbitches, Joe’s work sort of crept up on me from behind. So I may not be a cool and judicious analyst of this matter. It seemed close to an addiction, even more intense than my continuing affair with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels. So why would I say that he is an ERB literary heir?įrom April through July, I was immersed in Joe Lansdale’s writing and read thirty-six of his books – novels, novellas, and short-story collections. His reputation does not come from creating exotic new worlds, imagining science of the future, or regularly setting chaste but profound romances with desirable heroines at the center of his tales. Joe Lansdale, Guest of Honor at the 2017 ECOF (an annual gathering of Edgar Rice Burroughs fans), has written over forty novels and countless short stories, most often set in the piney woods of contemporary East Texas. ![]()
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