http://suvudu.com/2011/12/guest-essay-lisa-l-hannett-on-the-weird-west-in-fiction.html Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://suvudu.com/2011/12/guest-essay-lisa-l-hannett-on-the-weird-west-in-fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-36131 The Weird West in Fiction « Lisa Hannett Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:10:14 +0000 http://suvudu.com/?p=24971#comment-36131 [...] Thinking of the American mid-West conjures up images of cowboys and desperadoes, dusty plains and wild mountain ranges, Stetsons and sheriffs and shoot-outs. Usually, calling a story a ‘Western’ leads our imaginations back to the past: we visualise the O.K. Corral, the Alamo, and Billy the Kid. But call it a ‘Weird Western’ and this picture changes… Read the rest here. [...] [...] Thinking of the American mid-West conjures up images of cowboys and desperadoes, dusty plains and wild mountain ranges, Stetsons and sheriffs and shoot-outs. Usually, calling a story a ‘Western’ leads our imaginations back to the past: we visualise the O.K. Corral, the Alamo, and Billy the Kid. But call it a ‘Weird Western’ and this picture changes… Read the rest here. [...]

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