Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories

Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories

2020

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15

This was the first book by Joe Lansdale that I have read and I'm not sure this was the best introduction. The stories cover quite a variety of topics, ranging from alt science to subtle takes on the vagaries of fame. There was little connecting sense of theme between the novellas included. The writing was interesting enough, the topics where sometimes sillier than others. It was an interesting dabble into a mind that obviously has plenty of weird and wild ideas. I think I need to try one of his novels to see how the ideas carry through a bit more though.

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