High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale

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High Cotton
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist J.K. Potter
Country United States
Language English
Genre Short Story Collection
Publisher Golden Gryphon Press
Publication date
2000
Media type Print hardcover, trade paperback
Pages 267
ISBN 0-9655901-2-7
Preceded by The Long Ones (2000)
Followed by For a Few Stories More (2002)

High Cotton is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale, initially published in 2000. In his introduction, Lansdale cites it as the "Best of Lansdale", and has called this work a companion piece to the 2004 collection Bumper Crop. Initially issued as a hardcover, it has been reissued as a trade paperback.

He provides a brief introduction before each story, offering a description of his intent, and contextualizing each within the history of his career.[1][2]

Contents

The collection contains:

Reception

The Denver Post wrote that it "serves as a good introduction to Lansdale's fiction... The tales are as weird and hard-edged as we've come to expect from Lansdale."[3] The Rocky Mountain News called it his best collection.[4] Fantasy & Science Fiction reviewed it, noting it is a compilation of "the stories that built Lansdale's reputation as one of the most audacious writers to come out of the eighties... High Cotton is only for the strong at heart, the fearless reader who can face its powerful subject matter as unflinchingly as did the author."[5]

References

  1. Lukowsky, Les (July 2000). "High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale", Booklist 96 (21): 2013–14.
  2. D'Ammassa, Don (October–November 2000). "High Cotton", Science Fiction Chronicle 22 (1): 56.
  3. Shindler, Dorman T. (September 24, 2000). "Author Lansdale poised for national spotlight", The Denver Post, p. H8.
  4. Graham, Mark (October 8, 2000). "High Cotton: Selected Stories", Rocky Mountain News, p. E4.
  5. De Lint, Charles (January 2001). "High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale", Fantasy & Science Fiction 100 (1): 26.
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