SBGsR [Get free] The Big Blow Online [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow Pdf Free Joe R. Lansdale ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #761794 in eBooks 2011-09-15 2011-09-15File Name: B005P2HH9U | File size: 56.Mb Joe R. Lansdale : The Big Blow before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Big Blow: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Lansdale at his best, which is as good as it getsBy Timothy HallinanJoe R. Lansdale is the writer I want most to meet. He has every tool a skillful writer needs, but more importantly, he has the talent that makes a great writer -- the ability to see inside people and present them, whole and breathing (often, in this book, panting) on the page. From its hilarious, unquotable first line through the greatest depiction of a hurricane I've ever read, this is Lansdale at his best, which it to say on a par with the very best living American writers. I haven't even mentioned that he can write practically anything, from "serious" novels to "Bubba Ho- tep" and everything in between (including sci-fi, horror, and westerns) with total conviction and great flair. Try "Paradise Sky" if you like westerns or the Hap and Leonard books if you like thrillers, or "Edge of Dark Water" if you'd like a modern take on "Huckleberry Finn." But if you're not reading Lansdale, you're cheating yourself. (And the way he writes the storm in this book is on a par with the great James Lee Burk in "The Tin Roof Blowdown."0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Story; Questionably Cheesy EndingBy FulgoreFor the most part, I really enjoyed the narrative scope of The Big Blow.It's shocking, explicit, brutal and has Lansdale's dark cast of humor.My only gripe comes with the last twenty pages or so that come off as a different book altogether. Like the pages were ripped out from one and put herein. The tone and pacing are inconsistent with what came before it and the ending doesn't follow through with the build of dread or cruel realism. I would've been slightly more agreeable had the denouement not gone a cliched Hollywood ending route with its last two pages. It felt like an editor came in and said, "No, this is just too dark. Clean it up for the masses."I like bittersweet finales that depict the hope amidst horror (and really dug the metaphor herein), but what occurs at the end just felt too clean and unlike that which came before it.Still a great read though. I mean, it's Lansdale.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Harrowing Story With Historical BackdropBy Lawrence A. StridGreat novella from Joe Lansdale. Set against the background of the great hurricane of 1900 that annihilated Galveston, the book jumps per chapter to showcase the actions of various residents of the town as the weather worsens and Jack Johnson begins a major heavyweight fight in the middle of the big blow. Who will live and who will die? Made for a quick but fascinating read and reaffirms my belief that Joe Lansdale is the greatest novelist alive. ldquo;The sea had turned black as a Dutch oven, the sky the color of gangrene, and between sea and sky there appeared to be something rising out of the water, something huge and oddly shaped, like a horrible sea god, and then Simmons realized what it was.rdquo;Galveston, Texas. September 4, 1900. A giant hurricanemdash;destined to be remembered as the storm of the centurymdash;is brewing offshore. Fighter John McBride has arrived from Chicago to challenge the local heavyweight champion, a 22 year-old Jack Johnson, as-yet unknown to the broader boxing world. Problem is, Johnson is black and the local Sporting Club doesnrsquo;t want him to leave the ring alive. Around this central story, Lansdale weaves a compelling historical tale, filled with prostitutes and gamblers, storm-tossed sailors and everyday citizens. His unflinching dialog recreates a time when racism and violence were facts of life. From Publishers WeeklyWith hundreds of short stories and over a dozen novels to his credit, the prolific and versatile award-winning Texas storytellerDbest known for his series featuring the mismatched East Texas private eyes Hap Collins and Leonard Pine (Bad Chili)Dstrives for darker irony in this often vulgar, sometimes bittersweet, patchwork novella depicting a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah. The narrative builds an atmosphere of impending doom in the lives of a group of blithely unsuspecting denizens during the four days preceding the 1900 Galveston hurricane, considered by many as the most devastating North American natural disaster of the 20th century. On September 4, 1900, Isaac Cline, the Galveston, Tex., weatherman, receives an official telegram from the Weather Bureau in Washington: "Tropical storm disturbance moving northward over Cuba." That same afternoon, prizefighter John McBride arrives from Chicago, scheduled to fight the local heavyweight champion, a black man named "Lil" Arthur Johnson. Sponsored by a group of racist white businessmen, McBride is offered a $500 bonus if he kills Johnson in the fight. The next day the Washington Bureau warns that the tropical disturbance is moving northwest toward the Keys and could become dangerous. But there is no hint of danger in the balmy air as a romantic young woman loses her virginity to an opportunistic young gigolo on the beach. As the storm nears, two battered whores, a ship's captain sailing for Pensacola, a couple with a new baby, the betrayed virgin and the pugilists are all unprepared for approaching disaster. Despite the bare-knuckle prose, there is a heavy sense of karma lurking here. Lansdale's fans will snap it up. (Nov.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.From BooklistBoxer Jack McBride arrives in Galveston in September 1900 with mayhem on his mind. A local black fighter, Jack Johnson, appears to be on his way to the heavyweight championship. The syndicate that handles McBride wants him to derail the Johnson express and leave boxing's ultimate achievement for white men. After sharpening his skills by abusing a local prostitute, McBride is ready to go after Johnson, but a hurricane gets in the way--not just any hurricane, but the greatest natural disaster in North American history. Johnson, McBride, and the hurricane all converge at the same moment, with surprising results. In extending what had previously been a short story into a short novel, Lansdale adds historical detail and fleshes out his main characters. Initially appearing to be a foul-mouthed lout, McBride emerges as far more admirable than any of his socially connected employers. As he does in his current mainstream novel, The Bottoms [BKL Je 1 15 00], Lansdale offers an unflinching portrayal of racism as a social cancer. Wes LukowskyCopyright copy; American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorWhere does Mojo storytelling come from? How does a fella learn to spin over-the-top yarns of any sort: horror, suspense, humor, science fiction, Western, what have you? First you got to see the world, like Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, who has lived everywhere from Gladewater, Texas to Mount Enterprise, Texas to Nacogdoches, Texas! ldquo;Texas is so wrapped up in myth and legend, itrsquo;s hard to know what the state and its people are really about,rdquo; says Lansdale. ldquo;Real Texans, raised on these myths and legends, sometimes become legends themselves. The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term lsquo;America.rsquo; No state better represents the independent spirit, the can-do attitude of America, better than Texas.rdquo; The second ingredient to good Mojo storytelling is learning how to take a punch. Or a kick. Or a poke in the eye. And then learning how to avoid them. Lansdale is a student of the martial arts for more than thirty years. Hersquo;s a two-time inductee into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame, one such honor bestowed upon him for his founding of Shen Chuan, Martial Science. He holds belts in Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, Combat Hapkido, American Combat Kempo, and Aikido, amongst others; in fact, his standard day is six hours at the typewriter, three hours at Lansdalersquo;s Self Defense Systems, the martial-arts studio which he owns and at which he teaches. [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale PDF [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale Epub [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale Ebook [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale Rar [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale Zip [SBGsR.ebook] The Big Blow By Joe R. Lansdale Read Online.