Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale, 2012

Joe R. Lansdale (born October 28, 1951 in Gladewater , Texas ) is an American writer who focuses on crime, horror and science fiction as well as historical novels. On the basis of his works a.o. a. the films Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) and Cold in July (2014).

Awards

He received the British Fantasy Award (1990 for the best short story On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks) and the American Horror Award . For The Bottoms (dt. The forests along the river) , he received two awards in 2001: the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category Best Novel and the Herodotus Award in the category Best Historic US debut novel .

He was also awarded seven Bram Stoker Awards :

• 1988 Bram Stoker Award / Best Short Fiction for "Night They Missed the Horror Show"
• 1989 Bram Stoker Award / Best Long Fiction for "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks"
• 1991 Bram Stoker Award / Best Short Fiction for "Love Doll: A Fable"
• 1992 Bram Stoker Award / Best Long Fiction for "The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance", together with "Alien: Tribes" by Stephen R. Bissette .
• 1993 Bram Stoker Award / Best Alternative Forms for "Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo"
• 1997 Bram Stoker Award / Best Long Fiction for "The Big Blow"
• 1999 Bram Stoker Award / Best Long Fiction for "Mad Dog Summer"

Works

Joe R. Lansdale, 2007

Selection:

• Act of Love , Zebra Books 1981 (2010, Heyne, ISBN 978-3-453675-86-5 )
• Drive In (1997, Maas Verlag / Pulp Master), ISBN 978-3-929010-44-2
• Bubba Ho-Tep (1994, novella), was filmed in 2002 under the same name.
• Storm warning (2005, Shayol), ISBN 978-3-926126-38-2
• The Devil's Boar (2008, Shayol), ISBN 978-3-926126-84-9
• The God of the Blade (2008, Heyne), ISBN 978-3-453675-57-5
• Clear-cutting (2010, Golkonda), ISBN 978-3-942396-01-1
• Gauklersommer (2011, Golkonda), ISBN 978-3-942396-09-7
• The woods by the river (2011, Dumont), ISBN 978-3-832161-52-1
• A fine dark crack (2012, Golkonda), ISBN 978-3-942396-19-6
• Straße der Toten (Deadman's Road, 2010. German first edition 2012, Golkonda-Verlag), ISBN 978-3-942396-56-1
• Bloody Echo (Lost Echoes, 2007. German first edition 2013, Golkonda-Verlag), ISBN 978-3-942396-83-7
• Dark Waters (2013, Tropics), ISBN 978-3-608-50131-5
• Glowing heat. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-518-46441-0 .
• The Thicket (2014, Tropics), ISBN 978-3-608-50135-3

Hap & Leonard novels

• Wilder Winter - 1st volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2006, Shayol), ISBN 978-3-926126-60-3 , (new edition 2014 by Golkonda-Verlag)
• Texas Blues - 2nd volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (original edition was published under the title Mucho Mojo 1994. German publication 1996 by Rowohlt-Verlag, new edition 2015 by Golkonda-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-944720-81-4 ) ,
• Mambo with two bears - 3rd volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (Two-bear Mambo, 1995. German publication 1997 by Rowohlt Verlag, new edition 2016 under the title Bärenblues by Golkonda-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-946503- 05-7 ),
• Bad Chili - Volume 4 of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2012, Dumont), ISBN 978-3832161835
• Rumble Tumble - 5th volume in the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2007, Shayol), ISBN 978-3-926126-68-9
• Machos and Machetes (Captains Outrageous) - Volume 6 of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2014, Golkonda-Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-944720-20-3 )
• Das Dixie-Desaster (Vanilla Ride) - 7th volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2015, Golkonda-Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-944720-65-4 )
• Rote Rache (Devil Red) - 8th volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2016, Golkonda-Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-944720-94-4 )
• Krasse Killer (Honky Tonk Samurai) - 9th volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2017, Golkonda-Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-946503-06-4 )
• Hap and Leonard: Die Stories (Hap and Leonard) - Collection of short stories about Hap and Leonard (2018, Golkonda Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-946503-26-2 )
• Bissige Biester (Rusty Puppy) - 10th volume of the "Hap & Leonard" crime series (2018, Golkonda-Verlag, German first edition, ISBN 978-3-946503-39-2 )

comics

• Tales from the Crypt (vol. 2) (2008), Papercutz , u. a. Collaboration with comic artist Chris Noeth

literature

• Andreas Gruber : Joe R. Lansdale - Synthesis of ironic social criticism and splatter punk , in: Quarber Merkur 87, Franz Rottensteiner's literary magazine for science fiction and fantasy, Passau 1998. ISBN 978-3-932621-06-2

Web links

Commons : Joe R. Lansdale  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Joe R. Lansdale in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Joe R. Lansdale in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland comic adaptation