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The Buntline Special

A Weird West Tale
by Mike Resnick
The Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale. Pyr: Prometheus. Dec. 2010. c.322p. ISBN 9781616142490. pap. $16. FANTASY
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The Apache wizard Geronimo has halted American expansion west of the Mississippi River, so the U.S. government sends science genius Thomas Edison, along with writer and manufacturer Ned Buntline to Tombstone, AZ, with the mandate to use science to defeat magic. Hired as bodyguards are Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bat Masterson. As the confrontation between mysticism and technology builds to a climax, an undead Johnny Ringo joins the fray—and the "wild West" becomes even wilder. Crafting his own steampunk version of the American West, the five-time Hugo Award winner and author of the Lucifer Jones series brings a new twist to a familiar and oft-chronicled time in American history.
VERDICT Resnick's followers and fans of the Old West will appreciate the author's humorous take on both the Western and steampunk genres.
Reviewed by Jackie Cassada , Nov 15, 2010
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