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The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick
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it was ok

While I expect to find a lot of hand-waving in this kind of fantastical alternate history, this book simply had too many elements that required a suspension of any kind of common sense. Robotic whores, electronic tracking devices, electricity with no known source, bullet-proof brass, zombies, vampires, shamanistic magic... It's like Resnick threw darts at a list of elements from other fantastical-type books and hoped it'd appeal to lots of people as a result. Resnick is a talented author and there wasn't anything wrong with the writing or characters. All the different elements just added up to a big ole mess, however, and one I'd just as soon I'd passed on by.
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Reading Progress

January 9, 2012 – Started Reading
January 9, 2012 – Shelved
January 9, 2012 –
page 70
21.88%
January 10, 2012 –
page 128
40.0%
January 12, 2012 –
page 189
59.06%
January 12, 2012 –
page 221
69.06%
January 17, 2012 –
page 244
76.25%
January 18, 2012 – Finished Reading

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