Having introduced electricity to Tombstone and many other pleasurable ideas gives a great setting to the steampunk aspect in The Buntline Special. Two other characters that were nice to read about were Edison and Buntline, both scientists where Edison imagines and Buntline executes the ideas.
Of course the dialogues that Doc has with the other cast of the characters are engaging and joking to say the least. His character shines in this duology in discarding big things but being passionate about little things. But on another take he is passionate about other endeavours, which he tries to pursue with Johnny Ringo, his arch enemy. He is very nonchalant towards certain subjects, like his disease and his take on dying in a possible gunfight. Like I mentioned, the main character of The Buntline Special is Doc Holliday, who is an amusing and entertaining character. Their appearance in Tombstone sets of a chain reaction and things soon go from bad to worse with a humorous undercurrent to it all. Edison was called to Tombstone to find a means to counteract the magic of the Indian wizards, but with more lingering threats appearing, protection is needed for both Edison and Buntline and this is where Holliday and his friend Masterson come into play. The main focus is on Doc Holliday, who has been called into action by his friend Wyatt Earp. I first thought that this story would focus on both Edison and Buntline, however they both have supporting roles. You are placed from one scene into the other but the reading does not feel rushed, the chapters flow into each other nicely. The Buntline is a short read that owes its great pacing to the witty dialogues, enjoyable characters and great writing style. This rearrangement of past historical events, rewriting it in his own style was done neatly and led to a very funny story. Resnick's research into the characters and the events was extensive and this is shown in the storyline. It is set in an alternate version of the Wild West in the town of Tombstone. But after finishing The Buntline Special, reading through the appendix and searching on the internet, I found that there was much more to The Buntline Special.
MIKE RESNICK WEIRD WEST MOVIE
When I first got to know about The Buntline Special I thought it would be very much like the movie Wild Wild West which also combines steampunk in a western setting.
With The Buntline Special he explores a new wild west, combining steampunk with alternate history and does not shy away from other (un)lively introductions. Resnick has 5 Hugo awards and a Nebula award to his name as well as various other awards.
MIKE RESNICK WEIRD WEST SERIES
The Buntline Special is the first of a series of books in the Weird West Tales by Mike Resnick. But what shows up instead is The Thing That Was Once Johnny Ringo, returned from the dead and come to Tombstone looking for a fight. Battle lines are drawn, and the Clanton gang, which has its own reasons for wanting Edison dead, sends for Johnny Ringo, the one man who might be Doc Holliday's equal in a gunfight. Against them stand the Apache wizard Geronimo and the Clanton gang. Riding to their aid are old friends Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson.
Hired to protect this great genius, Wyatt Earp and his brothers.īut there are plenty who would like to see the Earps and Edison dead. Beyond lies the Indian nations, where the magic of powerful Medicine Men has halted the advance of the Americans east of the river.Īn American government desperate to expand its territory sends Thomas Alva Edison out West to the town of Tombstone, Arizona, on a mission to discover a scientific means of counteracting magic. The United States of America ends at the Mississippi River.
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