The Big Blow (novel)
{{Short description|Novel by Joe R. Lansdale}}
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{{Infobox book|
|name =The Big Blow
|image =Thebigblow.jpg
|caption=Cover art by Gail Cross
|author =Joe R. Lansdale
|illustrator=
|cover_artist=Gail Cross
|country =United States
|language =English
|series =
|genre =
|publisher =Subterranean Press
|pub_date =2000
|media_type =Print - Limited edition
|pages =153
|isbn =1-892284-97-9
|preceded_by=Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)
|followed_by=Blood Dance (2000)}}
The Big Blow is a 2000 novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It tells a fictional story of real life boxing great Jack Johnson.
Plot summary
It's the year 1900 and a major Hurricane is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. Future real life boxing champion Jack Johnson is training for an upcoming fight the promoters have no interest in him winning. The boxing fans in Galveston, Texas are incensed since an African American fighter(Johnson) has soundly defeated the local white champion. So they send north to import John McBride, a dirty fighting racist hired to do one thing: defeat Johnson and restore the championship to a white fighter. All the while the 1900 Galveston Hurricane is moving north towards the Texas coast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-892284-98-3|title = Fiction Book Review: The Big Blow by Joe R. Lansdale, Author Subterranean Press $25 (162p) ISBN 978-1-892284-98-3}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.macabre-republic.com/2011/08/short-story-spotlight-big-blow.html |title=Macabre Republic: Short Story Spotlight: "The Big Blow" |access-date=2013-06-08 |archive-date=2013-07-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717145702/http://www.macabre-republic.com/2011/08/short-story-spotlight-big-blow.html |url-status=dead }}
The short story on which this novel is based – which was originally published in the 1997 anthology edited by Douglas E. Winter called Revelations – won a 1997 Bram Stoker Award."[http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1997 1997 Bram Stoker Awards]"
Editions
This book was published as a limited edition and trade hardcover by Subterranean Press and is long out of print.{{Cite web|url=http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/the_big_blow|title = Subterranean Press Home page}}
Film Adaptation
Currently a film based on this novel is in production. Giannina Scott and Ridley Scott are producing at Scott Free.{{cite web |last1=The Big Blow |first1=Film |title=The Big Blow film based on this novel |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/jack-johnson-ridley-scott-movie-the-big-blow-scott-free-reinaldo-marcus-green-oren-moverman-giannina-scott-1202401310/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Lansdale |first1=Joe R. |title=The Big Blow film Adaptation |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/jack-johnson-returns-to-the-ring-in-the-big-blow/ |website=Film School Rejects |date=2 June 2018 |publisher=Same |accessdate=3 June 2018}}
External links
- [http://joerlansdale.com Author's Official Website]
- [http://subterraneanpress.com Publisher's Website]
References
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Category:Novels by Joe R. Lansdale
Category:Culture of Galveston, Texas
Category:Cultural depictions of Jack Johnson
Category:Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction winners
Category:Subterranean Press books
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