The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

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The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent
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First edition
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist Mark A. Nelson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Mystery, short story collection
Publisher Subterranean Press
Publication date
1997
Media typePrint hardcover, limited edition
Pages310
ISBN 0-9649890-2-6
Preceded byA Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) (1996) 
Followed by Private Eye Action, As You Like It (1998) 

The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent is a collection of short stories by American author Joe R. Lansdale, dating from his early career, published in 1997 as a limited edition by Subterranean Press. Many of the stories were never published before and none of which have ever been collected before. This book has sold out both the numbered and lettered editions. [1]

The title is a play on Sergio Leone's western film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . It is the part of a trilogy-of-sorts of Lansdale anthologies, preceded by A Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) and followed by For a Few Stories More .

The original, full extended title was The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent: Early Stories and Commentaries by Joe R. Lansdale. [2]

It contains:

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