Re: [DL] Weird West fiction suggestion

[Dan Davenport <danield@flash.net>]

Dan Davenport wrote:
> 
> I have another suggestion: _The Six Messiahs_, by Mark Frost. You'd have
> to read _The List of 7_ first, which takes place entirely in Europe, but
> that's okay -- it's the superior of the two, IMHO.
> 
> As far as _Messiahs_ goes, you have Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Jack Sparks,
> a swashbuckling, gadget-using spy who is the inspiration for Sherlock
> Holmes (in the story context, anyway); a Western badass who rode with
> Wyatt Earp; a British actress; a beautiful Indian shaman (I forget which
> tribe); a Shinto priest/swordsman; and an evil preacher with a Satanic
> plot, all converging in the Old West.

I almost forgot: there is also a Rabbi who is (IIRC) well-versed in the
Cabbala.

Dan Davenport

-- 
"Beware the inveterate punster, Doyle, it's a sure sign of brewing
mental disturbance." -- Jack Sparks (to Arthur Conan Doyle), _The List
of 7_