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- noun Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic
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Shame THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD is TWO YEARS LATE.
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While Robert E. Howard’s most famous literary creation is the warrior-king Conan, who debuted in WEIRD TALES back in 1932, the pulp-fiction master had more than one great anti-hero in his arsenal.
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Accompanied by a carbon of short letter from Moskowitz to Leiber, dated 17 June 1964, saying that he has just ghost-edited an anthology for Leo Margulies in which he used Leiber's "Spider Mansion," and that he will be sending him $25 and a copy of the book titled WEIRD TALES.
Archive 2009-07-01 Chris Perridas 2009
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Accompanied by a carbon of short letter from Moskowitz to Leiber, dated 17 June 1964, saying that he has just ghost-edited an anthology for Leo Margulies in which he used Leiber's "Spider Mansion," and that he will be sending him $25 and a copy of the book titled WEIRD TALES.
Antiquarian Weird Tales: Leiber/Moskowitz: 1963 Chris Perridas 2009
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The big-budget Korean kimchee Western, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD, which is currently getting good reactions at film festivals, looks to be a lot more fun.
Reviews Too Late: Sukiyaki Western Django Walter Jon Williams 2009
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KYONETSU NO KISETSU (1960), originally released in America under the exploitative title THE WEIRD LOVEMAKERS, was the directorial debut of the Malaysia-born Koreyoshi Kurahara (1927-2002).
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KYONETSU NO KISETSU (1960), originally released in America under the exploitative title THE WEIRD LOVEMAKERS, was the directorial debut of the Malaysia-born Koreyoshi Kurahara (1927-2002).
Archive 2007-07-22 2007
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THE WEIRD is a collection of six short pulp plays that riff on classic horror movies, urban legends and comic book characters, linked together by themes of trust and the nature of relationships.
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THE WEIRD is a collection of six short pulp plays that riff on classic horror movies, urban legends and comic book characters, linked together by themes of trust and the nature of relationships.
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THE WEIRD is a collection of six short pulp plays that riff on classic horror movies, urban legends and comic book characters, linked together by themes of trust and the nature of relationships.
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WEIRD is the phenomenon that plagues a lot of psychology and other social science studies: Their participants are overwhelming Western, educated, and from industrialized, rich, and democratic countries. They’re WEIRD.
Social Science is WEIRD, and That’s a Problem. Bethany Brookshire 2013
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