Fender Lizards

2015 novel by Joe R. Lansdale

Fender Lizards

Author| Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist| Jon Foster
Language| English
Genre| Coming-of-age novel
Publisher| Subterranean Press

Publication date

| 2015
Publication place| United States
Media type| ebook, hardcover
Pages| 230
ISBN| 978-1-59606-717-2
Preceded by| Paradise Sky (2015)
Followed by| Hell's Bounty (2016)

Fender Lizards is a novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It tells the story of 17-year-old Dorothy "Dot" Sherman growing up in East Texas.[1]

## Plot synopsis

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17-year-old Dot Sherman is growing up in a small town in East Texas, living in a double wide trailer with her mother, grandmother, and little brother. When she was 12 her father went to get a pack of cigarettes and never returned. Dot works at the local "Dairy Bob" named after Bob the owner. All the girls serve their customers on roller skates and have nicknamed themselves "Fender Lizards". The story is told from Dot's narrative point of view.[2]

One day Dot's uncle Elbert shows up and parks his van in her front yard and Dot is eager for information about her absentee father. Elbert claims to have just been released from prison for a botched bank robbery. One day Dot's older sister Raylynn shows up for work at the Dairy Bob with bruises and black eyes. Dot goes and fetches Raylynn's kids and returns to her sister's trailer. She hides and waits for Raylynn's husband to come home drunk and then beats him senseless with a couple of 2 by 4's. Raylynn and her kids then move into the already crowded trailer. One day notices go up that a circus is coming to town featuring a women's Roller Derby team. Dot and the other Fender Lizards decide to train to take on the roller derby team coming to town with a prize of $10,000 for any team that beats them. Elbert used to roller skate as a circus clown and agrees to train the girls.[3]

## Editions

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This book was published by Subterranean Press as both hardcover and limited editions. Both editions have sold out from the publisher. It is still available as an e-book.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Publishers Weekly. "Fender Lizards Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
2. ^ Castro, Adam-Troy. "Fender Lizards Review". Adam-Troy Castro. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
3. ^ Lansdale, Joe R. "Fender Lizards". Good Reads. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
4. ^ Fender Lizards. "Publisher Website". Subterranean Press. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

## External links

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* Author's official website
* Publisher's website

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Works by Joe R. Lansdale

Hap and Leonard series|

* Savage Season (1990)
* Mucho Mojo (1994)
* The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
* Bad Chili (1997)
* Rumble Tumble (1998)
* Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999)
* Captains Outrageous (2001)
* Vanilla Ride (2009)
* Devil Red (2011)
* Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)
* Dead Aim (2013)
* Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015)
* Honky Tonk Samurai (2016)
* Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016)
* Hoodoo Harry (2016)
* Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
* Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017)
* Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017)
* Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
* Jackrabbit Smile (2018)
* The Elephant of Surprise (2019)
* The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019)
* Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020)
* Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)

Novels|

* Act of Love (1981)
* Texas Night Riders (1983)
* Dead in the West (1986)
* The Magic Wagon (1986)
* The Nightrunners (1987)
* Cold in July (1989)
* Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995)
* The Boar (1998)
* Freezer Burn (1999)
* Waltz of Shadows (1999)
* The Big Blow (2000)
* Blood Dance (2000)
* The Bottoms (2000)
* A Fine Dark Line (2002)
* Sunset and Sawdust (2004)
* Lost Echoes (2007)
* Leather Maiden (2008)
* All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011)
* Edge of Dark Water (2012)
* In Waders from Mars (2012)
* The Thicket (2013)
* Paradise Sky (2015)
* Fender Lizards (2015)
* Hell's Bounty (2016)
* Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017)
* Jane Goes North (2020)
* More Better Deals (2020)
* Big Lizard (2020)
* Moon Lake (2021)
* The Donut Legion (2023)

Novellas|

* On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989)
* Bubba Ho-Tep (1994)
* Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)
* Under the Warrior Star (2010)
* Christmas with the Dead (2010)
* A Bone Dead Sadness (2012)
* The Ape Man's Brother (2013)
* Hot in December (2013)
* Prisoner 489 (2014)
* Black Hat Jack (2014)

Short story collections|

* By Bizarre Hands (1989)
* Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991)
* Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993)
* Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994)
* Writer of the Purple Rage (1994)
* The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996)
* Atomic Chili (1998)
* The Long Ones (1999)
* Triple Feature (1999)
* High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000)
* For a Few Stories More (2002)
* A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003)
* Bumper Crop (2004)
* Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004)
* The King and Other Stories (2005)
* The God of the Razor (2007)
* The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007)
* Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009)
* Unchained and Unhinged (2009)
* The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010)
* Deadman's Road (2010)
* By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010)
* Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012)
* Bleeding Shadows (2013)
* A Pair of Aces (2014)
* The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015)
* Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016)
* Terror is Our Business (2018)

Graphic novels|

* Crawling Sky (2013)
* Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)

Anthologies edited|

* Retro-Pulp Tales (2006)
* Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)

Essays and Memoirs|

* Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be (2016)

Other works|

* Mark Stone: MIA Hunter

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