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“An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece.”
—William Gibson

“A sharp-edged urban fantasy, drenched in blood and cynicism, tipping its hat to Sam Peckinpah, Raymond Chandler, and the anti-heroes of Hong Kong cinema….A bravura performance.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“I couldn’t put it down.”
—Charlaine Harris

Sandman Slim has arrived—a wild and weird, edge-of-your-seat supernatural roller-coaster rider that propels author Richard Kadrey to the forefront of the fantasy, thriller, and a host of other literary genres. This spellbinding, utterly remarkable tale of a vengeful magician/hitman’s return from hell is part H.P. Lovecraft, part Christopher Moore, part Jim Butcher, and totally, unabashedly dark, twisted, and hilarious.

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Kadrey (Butcher Bird) provides biting humor, an over-the-top antihero and a rich stew of metaphoric language in this testosterone- and adrenaline-charged noir thriller. James Stark spent 11 years killing monsters in Lucifer's arena for the entertainment of fallen angels, but now he's back in seedy, magic-riddled L.A., trying to avenge his girlfriend's murder and hunt down Mason Faim, the black magician responsible for getting him sent downtown. He meets with some initial success, beheading second-rate magician Kasabian (whose head becomes Stark's smart-mouthed sidekick), but he can't find Faim. Instead he encounters Homeland Security agents, a near-psychotic angel and some odd nonhuman, nonangelic beings called the kissi. Darkly atmospheric settings, such as a posh gentlemen's club where angels are tortured in an attempt to bring about Armageddon, bring this violent fantasy into sharp, compelling focus. (Aug.)
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“The most hard-boiled piece of supernatural fiction I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. … all confident and energetic and fresh and angry. I loved this book and all its screwed-up people.”

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File Size: 1040 KB
Print Length: 404 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0061714305
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books; Reissue edition (January 8, 2010)
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
Language: English
ASIN: B00338QF1E
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The Choosy MooseTop Contributor: Photography

Interesting Book, Annoying Protagonist

July 31, 2016

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This is a hard series for me to review. The author is good at writing, but he decided to make his protagonist completely unlikable. I like urban fantasy and anti-heroes, but I'm pretty sure Slim goes out of his way to be the biggest jerk possible. There's a difference between not being a goody-two shoes/being a mercenary and trying to pretty much actively kick every puppy you can on your way down the street. I know that Slim has had a screwed up life, but he spends most of the book being angsty and ridiculously self-destructive.

Also, his powers are pretty much completely broken and the only thing keeping him in check is the fact that Kadrey never puts any sort of reasonable power system into the whole series of books. Things just "magically" work or don't depending on where the plot is supposed to go and this is probably my biggest gripe with the series. It's not much fun to have a power system that's this broken, guns/knives/fire/power of old Gods all boils down to about the same level of danger for characters and are relatively interchangeable. Pretty much no one can actually die until the author suddenly lets them and then you have no idea why this one type of magic/attack worked where it has failed in past encounters.

And the world, don't even get me started on it. They live in this weird universe where there is technically a planet called Earth but apparently is populated by LA and nothing else. No one ever leaves LA nothing takes place outside LA. If they somehow manage to leave LA for some reason, they only go to an alternate plane that is alternate-LA and is almost exactly the same. It's pretty hard to care around a world this simplistic, especially when the author is nihilistic and seems to actively hate LA and makes every effort to make it sound like a pretty miserable place.

Finally, this book is a bit weird from a religious angle. The first book is pretty decent, but we soon find out that angels and demons are pretty wimpy all things concerned and neither are particularly good or evil. God is not holy, the devil is not evil and they aren't very powerful either. Everything is kind of mashed together in a nihilistic, bland stew. Some surprises or reversals are interesting, but Kadrey somehow managed to make supernatural beings boring and mundane.

Despite all this, I still generally enjoyed the books. Not sure how, but they might be worth a read if you can put up with the cons.

Background: I typically buy my Kindle books as part of the Kindle Daily Deals and plan them for airplane reading or times when I am away from home and cannot do more exciting or responsible tasks. This means that my standards are not too high and I am looking for books in the beach read category under the fantasy/sci-fi genres. I try to rate fairly on the star scale and personally consider anything 3 stars and up to be fine.

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A sequel that outshines its predecessor

September 21, 2016

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James Stark, the man who spent 11 years in Hell as Lucifer's favorite assassin, Sandman Slim, is back in the second book of Richard Kadrey's hardboiled-horror-adventure-black comedy series. Having saved the world once, Stark now has a killer rep among Los Angeles' supernatural crowd, the Sub Rosa, but he's barely scraping by on a government paycheck as a hired killer of demons, vampires and other creatures of the night.

Soon, however, his old boss, Lucifer himself, comes callilng, and Stark finds himself in a new job: protecting the Prince of Darkness while he makes a Hollywood biopic. Meanwhile, members of the Sub Rosa's oldest families start disappearing, Stark loses his government gig, and he meets a world-famous Czech pornstar who is way more than meets the eye. With the help of his grudging sidekick and disembodied head, Kasabian - along with the few friends he has in the world - Sandman Slim begins to unearth exactly what all of these things have in common, and the answer is far worse than he ever could have anticipated.

Unlike many sequels, "Kill the Dead" actually outshines its predecessor. Kadrey spins a great yarn, and the story never quite sits still. There are confrontations, plotting, violence, sarcasm, insults and rich description that make putting the book down difficult:

"I think the guy took out his spinal fluid and replaced it with tequilla. He's epically, gorgeously drunk. If his drunkenness had legs, it would be Alexander the Great and conquer the known world. Then it would puke for a week into a solid gold toilet it stole from Zeus's guest room."

The world of Sandman Slim is rich and compelling, and the author is continuously inventive. If you liked the first volume, you'll love this one.

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Devlin

A great start to something interesting and metaphysical

December 15, 2016

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This was a nice foray into the beginning of a creative series by Richard Kadrey. There are some intricacies in this book that I enjoyed and I really thought it was a fairly new twist on some age-old themes and foundations of the great tales that came before it.

I never give away any spoilers as I do not wish to encounter them myself (the old Golden Rule) but here is what I thought:

The premise of the book was occultist and interesting. There was a long period in the book when I did not know what to expect whereas once in a while it was very predictable. This was not too often and happens to the best novels sometimes. There was a point in which I had no idea how the parts of the story would be tied together but the author managed to do it (tip of the hat for bringing it together).

I almost did not finish this book as it did start a bit slower than what I like but it swiftly picked up the pace subsequently.

I found the character (the humanistic portion and nothing supra-physiological) likable and I found myself cheering him on sometimes in his quest. This novel is not perfect but I think it was the beginning of a series that will only get better. I am looking forward to starting the next in the series soon.

The biggest knock I had about it is how it felt like it sometimes toed the line between YA and Adult but in the end, it was a good read and listen.

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Woody Tobias Jr.

Mike Hammer meets Supernatural

If Mickey Spillane wrote for The X-Files, Kolchack, or Supernatural, it would probably look a whole lot like Sandman Slim.

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I liked it so much I wanted to buy the next one before I was done

I really liked the writing and plot. For the middle 50 percent or so of the book, I wanted to order the next book immediately (although I'm not typically so impulsive).Read more

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Enjoyable read

A tad over the top at times but that complimented the overall tone of the book. Think a punk rock Harry Dresden between Heaven and Hell.

Published 18 days ago

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Worthwhile purchase

Well written, good pacing and not TOO derivative

Published 19 days ago

Jason Lunsford

Good read

If you thought the Dresden files were tame, then this is the series for you. A Fast read and very entertaining.

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Sandy Amazon Customer

Surprisingly good

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It has suspense, humor, mystery and characters that I liked getting to know. I expected it to be maybe a 2 or 2.Read more

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Simnsays

Amusing, Fast Read

Good. Fairly well written but... The main character wasn't very admirable - okay, maybe 11 years in Hell kinda pissed him off.Read more

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Best book I've read in a long time

Best book I've read in a long time! I recommend this one along with all of the others in the series.

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Matthew J.

Five Stars

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Hardboiled crime fantasy.

Let me just say that I was encouraged to purchase this book by Sam Sykes, who praised this series highly. I was not disappointed.Read more

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