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Cannonballing to the end of the world with Sandman Slim

King Bullet by Richard Kadrey

June 2, 2021 by Emmalita 8 Comments

King Bullet, the last book in the Sandman Slim series, is a pandemic baby, and you know it. It is steeped in isolation, anxiety, and the futile desire for simple answers in the face of complex problems. And it’s James Stark, so there’s violence, mayhem, hidden Hollywood, and heavenly hosts. James Stark was sent to hell alive by his magician friends who were jealous of his powers. While there, he became Sandman Slim, the monster who kills monsters. Stark escaped from Hell to wreak vengeance […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: advance reader copy, end of the series, King Bullet, NetGalley, pandemic baby, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, Urban Fantasy

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: advance reader copy, end of the series, King Bullet, NetGalley, pandemic baby, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, Urban Fantasy ·
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I Just Saunter Amok These Days

Ballistic Kiss by Richard Kadrey

May 6, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Sandman Slim is still my favorite urban fantasy series. As Ballistic Kiss opens, Stark is living alone, doing his best to deal with his PTSD, trying to figure out what he’s going to do with this new life now that Candy has moved on with Alessa (he doesn’t blame her, he died after all), and whether or not he’s willing to move on with Janet (they/them) from Donut Universe. I listened to the audiobook narrated by MacLeod Andrews. He is still an excellent narrator. Thomas […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: Ballistic Kiss, MacLeod Andrews, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, Urban Fantasy

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: Ballistic Kiss, MacLeod Andrews, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, Urban Fantasy ·
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TFW you’ve been to Hell and back

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

January 18, 2020 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

Betrayed by his friends who sent him to Hell, James Stark (don’t call him Jimmy) has spent the eleven years since fighting in the demon pits and acting as a hitman for Lucifer. Having been given a very special key in order to commit his kills, Stark can now pretty much walk through shadows to gain access anywhere, which is how he’s escaped Hell and returned to the world determined to take revenge on his former friends. While talking a very good game about how […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Richard Kadrey, supernatural, Urban Fantasy

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Richard Kadrey, supernatural, Urban Fantasy ·
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Some non-Sandman Slim from Richard Kadrey

The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey

Dead Set by Richard Kadrey

August 23, 2019 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

I am a big fan of the Sandman Slim series, especially the narration by MacLeod Andrews who just NAILS the character.  Thus, I tried some of the author’s other books, The Grand Dark and Dead Set.  I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect and yet I feel that my expectations were met.  Both books deal with grim worlds and the occult.  I think I could identify them as Kadrey books even without knowing, but that might be some really strong hindsight bias. I read The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Dead Set, grim, occult, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, The Grand Dark, YA

thewheelbarrow's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Dead Set, grim, occult, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, The Grand Dark, YA ·
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Really Unreal (pun intended)

The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey

August 15, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 15 (Far and Away) What makes The Grand Dark so interesting is that there’s a lot of recognizable elements to it, but at the same time it’s so very much not reality. Overall, this is a creepy but intriguing world because bits are familiar, but then the rest is either too vague or too unnatural. That’s what makes the whole thing, the setting and the story, something you recognize and at the same time really different- the unfamiliar familiar. It’s also a world apart […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Richard Kadrey, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, The Grand Dark

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Richard Kadrey, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, The Grand Dark ·
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Ending with a Zombie Killing Porn Star and a Priest in a Bar

Devil Said Bang by Richard Kadrey

January 13, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I continue with my end of year promise to finish several started but unfinished books before beginning anything new. Next up: Devil Said Bang, Sandman Slim #4. Maybe it was the month or few between starting and picking it back up, but this one seemed to have a lot less action, and a lot more of Stark inside his own head or contemplating his situation or himself. I’m not complaining about this, it just seems a little different from the previous novels in the series. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: devil said bang, devils, ghosts, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: devil said bang, devils, ghosts, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim ·
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