All hail Sandman Slim, author Richard Kadrey's ultra-extreme anti-hero and recent escapee from Hell. Legendary author William Gibson (Neuromancer) called Kadrey's first deliciously twisted Slim adventure 'an addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece', and in number three, Aloha from Hell, the ruthless avenger, a.k.a. Stark, finds himself trapped in the middle of a war between Heaven and Hell. With God on vacation, the Devil nosing around in Paradise, and an insane serial killer doing serious damage on Earth, Stark/Slim is ready to unleash some more adrenaline-surging, edgy and violent supernatural mayhem - and even pay another visit to Hell if necessary - which is great news for fans of Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, and Simon R. Green.
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Praise for Sandman Slim: "The best B movie I've read in at least twenty years. An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece, Sandman Slim swerves hell-bent through our culture's impacted gridlock of genres...it's like watching Sergio Leone and Clive Barker co-direct from a script by Jim Thompson and S. Clay Wilson." William Gibson "If Simon R. Green wrote an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, it would read much like Sandman Slim - violent, vivid, non-stop action of the supernatural kind. I couldn't put it down." Charlaine Harris "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." Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother "Paced like greased lightning (watch out for friction burns on your turning finger), blend the movie-ish delights of tough guy noir and such smart-mouthgore-fests as "Reanimator" and "Army of Darkness", seasoned by soupcons of Gaimanian romanticism and Koontzian sentiment." Booklist "Nicotine and octane in equal parts might come close to the high-energy buzz from Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim. Crisp world building, recognizable and fully-realized characters, and a refreshingly unique storytelling style make for an absorbing read. Sandman Slim is my kind of hero." Kim Harrison
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In Sandman Slim Stark came back from hell for revenge.
In Kill the Dead he tackled both a zombie plague and being Lucifer's bodyguard.
And once again all is not right in L.A. Lucifer is back in Heaven, God's on vacation, and an insane killer mounts a war against both Heaven and Hell.
Stark must head back down to his old stomping grounds to rescue his long-lost love, stop an insane serial killer, prevent both Good and Evil from completely destroying each other, and stop the demonic Kissi from ruining the party for everyone.
Even for Sandman Slim, that's a tall order. And it's only the beginning.
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Für James Stark waren es aufregende 8 Monate seit seiner Rückkehr aus der Hölle. Erst der Kampf gegen Mason und seine Schurken und dann eine ganze Zombieplage. Er findet, er hätte eine kleine Pause verdient, hat er doch darauf verzichtet die Welt zu zerstören und sie stattdessen gerettet. Das ihm das nicht vergönnt sein wird ist auch klar. Er ist eben Sandman Slim.
Was als Untersuchung in einem ganz "normalen" Fall von einem schiefgegangenen Exorzismus beginnt führt in eine ganz andere Richtung. Der Kreis zum Beginn der Serie beginnt sich zu schließen und Richard wird klar, dass er dahin zurück muss wo alles Begann: In die Hölle.
Nachdem der letzte Band der Serie nach dem fulminanten Start mich ein wenig enttäuscht hatte, ist Kadrey jetzt wieder voll auf meiner Wellenlänge. Richard kämpft sich fluchend, blutend und übellaunig durch eine mit großartigen Bildern gezeichnete Story. Kadrey ist ein wahrer Meister der Bildsprache und seine Vision der Höllle ist großartig.Stark ist kein Held in weißer Rüstung und handelt doch immer wieder uneigennützig, auch wenn er sich selbst immer wieder fragt warum er diesen Scheiß eigentlich mitmacht. Es gibt ein Wiedersehen mit vielen altbekannten und liebgewonnenen Nebendarstellern und ein paar neue kommen hinzu. Die Neuen sind ebenso Mysteriös wie faszinierend, man fragt sich wie Kadrey immer wieder auf so kranke Ideen kommt und hofft gleichzeitig, dass er nie aufhört.
Das Ende bildet einen guten Abschluss für ein Trilogie, alle Handlungsbögen aus dem ersten Teil sind abgeschlossen und die Samen für den nächsten Bogen sind gelegt. Gut für uns Fans, dass hier noch nicht Schluss ist und mit "Devil said Bang" schon der nächste Teil in den Startlöchern steht. Ich freue mich darauf zu sehen, wie Stark sich aus der Situation in die er sich hier hineinmanövriert hat wieder herauswindet. Ich bin sich es sind viel Blut, viele Tote und viele neue Narben für Stark involviert.
Was als Untersuchung in einem ganz "normalen" Fall von einem schiefgegangenen Exorzismus beginnt führt in eine ganz andere Richtung. Der Kreis zum Beginn der Serie beginnt sich zu schließen und Richard wird klar, dass er dahin zurück muss wo alles Begann: In die Hölle.
Nachdem der letzte Band der Serie nach dem fulminanten Start mich ein wenig enttäuscht hatte, ist Kadrey jetzt wieder voll auf meiner Wellenlänge. Richard kämpft sich fluchend, blutend und übellaunig durch eine mit großartigen Bildern gezeichnete Story. Kadrey ist ein wahrer Meister der Bildsprache und seine Vision der Höllle ist großartig.Stark ist kein Held in weißer Rüstung und handelt doch immer wieder uneigennützig, auch wenn er sich selbst immer wieder fragt warum er diesen Scheiß eigentlich mitmacht. Es gibt ein Wiedersehen mit vielen altbekannten und liebgewonnenen Nebendarstellern und ein paar neue kommen hinzu. Die Neuen sind ebenso Mysteriös wie faszinierend, man fragt sich wie Kadrey immer wieder auf so kranke Ideen kommt und hofft gleichzeitig, dass er nie aufhört.
Das Ende bildet einen guten Abschluss für ein Trilogie, alle Handlungsbögen aus dem ersten Teil sind abgeschlossen und die Samen für den nächsten Bogen sind gelegt. Gut für uns Fans, dass hier noch nicht Schluss ist und mit "Devil said Bang" schon der nächste Teil in den Startlöchern steht. Ich freue mich darauf zu sehen, wie Stark sich aus der Situation in die er sich hier hineinmanövriert hat wieder herauswindet. Ich bin sich es sind viel Blut, viele Tote und viele neue Narben für Stark involviert.
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More of a great urban horror series
5. August 2011
Von nekojita
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When I saw that Kadrey's latest Sandman Slim book was available for review, I grabbed it as quickly as possible. The first book in the series, Sandman Slim, I picked up on a whim and I haven't regretted it since. That book and its sequel, Kill the Dead, are wonderful urban horror/noir/whatever you want to call it novels that are a mix of humor, darkness, wit, mythology and violence. You've got magic, demons, angels, talking heads, zombies and more set in current day Los Angelos, all courtesy of Stark, aka Sandman Slim, someone who got sent to hell as an act of betrayal and clawed his way back because of love and revenge.
Aloha from Hell picks up a few weeks from Kill the Dead, and there's one or two changes going on with Stark because of what was revealed about him in the second book (not to give away spoilers). After the usual mayhem and violence that always seems to find him, he ends up with the long awaited return to Hell to deal with some loose threads from the past two books. This is not a standalone book and it would probably be confusing for someone to pick it up without reading the previous two, which really do explain a lot of the relationships and past histories. While there's some summing up of what went down with whom, since everything is through Stark's first person point of view it's not very detailed.
There's a real momentum in this volume, a resolve to get things done. Stark's put off things for too long and now he has no choice, which only seems to make him more determined. Some very memorable characters from the previous books, such as Candy and Muninn, return. Some questions are answered, and the book leaves off in a place of decent resolution while still open to more sequels to follow. I certainly hope that there's more.
This is a series I enjoy recommending, something twisted and fun that's different enough from a lot of what's out there. It's yet to let me down. Stark's not your average good guy, he has his faults (least among them that he kills) and he's not blind to them. The characterization in these books is great, making you like beings you probably shouldn't and look at them in a fresh way.
Aloha from Hell picks up a few weeks from Kill the Dead, and there's one or two changes going on with Stark because of what was revealed about him in the second book (not to give away spoilers). After the usual mayhem and violence that always seems to find him, he ends up with the long awaited return to Hell to deal with some loose threads from the past two books. This is not a standalone book and it would probably be confusing for someone to pick it up without reading the previous two, which really do explain a lot of the relationships and past histories. While there's some summing up of what went down with whom, since everything is through Stark's first person point of view it's not very detailed.
There's a real momentum in this volume, a resolve to get things done. Stark's put off things for too long and now he has no choice, which only seems to make him more determined. Some very memorable characters from the previous books, such as Candy and Muninn, return. Some questions are answered, and the book leaves off in a place of decent resolution while still open to more sequels to follow. I certainly hope that there's more.
This is a series I enjoy recommending, something twisted and fun that's different enough from a lot of what's out there. It's yet to let me down. Stark's not your average good guy, he has his faults (least among them that he kills) and he's not blind to them. The characterization in these books is great, making you like beings you probably shouldn't and look at them in a fresh way.
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6. November 2011
Von George
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I read the first two and enjoyed them, despite some editing issues.
But in this novel, there are construction issues, world building conflicts as well as editing problems.
Editing was the usual loose style that needs to be tightened. For example, reference is made in a conversation to something that was not actually part of the conversation. It probably probably referring to a line of dialog that was edited out, but it needed to be corrected in the entirety.
But those are issues that can be ignored. What dropped this novel to a 3 star was its general "throw the spaghetti at the wall and call it a plot" theme. The first half of the novel doesn't feel related in any way to the second. And frankly the first half is better. The second half takes place in hell, which is fine, but the amount of filler descriptiveness is truly dismally boring. And there does seem to be a sort of contrived meandering around, without any movement in the plot.
The fact that the hell he visits is now entirely different than the one we get glimpses of in his previous books, is explained in a rather contrived manner. And frankly, I think the choice of making hell a carnival mirror representation of LA was just silly. Beyond that, it has some glaring internal conflicts as well as logic conflicts.
The final twist at the end, was I suppose surprising. But it was hardly satisfying, and made the entire Metaphorical Hell even more unrealistic. It was also a bit of an internal conflict compared to previous book issues.
But in this novel, there are construction issues, world building conflicts as well as editing problems.
Editing was the usual loose style that needs to be tightened. For example, reference is made in a conversation to something that was not actually part of the conversation. It probably probably referring to a line of dialog that was edited out, but it needed to be corrected in the entirety.
But those are issues that can be ignored. What dropped this novel to a 3 star was its general "throw the spaghetti at the wall and call it a plot" theme. The first half of the novel doesn't feel related in any way to the second. And frankly the first half is better. The second half takes place in hell, which is fine, but the amount of filler descriptiveness is truly dismally boring. And there does seem to be a sort of contrived meandering around, without any movement in the plot.
The fact that the hell he visits is now entirely different than the one we get glimpses of in his previous books, is explained in a rather contrived manner. And frankly, I think the choice of making hell a carnival mirror representation of LA was just silly. Beyond that, it has some glaring internal conflicts as well as logic conflicts.
The final twist at the end, was I suppose surprising. But it was hardly satisfying, and made the entire Metaphorical Hell even more unrealistic. It was also a bit of an internal conflict compared to previous book issues.
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Out-freaking-standing!
19. August 2011
Von L. A. Kane
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After reading the first two books in this series I was eagerly anticipating the release of this one when those wonderful folks at Amazon decided to offer me a pre-release copy. Snatched that up straight away. And finished it in one day. Now I'm chomping at the bit for another one. Kadrey's a freaking amazing author, think Jim Butcher with tats and a darker, twisted sense of humor. Yeah baby...
Our hero Stark, aka Sandman Slim, was an "innocent" dragged to hell, tortured, and forced to fight in the arena who managed to escape (to L.A. of all places) looking for vengeance. Unfortunately he wasn't able to kill Mason, the guy who sent him there. But he did manage to avert a zombie apocalypse. And send Mason to hell, which unfortunately is exactly where he wanted to be. That's books one and two. Now, it's been a while since Sandman's killed anyone important, the bad guys aren't as scared of him as they should be, Lucifer's on "vacation," there's a rebellion brewing in hell, the demonic Kissi are still skulking around, and, well, the universe is about to be ripped apart as heaven and hell go to war... Just another day at the office, right? Well sorta.
It is a challenge to read this offering without first breezing through the other two since the story is more-or-less on continuous thread, but then again those books are awesome so it's no hardship. The story is fairly original, but as with the rest of the series, what really shines is the the characterization and dialogue. They are far and away some of the best I've ever read, and I stopped counted at 3,000 books. Really. Kadrey's that good. The alchemist Vidocq is back along with Candy the Jade, and Stark's "roommate" Kasabian (his head anyway), along with some other fun, minor players like bartender Carlos, Josef the Kissi, and Marshal Julia. Big or small, everyone's universally well done, fascinating, and (for most anyway), warped.
It's sorta obvious by how fast I breezed through this one, but it's a real page turner. Don't start reading when you've got something more important to do. It won't get done. But do buy this book. You won't regret it. It's extraordinarily well done!
Lawrence Kane
Author of Blinded by the Night, among other titles
Our hero Stark, aka Sandman Slim, was an "innocent" dragged to hell, tortured, and forced to fight in the arena who managed to escape (to L.A. of all places) looking for vengeance. Unfortunately he wasn't able to kill Mason, the guy who sent him there. But he did manage to avert a zombie apocalypse. And send Mason to hell, which unfortunately is exactly where he wanted to be. That's books one and two. Now, it's been a while since Sandman's killed anyone important, the bad guys aren't as scared of him as they should be, Lucifer's on "vacation," there's a rebellion brewing in hell, the demonic Kissi are still skulking around, and, well, the universe is about to be ripped apart as heaven and hell go to war... Just another day at the office, right? Well sorta.
It is a challenge to read this offering without first breezing through the other two since the story is more-or-less on continuous thread, but then again those books are awesome so it's no hardship. The story is fairly original, but as with the rest of the series, what really shines is the the characterization and dialogue. They are far and away some of the best I've ever read, and I stopped counted at 3,000 books. Really. Kadrey's that good. The alchemist Vidocq is back along with Candy the Jade, and Stark's "roommate" Kasabian (his head anyway), along with some other fun, minor players like bartender Carlos, Josef the Kissi, and Marshal Julia. Big or small, everyone's universally well done, fascinating, and (for most anyway), warped.
It's sorta obvious by how fast I breezed through this one, but it's a real page turner. Don't start reading when you've got something more important to do. It won't get done. But do buy this book. You won't regret it. It's extraordinarily well done!
Lawrence Kane
Author of Blinded by the Night, among other titles
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