Sandman Slim Kills The Dead

Richard Kadrey continues to entertain immensely

Kill the Dead has enough laugh out loud

To Kill the Living

Kadrey’s knowledge of B movies

Beyond belief

(Is there a wasted youth skulking the frontal lobe?)

William Gibson's tag on the cover of book one

“Best B movie I’ve read in twenty years”

I would never disagree with Gibson

Book two is even funnier

If you like James Butcher

You will love Richard Kadrey

Did I mention irreverence?

Whew!

Did I mention lots of dead Zombies?

Perhaps I should say dead, dead Zombies

The Sandman’s best pal is a disembodied head

Music to re-enter the "in your face" world of the living

Breathe and Fleeting Days by Dan Bern

You don’t know modern Folk Music

Until you know Dan Bern

Regards

I Just Read The Meanest, The Nastiest, The Grittiest, The Most Irreverent, Page Blitzing, Exciting, Mind Boggling, Did I Say Irreverent, Book I’ve Read In Decades!

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey is something totally unexpected.  Think of Jim Butcher writing under the influence of some really bad drugs with someone behind him poking him with a hot branding iron.  James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, is mad as Hell and he should know, he just spent the last eleven years of his life in Lucifer’s domain.  The world has changed in his absence, chaos is running rampant in L.A..  The woman he left behind and loved with all of his heart and all his of soul has been murdered.  The six fellow magicians responsible for sending him to Hell and the two of them responsible for the murder of Alice are on his hit list and nothing, absolutely nothing can stop him; Not Homeland Security, Not a U.S. Marshall, Not even one of God’s own angels can stop Sandman Slim from doing what must be done.  Whew!  Richard Kadrey is literate, this is a very literate slough through Hell on Earth with a good dose of literary and cinematic hilarity. This guy knows the turf he writes about.  I suspect he know something of hell on earth as well. Kadrey seem quit cheery in his online video spits, and quite entertaining.  I like the guy.  He has been "their", he's back and he's writing stories. His photo art is for adults only, as is Sandman Slim.  I look forward to Kill the Dead, book 2 of the Sandman Slim Series.

Music I've mentioned before but a must mention with this author.

Sympathy for the Devil (track one) Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones.