Comments on: Aloha From Hell: Sandman Slim goes back to Hell and kicks more ass

By: Gunn

Gunn — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Richard’s stories (from 2001-2003) are still up on the Infinite Matrix, if anyone wants to read them:

http://www.infinitematrix.net/archive/archive.html#kadrey

By: Phyrkrakr

Phyrkrakr — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:12:00 +0000

I’ve read the first two and loved them both, so I’ll definitely be getting this one. Kadrey’s fantasy elements seem to be half invention and half mainstream, best I can tell, with him playing by the rules on vampires, zombies, and werewolves, then going completely off-script with any of the nasties we actually spend time with. His universe is such a rough-and-ready kind of place, it’s easy to just gloss over the details on what a particular baddie is, besides a pre-corpse.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:53:00 +0000

I loved Butcher Bird, and just got Sandman Slim; I’m looking forward to working my way through the rest of the series. His ultrashort stories on Infinite Matrix were the bomb.

By: David Seaver

David Seaver — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:07:00 +0000

I’m glad to hear that this book lives up to the first two. Also, it occurs to me that once I pick up a copy, it will be the second book on my shelves which shares its title with a Cramps song. The other book, of course, being Nancy Collins’ Sunglasses After Dark.

By: Blinkers

Blinkers — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:55:00 +0000

Actually Stark spent 11 years in hell, not 20.

By: Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:36:00 +0000

There are very few books I want to make into a movie – this series would contain a fair portion of them. Guillermo Del Toro and Timur Bekmambetov would do an incredible job, but you would *have* to make it R rated to keep any of the flavor alive, and there’s no way you could get a proper budget for it.

Le sigh.

By: scifijazznik

scifijazznik — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:49:00 +0000

I was totally skeptical of Kadrey's hodge-podge of hard boiled and horror going into it and I was completely and delightfully wrong. The dude's a great writer and spins a fun yarn. I actually thought he topped Sandman Slim with Kill the Dead, so I can't wait to read this one.

By: Joranium

Joranium — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:44:00 +0000

Shit, another book I HAVE to read…

Anyone who enjoys these might also like this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Lucifer_(2003_novel)A bit less ass-kicking but infinitely more sarcastic / cynical observations about humanity by an irreverent, coked up, pissed off fallen angel.

By: bardfinn

bardfinn — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:04:00 +0000

Previously on BoingBoing:

http://boingboing.net/2008/03/03/kadreys-butcher-bird-1.html

http://boingboing.net/2007/08/05/kadreys-butcher-bird.html

– he is a very good writer. I carry Butcher Bird with me and re-read it every three months or so.

By: Kat Gamisu

Kat Gamisu — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:02:00 +0000

Sounds like Ken Follet