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    Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel
    Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel
    Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel

    Written by Richard Kadrey

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey’s fifth Sandman Slim adventure.

    James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has lost the Qomrama Om Ya, an all-powerful weapon from the banished older gods. Older gods who are returning and searching for their lost power.

    The hunt leads Stark to an abandoned shopping mall infested with tribes of squatters. Somewhere in this kill zone is a dead man with the answers Stark needs. All Stark has to do is find the dead man, recover the artifact, and outwit and outrun the angry old gods—and natural-born killers—on his tail.

    But not even Sandman Slim is infallible, and any mistakes will cost him dearly.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJul 30, 2013
    ISBN9780062287694
    Kill City Blues: A Sandman Slim Novel
    Author

    Richard Kadrey

    New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey has published nine novels, including Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from Hell, Devil Said Bang, Kill City Blues, The Getaway God, Killing Pretty, Butcher Bird, and Metrophage. He has been immortalized as an action figure and his short story “Goodbye Houston Street, Goodbye,” was nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award. A freelance writer and photographer, he lives in San Francisco, California.

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    • 3/5
      Not the greatest SF/F but somehow I can't stop reading these.
    • 5/5
      Great as always. Love this series. Horrifically vivid and entertaining
    • 5/5
      I f*ing LOVE this series. The narrator is the best for this book as well. Gritty, witty, Hollywood City!
    • 4/5
      Not as great as the first couple of books in the series, but still engaging and the narration is spot on.
    • 5/5
      I picked up Sandman Slim after absolutely adoring another one of Kadrey's novels, Butcher Bird, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. While different from Butcher Bird, Kadrey still makes use of his awesome writing skills, and describes for us the world as it is, or at least as he or maybe better yet, as Sandman Slim sees it. It's a quirky, action packed novel for those of us who can't get enough of the horror genera, but isn't so off-putting that someone who isn't so into horror wouldn't get a kick out of it. As always, I love Kadrey's humanization of both The Devil and angels and demons, and how everything is so gritty. The language and attitudes of the characters fit perfectly and I don't think I've stuck with a series as long as I have with the Sandman Slim books. No holds barred in this series. There are times (as in a lot of books) where the narration drags a little, but it in no way takes away from the epicness that is Sandman Slim. This series has everything - angels, demons, revenants, vampires, and whatever else you can think of, all wrapped up in an ugly little package of awesomeness.
    • 3/5
      One too many narrowly averted apocalypses for me with not enough further development of the characters. That said still a great "B-movie read" as William Gibson described it.
    • 4/5
      Everybody's looking for the Qomrama Om Ya, the ultimate weapon. Some of them think James Stark has it. He doesn't, but he doesn't want anyone else to get it so he's searching for it. Typical of James, he's searching in all the most dirty, foul, dangerous, terrifying places. But what do you expect from Sandman Slim, killer of monsters, and former Lucifer?

      In this book, more than ever before, James isn't alone. He's been evolving since the first book in this series, transitioning from the Sandman Slim who escaped Hell into James, with friends and family. He isn't used to it, but he's starting to like it.

      This series is very obviously rushing toward a confrontation with the old gods. They've been leaking through into our universe, bit by tiny bit, and it seems that now much more than a bit may have arrived. I can't wait to see what's next.
    • 4/5
      Sandman Slim journeys through the Underworld to find the Magic 8-Ball, a weapon that can destroy the Old Gods currently threatening to return and crush Heaven, Hell, and Earth alike. This is a quest narrative, and so the picaresque descriptions didn’t make me sigh with impatience as they did a couple of other times in the series—the journey is the point. Also killing things and stomping people.
    • 3/5
      One too many narrowly averted apocalypses for me with not enough further development of the characters. That said still a great "B-movie read" as William Gibson described it.
    • 5/5
      Excellent, as always. If you haven't read any Sandman Slim, I heartily recommend it!
    • 4/5
      James Stark is quietly having coffee with his girlfriend and the other ex-Lucifer, updating their Wikipedia pages when someone asks them for something they don't have and then opens fire. This drags Sandman Slim into another round of saving the world and leaving a lot of corpses behind.I like it, it's high in body count, snark and just plain enjoyment of the genre.
    • 3/5
      Of all the books thus far, I found this to be...the weakest.Sandman Slim is...happy. I am not sure if I like him happy...I mean of course we want him to be happy, he has been in hell. But do we REALLY want him to lose that edge? But things are looking up and its not exactly a happy ending. And this is still one of my favorite series. If you want something different read it!! I will keep on reading as long as there is a Sandman Slim.
    • 3/5
      Jimmy Stark is back again in Kill City Blues for another round of ‘saving the world’. Those of you that recently read Devil Said Bang might agree with me when I say I felt it was more like two mini books in one. With the first half being “escape from Hell” and the second being “save the world”. Aloha from hell felt partitioned in a similar fashion. But in Kill City Blues there was more follow through for one main story.

      As always I love all of the pop culture references to everything in the entertainment industry. Being a big anime watcher I seriously love Candy and her gaming and anime watching. Currently tho, I’m waffling back and forth on just how much I really enjoyed this one. While the characters are still great, and you can definitely see the character growth for Stark, and even though we see a lot more of the secondary characters in Kill City Blues I didn’t quite get that sense of closeness to them that had been there in the first few books. Stark is definitely learning more about how to be a team player but the players are almost melding together in a way that leaves them each just a tiny bit less unique.

      I’m left wondering – what else could there possibly be left for Start to do in the coming books, I would hate for this to become a rinse repeat sort of series? Some of you probably have some theories already, I have my own as well which I’ll keep to myself for now. There was of course plenty of action, mystery and mayhem to keep me moving from scene to scene, but I think I’m wanting some closure at this point because there have been so many “big” catastrophes that they aren’t having as much of an impact on me anymore. Still a good addition to the series and curious to see where it will go from here.
    • 3/5
      Over too soon!
    • 3/5
      Oh God, is it over yet? That's what I was thinking during most of the travel through Kill City. It was like someone put a game show interlude into our heavy magic/noir series. Just an awful way to run the fifth novel in this series.Aside from that, too many big things get hand-waving for answers. I'd rather have more loose ends than this artificial sweetener of a plot.
    • 4/5
      Sandman Slim no longer reigns over hell, but now must find the ultimate weapon to save the world from the oldest gods. Good romp, love the evil mall (Kill City) that is inhabited by people no longer really people. Just a good fun read.
    • 5/5
      I was very pleased to see that Kadrey got things back on track with this book. Stark is back in LA and has misplaced the Qomrama Om Ya, a weapon from the banished older gods. This time, he needs a little help from his friends on his trip into an abandoned shopping mall to find a ghost with information on where the weapon is located. I enjoyed seeing this new side of Stark, relying on his friends for help versus always going alone. Several dangling story lines were wrapped up in this book but plenty of room for another book or two. If you are new to the series, stop now and start at the beginning. There is a little explanation in this book but so many references to the first four books that I had a hard time remembering what he was talking about sometimes.
    • 5/5
      James Stark, otherwise known as Sandman Slim, is back in his beloved LA squatting in Lucifer’s luxury hotel suite with his jade girlfriend Candy and Kasabian, who is now wearing a hellhound body. Stark gathers together the whole gang, Candy, Vidocq, Brigitte, and Traven, along with a mechanical man named Delon to hunt for the Qomrama Om Ya, the only weapon that can kill a god. It is hidden in Kill City, a haunted abandoned shopping mall. The building is full of ghosts and crazy ex-Sub Rosa families. It’s a harrowing journey through many levels of this kill zone and not all of the members of the search party will survive.This was my favorite of the Sandman Slim novels so far. The characters have formed a strong bond and I enjoyed revisiting all of them. It starts out slower than the other books, but picks up speed when they get to Kill City. At the beginning the author reacquaints the read with Sandman Slims world. This is a benefit but a bit redundant. This book sets up the next novel is the series nicely. I have become fond of Stark and his outcast comrades and look forward to the next book.
    • 4/5
      I love this series. Between the over the top violence and the darkly comic dialogue, it is grittily, horribly hilarious.
    • 5/5
      This is the 5th book in the Sandman Slim series and it was an excellent one. I love these characters, the strange cultural references, the gritty surroundings, the crazy action scenes, and of course the hilarious banter between characters. I got a copy of this to review through Edelweiss; thanks to Harper Voyager and Edelweiss for the chance to read this book.Stark (Sandman Slim) has finally gotten rid of his job as Lucifer and he is trying set up a life for him and Candy in LA. Of course somewhere along the way he misplaced the Qomrama Om Ya, and this kind of was the weapon that is preventing the old gods (you know the ones that want to destroy the earth and humanity) from escaping their prison. So of course he needs to find it, and to find it he will have to venture into the incredibly creepy and dangerous Kill City.Excellent continuation of this series! I just love these books so much, they are so much fun. I read them and chuckle and laugh out loud the whole time. The violence is hilariously over the top and Stark just has so much attitude. I love watching him trash all the rules and knock heads together...because of course you know he’s doing it all for the good of mankind...and maybe a little bit for his own chuckles.All of our favorites are back in this story. Candy, Brigette, the Father, Kasiban, and of course all the pieces of God. They all interact so well together and are so crazy they are just a pleasure to read about. Stark, with Candy and his friends at his side, is different than before. Now he has backup and people he cares about. Really it’s made him a better person, now he has a reason for all the violence that goes beyond survival.The action scenes are awesome and gory and hilarious, the settings are creative and dank and creepy, the banter between characters in hilarious, and the obscure cultural references make you feel a bit warm and fuzzy inside when you understand them. This series just keeps getting better and better. It is wrong to laugh and chuckle at the murder of people? Nah, not if they are really bad people...right?The book is lots of fun to read and incredibly entertaining...it was also very hard to put down. Parts are disturbing and parts are hilarious and all of it is downright wonderful. I love that each book wraps up a portion of the story nicely but is part of a broader story as well.Overall a perfect addition to this series. I love these books so much. This book is gritty, funny, has great interesting characters, wonderfully creative settings, and is spectacularly entertaining to read. Definitely an adults only read, duh. I also love that these are complete stories but are part of a broader story as well. HIghly recommended to those who love gritty urban fantasy. Seriously this is one of my favorite urban fantasy series out there. I can’t wait to see what this series brings next.