![]() ![]() He spent years in Hell, fighting demons in the Devil's own gladiator pits. But it also had brains, guts and a deliciously blackened heart.Īcross six novels, James Stark, aka Sandman Slim - a self-described "mangy nephilim" - has wormed his way into my flimsy excuse for a soul. It boasted all the requisites of an urban fantasy: Magic, demons, vampires and a half-human/half-angel protagonist. But Sandman Slim instantly gripped me in a way no other urban fantasy had. Granted, Kadrey wasn't the first to do this Jim Butcher's massively popular Dresden Files series helped pave the way a few years earlier. It was urban fantasy mixed with hard-boiled detective fiction. Unlike Metrophage, though, Sandman Slim wasn't cyberpunk. Turns out Kadrey wrote Metrophage - a book I'd heard about but never actually got around to reading - back in the '80s, during the golden age of cyberpunk. Six years ago I picked up a book called Sandman Slim by an author, Richard Kadrey, whose name was only vaguely familiar to me. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Killing Pretty Author Richard Kadrey ![]()
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