For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s can’t-miss new SFF releases.
The Kill Society, the ninth book in Richard Kadrey’s wildly popular saga of Sandman Slim, definitely takes the series to new territory. While the author has explored Hell before—in Devil Said Bang and Aloha from Hell–The Kill Society is a post-apocalyptic road trip through the outer wastes of perdition, as Stark must face all-out war while relying mainly […]
Nothing quite says “summer” like a good old-fashioned road trip. With a ribbon of road unspooling endlessly before you, it seems like anything could happen along the way—and that’s even if you manage not to wander into any of a myriad of urban legends, BEKs, and just generally eerie moments that litter the roadsides like so […]
We love Sandman Slim, and you will too. We’ve followed his adventures ever since the first entry exploded upon the fantasy scene in 2009 like a bat outta hell. Last month, we even learned the series has been optioned by a major Hollywood studio, but before we see Slim up on the big screen, we’ll […]