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ConfusedUs posted:Not started (to the best of my knowledge) and he probably will alternate. He's started it, he just had to put the first book aside to write Skin Game.
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ConfusedUs posted:Not started (to the best of my knowledge) and he probably will alternate. If Codex Alera was a good example it'll speed him up really. He seems to do better when he's got something to give him a break from the usual stuff.
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Stroth posted:If Codex Alera was a good example it'll speed him up really. He seems to do better when he's got something to give him a break from the usual stuff. Alera was written when Dresden was half it's current length. Butcher says it's simply takes longer to write Harry because of all the added history. 
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Stroth posted:If Codex Alera was a good example it'll speed him up really. He seems to do better when he's got something to give him a break from the usual stuff. Also known as the "Sanderson Effect" 
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Nov 16, 2013 19:50
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Mr. Fowl posted:Also known as the "Sanderson Effect" Really should be known as the "Asimov Effect", but you young whippersnappers wouldn't know. 
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Nov 16, 2013 20:07
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Stroth posted:If Codex Alera was a good example it'll speed him up really. He seems to do better when he's got something to give him a break from the usual stuff. Yeah, Turn Coat he wrote in a month after he got done with an Alera book.
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quote:Jim Butcher @longshotauthor Hopefully this means that we'll at least get a publication date soon.
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Zola posted:Hopefully this means that we'll at least get a publication date soon. I made the mistake of listening to the four chapters. I need Skin Game AS SOON AS GODDAMNED POSSIBLE.
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I guess I haven't been paying attention, but there's a LOT of character twitter/tumblr accounts that seem really active (@harriedwizard for Dresden and if you click "following" you see some of the other ones). Anyone know if any of them are even semi-official?
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Lurchington posted:I guess I haven't been paying attention, but there's a LOT of character twitter/tumblr accounts that seem really active (@harriedwizard for Dresden and if you click "following" you see some of the other ones). Anyone know if any of them are even semi-official? Jim's never mentioned them so no, it's probably just a fan thing.
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Nov 18, 2013 04:45
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404GoonNotFound posted:Jim's never mentioned them so no, it's probably just a fan thing. He responded to Harriedwizard a couple times on twitter, but it's pretty obviuosly nonofficial.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:28
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In Turn Coat, Molly makes an offhand comment about "I should be invincible for another year or two." This is three books/years later, her mortal existence is ended. Probably coincidence, but maybe not. It'd be funny if it was intentional foreshadowing hidden in a conversation about doughnuts and youthful metabolism.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:48
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Lurchington posted:I guess I haven't been paying attention, but there's a LOT of character twitter/tumblr accounts that seem really active (@harriedwizard for Dresden and if you click "following" you see some of the other ones). Anyone know if any of them are even semi-official? Not official, but they're run by various members of the official site's staff.
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Nov 18, 2013 15:14
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The fact that Harry probably shorts out anything more complex than a ham radio never crossed their mind when they started this?
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Nov 18, 2013 15:43
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404GoonNotFound posted:The fact that Harry probably shorts out anything more complex than a ham radio never crossed their mind when they started this? But Bob has a broadband connection now, I could completely see him running a joke social media page about Dresden.
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DrFrankenStrudel posted:But Bob has a broadband connection now, I could completely see him running a joke social media page about Dresden. Too busy looking at porn.
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Nov 18, 2013 16:27
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pseudonordic posted:Too busy looking at porn. He can multitask, what's more interesting is to see how much more powerful he's gotten since knowledge = power and he's now got the most (second to Ivy) and he was already a sort of mini-archive.
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Bob the Skull: World's most powerful bonermancer.
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404GoonNotFound posted:The fact that Harry probably shorts out anything more complex than a ham radio never crossed their mind when they started this? There's generally some handwave-y explanation with circles or something.
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Nov 18, 2013 16:50
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The svartelves can make wizard proof lightbulbs, I suppose they could have a functional computer in Molly's place?
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Error 404 posted:He can multitask, what's more interesting is to see how much more powerful he's gotten since knowledge = power and he's now got the most (second to Ivy) and he was already a sort of mini-archive. It's Bob. In this case, multitasking would mean watching multiple pornos at once, like when we first saw him in Cold Days.
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I'm at Turn Coat now and starting to feel bored. I think it is because of how almost every book is pretty much the same. It would be nice to see Harry make it through without getting beat to poo poo. Ten books in a row where he is near death isn't very effective. Now if a few books went by where he still dealt with poo poo but didn't almost die and suffer grievous wounds and then he got a big one, that would have worked better. I think I would have enjoyed these much more if there was a year between each reading. Doing them back to back really shows how formulaic the writing has become. There is still enough in them that I enjoy that I keep going, though.
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm at Turn Coat now and starting to feel bored. I think it is because of how almost every book is pretty much the same. It would be nice to see Harry make it through without getting beat to poo poo. Ten books in a row where he is near death isn't very effective. Now if a few books went by where he still dealt with poo poo but didn't almost die and suffer grievous wounds and then he got a big one, that would have worked better. I love it when people haven't read changes.
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm at Turn Coat now and starting to feel bored. I think it is because of how almost every book is pretty much the same. It would be nice to see Harry make it through without getting beat to poo poo. Ten books in a row where he is near death isn't very effective. Now if a few books went by where he still dealt with poo poo but didn't almost die and suffer grievous wounds and then he got a big one, that would have worked better. To be fair, the protagonist having his poo poo kicked in is pretty much a staple of the noir genre.
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm at Turn Coat now and starting to feel bored. I think it is because of how almost every book is pretty much the same. It would be nice to see Harry make it through without getting beat to poo poo. Ten books in a row where he is near death isn't very effective. Now if a few books went by where he still dealt with poo poo but didn't almost die and suffer grievous wounds and then he got a big one, that would have worked better. Ahem. Read "Changes". The title is apt.
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Khizan posted:The svartelves can make wizard proof lightbulbs, I suppose they could have a functional computer in Molly's place? Outside of IT'S MAGIC! (or dwarven craftsmanship), it's quite possible there could be an overengineered solution to the problem. If I was a wizard in the Dresdenverse, I'd have a computer inside a shielded (warded?  ) room far away from my main living areas and use a projector as a display. A regular old school keyboard and ball mouse shouldn't short that easily when exposed to wizards considering they are pretty much as analog as telephones, which are shown to work fine for the magically talented. If they don't work, then, have a setup where you press the keyboard with goddamn sticks or something, what am I, a wizard?
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I'd honestly be surprised if Luccio didn't come up with something like that by the end of the series. Remember, she does consider herself a computer hobbyist (from a safe distance).
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Having to make an elaborate clockwork keyboard and a projector periscope rig seems like a small price to pay for The Internet.
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ConfusedUs posted:Ahem. Read "Changes". Yay!
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm at Turn Coat now and starting to feel bored. I think it is because of how almost every book is pretty much the same. It would be nice to see Harry make it through without getting beat to poo poo. Ten books in a row where he is near death isn't very effective. Now if a few books went by where he still dealt with poo poo but didn't almost die and suffer grievous wounds and then he got a big one, that would have worked better. I did a massive marathon re-read right before Changes came out, and I felt the same way. It really feels episodic and the first few episodes are feel like they're hitting the same beats. I've always been a really fast reader, but ripping through a Dresden book per day really killed some of my enjoyment. Thankfully, everyone that's been saying Changes really does change everything up is spot on in the best possible way. And now when I decide to do Dresden re-reads, I'll knock out the first 3 books as fast as I can, but when I get past that I make a conscious effort to slow down and pace myself. It helps a lot.
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jivjov posted:I did a massive marathon re-read right before Changes came out, and I felt the same way. It really feels episodic and the first few episodes are feel like they're hitting the same beats. I've always been a really fast reader, but ripping through a Dresden book per day really killed some of my enjoyment. Thankfully, everyone that's been saying Changes really does change everything up is spot on in the best possible way. And now when I decide to do Dresden re-reads, I'll knock out the first 3 books as fast as I can, but when I get past that I make a conscious effort to slow down and pace myself. It helps a lot. I straight up skip the first two. I usually also skip six and nine (or at best, skim them) on most of my re-reads.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Butcher has always been excellent about timely releases. I'm guessing end of March at the latest. Amazon is destroying the hopes of us all. Current Amazon release date for Skin Game is July 3rd.  Those dates are usually place-holders, but with Butcher tweeting about having one chapter left to write only last week I am inclined to believe it.
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DJ_Ferret posted:Amazon is destroying the hopes of us all. Current Amazon release date for Skin Game is July 3rd. He tweeted about finishing it yesterday. So all it has to do now is go through editing and printing.
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I wouldn't trust an Amazon date until they actually open it up for preorders. Even then, I wouldn't trust an Amazon date until Jim and/or his publisher makes an official announcement.
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DJ_Ferret posted:Amazon is destroying the hopes of us all.
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Amazon routinely makes up release dates. Just ignore it until Butcher makes an announcement.
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DJ_Ferret posted:Amazon is destroying the hopes of us all. Current Amazon release date for Skin Game is July 3rd. And here I was hoping for a Dresden fix by January. 
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Super.Jesus posted:Having to make an elaborate clockwork keyboard and a projector periscope rig seems like a small price to pay for The Internet. At one point (I think turn coat?) doesn't Harry mention that a Faraday cage grounds magical energies completely? He could set up the laptop and projector in a Faraday cage to keep it from shorting out and then just use the clockwork keyboard.
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The Faraday cage reference is in Turn Coat, and it's more of an analogy. He has a set of magical wards that would act like a Faraday cage to short out any magic directed at his safe house.
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