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Thunderfinger posted:Bob probably assumed they didn't reproduce. It seems sort of weird that Bob would be utterly confident about that then. Like I'd get if he theorized on it but he was basically mocking Harry for even considering the concept.
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ImpAtom posted:It seems sort of weird that Bob would be utterly confident about that then. Like I'd get if he theorized on it but he was basically mocking Harry for even considering the concept. To be fair, they're basically fallen angels, right? Those guys don't normally reproduce either.
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 00:30 |
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computer parts posted:To be fair, they're basically fallen angels, right? Those guys don't normally reproduce either.
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 00:34 |
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ImpAtom posted:So a question I can't recall the answer to with regards to Dresden. They're shapeshifters. Seems pretty simple in light of that, really.
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 04:29 |
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computer parts posted:To be fair, they're basically fallen angels, right? Those guys don't normally reproduce either. Let me tell you about nephilim.
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 04:42 |
Only if you can do a servicable steve blum impression.
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fordan posted:Kind of a hardboiled detective genre thing, I'd think. You missed the best one. quote:Kvothe flies in, riding Temeraire, Hermione at his side, and— (I’ve written the second two thirds of this sentence, but I’m not giving them to you yet.)
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 12:00 |
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ImpAtom posted:It seems sort of weird that Bob would be utterly confident about that then. Like I'd get if he theorized on it but he was basically mocking Harry for even considering the concept. They don't need to recombine DNA, that doesn't mean they can't.
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# ? Apr 19, 2015 16:47 |
I started and finished Grave Peril over the weekend, and sweet Jesus you were right about it getting better. That book was amazing. 40% of the way through Summer Knight now. I may take a break after this, I don't want to burn out. But I am loving this series.
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thrawn527 posted:I started and finished Grave Peril over the weekend, and sweet Jesus you were right about it getting better. That book was amazing. Summer Knight is personally my favorite because its the one I started with and I just love the scale of the conflict, and there is really no danger of burning out, I feel, because once I finished that I really wanted to go onto the next one and the next and the next.
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So over in the cosplay thread in PYF someone posted some Micheal Carpenter cosplay (and others in the background).
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# ? Apr 20, 2015 15:56 |
Cannot help it, sword plus flannel shirt would make anyone look like a twat.
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# ? Apr 20, 2015 16:04 |
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Wade Wilson posted:So over in the cosplay thread in PYF someone posted some Micheal Carpenter cosplay (and others in the background). Thats from the Dresden Film thingy.. One of the doods posts here and proposed to his girlfriend and got Jim butcher to come out I beleive.
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anilEhilated posted:Cannot help it, sword plus flannel shirt would make anyone look like a twat. I always figured that was part of the humour of Micheal, considering his job and all.
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Thyrork posted:I always figured that was part of the humour of Micheal, considering his job and all.
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# ? Apr 21, 2015 01:52 |
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thrawn527 posted:I started and finished Grave Peril over the weekend, and sweet Jesus you were right about it getting better. That book was amazing. Be sure to come back to the thread after each book and post your thoughts and theories. It's what fuels the thread in between books.
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# ? Apr 21, 2015 05:08 |
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Remember that new Audiobook version of Ghost Story that is narrated by James Marsters? Audible just sent me a link to a free copy so I guess they are giving it to people with the original. Sweet.
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Annoyingly, it's not on the UK's audible site yet. Not even as a future release.
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General Emergency posted:Remember that new Audiobook version of Ghost Story that is narrated by James Marsters? Audible just sent me a link to a free copy so I guess they are giving it to people with the original. Sweet. I used the credit I got back on this to get Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning.
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Yeah I was excited. That's pretty awesome of them.
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Wade Wilson posted:I used the credit I got back on this to get Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning. Thats a real book? Is it like a big joke on the whole "Don't trigger me" thing going on? Im reading through American Gods and am enjoying it (save for the uhh vagina eating man part). Hows Trigger Warning?
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General Emergency posted:Remember that new Audiobook version of Ghost Story that is narrated by James Marsters? Audible just sent me a link to a free copy so I guess they are giving it to people with the original. Sweet. did you have to do anything? I'm looking at my audible account, and it wants to charge me for the new version. do you need to be an active subscriber or something?
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# ? Apr 22, 2015 00:53 |
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They sent an email and you had to click on the link in it.
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mastajake posted:They sent an email and you had to click on the link in it. At least one friend didn't think she had gotten one and it was in her spam folder.
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Exmond posted:Thats a real book? Is it like a big joke on the whole "Don't trigger me" thing going on? Im reading through American Gods and am enjoying it (save for the uhh vagina eating man part). Hows Trigger Warning? It's kind of like his other collection called "Fragile Things", except with a Doctor Who short story in it instead of a Sherlock Holmes short story in it. If you liked Fragile Things, you'll probably also like Trigger Warning.
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# ? Apr 22, 2015 14:09 |
Yeah, I didn't get an email or a credit for owning Ghost Story, I'm a subscriber too.
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Did the email say why you were getting it? I'm not currently a subscriber, so I'll be sad if that's a requirement but I do own all the Dresden Audiobooks.
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LoG posted:Yeah, I didn't get an email or a credit for owning Ghost Story, I'm a subscriber too.
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# ? Apr 22, 2015 21:16 |
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Exmond posted:Thats a real book? Is it like a big joke on the whole "Don't trigger me" thing going on? Kinda? It's not so much a joke on it as a push back. He put it together because a trigger warning was originally a useful thing, something that could trigger a PTSD flashback, the intent being that people could brace themselves and then not feel like they are back in Iraq. Then the internet got a hold of it and it became "you better not upset me". Gaiman rightly thinks that's bullshit, talks about it in the intro (or maybe it was in one of the interviews and I'm blurring) how taking it away from its original meaning is trying to make fictions safe places instead of letting people brace themselves to deal with something and he doesn't stand with that, so he put together this. Its a collection of short stories dancing around common idiotic trigger warnings like "spiders" or "anxiety" or "bad break up".
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# ? Apr 23, 2015 01:52 |
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So who else will be at C2E2 and see Jim Butchers panel on his steampunk book? I'm gonna try to check it out but I might end up stuck at my table selling stuff
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http://io9.com/ben-aaronovitchs-rivers-of-london-series-is-coming-to-c-1699533443
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I suppose if Rivers of London does end up getting on the telly (I think I've heard it's been optioned) it'll also end up as a bit of a who's who of Doctor Who actors. For instance, I'm fairly sure I've read that Aaronovitch's likes Paul McGann for Nightingale. If this had come out 10-15 years ago, they could've transplanted the cast of Spooks: David Oyelowo as Peter, Keeley Hawes as Lesley, Matthew McFadyen (though he may have been a little too young) as Nightingale, maybe even Peter Firth as Seawoll and Jenny Agutter as Stephanopolous (I'm not sure what age most of these characters are meant to be beyond Peter and Lesley being late-twenties and Nightingale being 100 but looking 40).
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Wheat Loaf posted:I suppose if Rivers of London does end up getting on the telly (I think I've heard it's been optioned) it'll also end up as a bit of a who's who of Doctor Who actors. For instance, I'm fairly sure I've read that Aaronovitch's likes Paul McGann for Nightingale. Considering how much attention it seems to be getting as London's City Read book right now, it would almost surprise me if it *isn't* optioned.
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Wade Wilson posted:I hope James Marsters does his best impersonation of the first narrator to gently caress with the people that buy this. So far, listening to Marsters's Ghost Story reading, this is pretty much exactly what is happening.
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# ? Apr 24, 2015 19:53 |
Just finished Summer Knight, and it's probably my favorite Dresden book yet. The finale was absolutely amazing, just a massive battle in a faery field amidst storm clouds. Great last line for the book, too. I know I was thinking about taking a break after this for fear of burning out, but...yeah, that's not happening. Clever that he wrote in potential future plot hooks with Mab, too. Or at least, I'm assuming she comes back at some point for her last two tasks? Owning a Kindle makes binge reading so much easier. What with not having to run out to the store to buy the next book.
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# ? Apr 24, 2015 23:50 |
I love that post.
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thrawn527 posted:Just finished Summer Knight, and it's probably my favorite Dresden book yet. The finale was absolutely amazing, just a massive battle in a faery field amidst storm clouds. Great last line for the book, too. I know I was thinking about taking a break after this for fear of burning out, but...yeah, that's not happening. This is why I read this thread. Feel free to drop thoughts mid-book, if you can manage to put it down!
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# ? Apr 25, 2015 01:18 |
Reading Death Masks now. 20% in. Good Lord, the fight against Demon Bear was epic. Butcher can sure as hell write a fight scene. And Michael's back! Hell yes.
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thrawn527 posted:Reading Death Masks now. 20% in. Good Lord, the fight against Demon Bear was epic. Butcher can sure as hell write a fight scene. And Michael's back! Hell yes. Death Masks is one of my favorite books in the series. In fact, it was my #1 favorite for a long time.
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