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Renegret posted:I finished reading all of the Dresden Files books in a two part binge. No worries, there's many more years of Dresden to come. Until then though, yeah you're hosed.
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A. Beaverhausen posted:No worries, there's many more years of Dresden to come. Until then though, yeah you're hosed. Dammit Jim stop working on "other projects" and give me what I want 
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Sep 20, 2015 16:17
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Renegret posted:Dammit Jim stop working on "other projects" and give me what I want You want the D. 
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Sep 21, 2015 01:12
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Hopefully now that Jim got the rights back we can get a proper live action series or movies. I hope Netflix takes a chance on it, maybe do 6 episode seasons twice a year so that they can get through to the good stuff.
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Sep 21, 2015 01:58
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Renegret posted:Dammit Jim stop working on "other projects" and give me what I want Have you read all the short stories?
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Oroborus posted:Hopefully now that Jim got the rights back we can get a proper live action series or movies. I hope Netflix takes a chance on it, maybe do 6 episode seasons twice a year so that they can get through to the good stuff. Where was this news? I looked back a couple of pages or so and couldn't find the announcement. It's good news, though. Even if they don't make another show.
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Shinjobi posted:Where was this news? I looked back a couple of pages or so and couldn't find the announcement. It was mentioned awhile ago that Jim said it at a convention, unless I am going insane...which is possible.
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I think jim mentioned a couple times thay he had a countdown going. I think they have reverted back to him now though.
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Sep 21, 2015 19:03
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I started the last Dresden book yet published last night. And yes, I read Side Jobs. ...I don't want to be done yet...I don't want to have to wait... I've been reading these drat things since April, almost interrupted.
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Sep 21, 2015 19:24
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Come to the dark side, by which I mean enter ultimate nerd-dom by playing the table-top RPG! That's what I started doing when I ran out of books anyway.
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mistaya posted:Come to the dark side, by which I mean enter ultimate nerd-dom by playing the table-top RPG! I decided to read Dune instead. So far I'm 80 pages in and the main character hasn't incinerated anybody or anything yet 3/10 Hasn't even burnt down any buildings yet what is this poo poo.
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Sep 21, 2015 20:42
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Renegret posted:I decided to read Dune instead. You poor bastard. On the plus side, actual nuclear bombs are dropped at some point so it isn't all boring.
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Sep 21, 2015 20:48
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That really isn't this type of book. There are a lot of urban fantasy series that feel more or less like Dresden derivatives, though. Some of them are even quite good.
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Sep 21, 2015 22:33
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anilEhilated posted:That really isn't this type of book. Some are even (arguably) better at Dresden-style UF than Dresden.
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Sep 22, 2015 04:11
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Dresden is still my favorite, but Dresden's had 15 books worth of development. I think that Alex Verus would probably be my favorite right now if he had similar room for development.
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Sep 22, 2015 04:13
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Khizan posted:Dresden is still my favorite, but Dresden's had 15 books worth of development. If "Dresden-style UF" means male protagonist with a dark past, a touch of angst and a good deal of snark, with a capacity for action and violence, I find that Pax Arcana by Elliot James (3 books) and Daniel Faust by Craig Schaefer (4 books) are much better series.
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Sep 22, 2015 04:52
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Renegret posted:I finished reading all of the Dresden Files books in a two part binge. I recommend Simon R. Green's Nightside series or Glen Cook's Sweet Silver Blues. Nightside has more fire but Glen Cook's writing is very polished.
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thrawn527 posted:I started the last Dresden book yet published last night. And yes, I read Side Jobs. Read them again. You probably missed a clue somewhere. This sounds like a sarcastic post but it's not.
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Sep 22, 2015 05:56
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-Fish- posted:Read them again. You probably missed a clue somewhere. I agree with this, I missed a lot on my first reading of the series.
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Mars4523 posted:I'm not exactly sure how we're defining "Dresden-style UF", but I'd argue that Dresden himself has been stagnating for the last few books instead of developing. The quality of the series itself has been coming down from a peak around books 10-12. Pax Arcana has been solid so far, but I'm sort of iffy on it right now, largely because I'm going to be upset if Sig ends up getting knocked up and losing her powers. Daniel Faust is pretty solid(also there's 5 books now, Killing Floor Blues is out), but I want to see where it goes first. My big complaint about that was that his relationship with the succubus didn't have enough... demon in it? Like, he's dating a succubus and princess of hell, it shouldn't be all rainbows and sunshine. I want my demons to act more demony, damnit. They're both good series. They're both way better than Dresden by book 5, that's for sure. But I've seen Dresden generally improve, where both of those series could go one way or the other imo.
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LLSix posted:I recommend Simon R. Green's Nightside series or Glen Cook's Sweet Silver Blues. Nightside has more fire but Glen Cook's writing is very polished. Just a warning on Simon R. Green's Nightside, the first book is terrible, absolutely terrible.
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Khizan posted:Pax Arcana has been solid so far, but I'm sort of iffy on it right now, largely because I'm going to be upset if Sig ends up getting knocked up and losing her powers. I wouldn't say that Daniel's relationship with Caitlin is all rainbows and sunshine. He's basically powerless against her, which makes them kind of the inverse of your typical power unbalanced UF heroine/sexy overpowered vampire/were animal relationship. The guy can't even express any doubts about her without bad things happening, and God help him if he hurts her in any way.
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Sep 22, 2015 09:06
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Mars4523 posted:It's mentioned in a throwaway line that the Tenplars gave John a vasectomy when he was young. Yeah, but his whole schtick is magical werewolf healing powers.
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Oroborus posted:Hopefully now that Jim got the rights back we can get a proper live action series or movies. I hope Netflix takes a chance on it, maybe do 6 episode seasons twice a year so that they can get through to the good stuff. I dunno, there's a lot that won't really translate into live action. You could do maybe the first 8-9 books and then it gets really weird. Oh wait, book 8 is SplatterCon!!! so maybe not even that far.
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Jim has said he imagines it as an animated series, which would be awesome, but expensive to do right.
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I'm still at The Jennifer Morgue and I'm enjoying it well enough so far. I'm at the bit where the perspective shifts away from Bob for the first time and we see how Ramona became involved which was a bit unexpected. However, I must say I really quite enjoy that Billington seems to have magicked things up so he could only be defeated by James Bond.
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Mars4523 posted:I wouldn't say that Daniel's relationship with Caitlin is all rainbows and sunshine. He's basically powerless against her, which makes them kind of the inverse of your typical power unbalanced UF heroine/sexy overpowered vampire/were animal relationship. The guy can't even express any doubts about her without bad things happening, and God help him if he hurts her in any way.
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Khizan posted:Yeah, but his whole schtick is magical werewolf healing powers.
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A potentially still-ongoing AMA from Butcher Some interesting answers there, and some dumb ones.
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"Yeah, I always recommend that people start at Dead Beat. It was written specifically to be an entry point for new readers, since it was my very first hardback, and I feel it's more representative of the series as a whole. I was pretty clueless during those first two books. I had a whole lot to learn. Still do, but it doesn't show quite as badly. " Well, that answers that question.
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Hey, so do you guys know any rumors or actual news about Peace Talks? I saw its title mentioned on Jim Butcher's website, but I'm a little confused why this book is taking longer than the previous ones.
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Snipee posted:Hey, so do you guys know any rumors or actual news about Peace Talks? I saw its title mentioned on Jim Butcher's website, but I'm a little confused why this book is taking longer than the previous ones. As the Dresden books have gotten longer and more involved, its taking him longer to write each one. Simple as that.
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Also he took some time off Dresden to write his new thing.
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Snipee posted:Hey, so do you guys know any rumors or actual news about Peace Talks? I saw its title mentioned on Jim Butcher's website, but I'm a little confused why this book is taking longer than the previous ones. Well he's said before that it'll be about (I think) treaties with the fomor and the White Council/Winter Court/whoever, and that it'll have the highest amount of supernatural violence in the series thus far. Finish date is projected to be Jan 1st (pushed back from Oct 1st by talking cats)
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some good stuff from that AMA: We're going to get to see some of the other wizards trump cards (like listen to winds shape shifting) We will find out what happened during the Unseelie incursion in 1994 Mirror Mirror will show us some of the other personalities Molly displayed in her possible future windows.
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-Fish- posted:Read them again. You probably missed a clue somewhere. Honestly, I'll probably do this. These other UF books people mention, are they as...sarcastic and funny? Because that's probably my favorite things about Dresden.
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Oroborus posted:some good stuff from that AMA: Here's my favorite. 1) Mirror universe Harry is different by one choice. One. And everything else just follows after that. Wild Speculation Time!
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Potooweet posted:Here's my favorite. He co opted Sells ritual, and killed him
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thrawn527 posted:Honestly, I'll probably do this. Some of them are! Both the Alex Verus and Daniel Faust series have more than their fair share of snark. So does The Laundry Files. The Rook doesn't do a lot of snark, but it is big on irony and incongruity as sources of humor.
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