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thrawn527 posted:Fox21 Television Studios That's Disney at this point, right?
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Klungar posted:That's Disney at this point, right? I believe the plan is to split Fox into separate groups, and Disney would own some of them, like the movies. But not Fox News. So I have no idea where this subcompany would fall then.
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Oct 8, 2018 19:54
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thrawn527 posted:I believe the plan is to split Fox into separate groups, and Disney would own some of them, like the movies. But not Fox News. So I have no idea where this subcompany would fall then. The television production studios went to Disney I believe. News and Sports were not included. I think the plan was Disney is going to keep them autonomous from ABC/Disney for a while though (I swore I read that somewhere, but I'm now having problems finding it).
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Oct 8, 2018 19:56
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Illuyankas posted:No idea if this is applicable outside the UK, but the Kindle store has books 1 to 5 for 99p each as today's deal if you wanted a digital copy or were waiting for a sale to get a friend into the series etc I picked these up. The first book was mostly okay, but does it tone down the chauvinistic vibe in the later books?
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Oct 8, 2018 21:18
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thrawn527 posted:The Dresden Files Fantasy Novels Being Optioned For A New Series Development Won't be the same without Paul Blackthorne. Harry's meant to be 6'9 and while Blackthorne's only 6'3 he's ACTUALLY 6'3 which makes him 4 or 5 inches taller than the average Hollywood actor quoted at that height so you get some idea of how Harry's physicality is different to normal people.
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Oct 9, 2018 14:25
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ookiimarukochan posted:Won't be the same without Paul Blackthorne. Harry's meant to be 6'9 and while Blackthorne's only 6'3 he's ACTUALLY 6'3 which makes him 4 or 5 inches taller than the average Hollywood actor quoted at that height so you get some idea of how Harry's physicality is different to normal people. I agree Blackthorne was perfect casting. It's everything else that they got wrong, and that I hope they get right this time (assuming it actually happens).
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Oct 9, 2018 14:44
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The Dresden series would have been much improved if Claudia Black had been a regular character as Harry's partner. The episode she was in was the best one, from my recollection.
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Still think Vincent whatever from The Invisible Man would have been a good Dresden, is he even still acting?team overhead smash posted:I picked these up. The first book was mostly okay, but does it tone down the chauvinistic vibe in the later books? Yes, but it's worse in 1 and 2 than the rest of the series. Don't be afraid to skip to 3 if you want, 2 has a few good scenes but is probably the worst book in the series and you can always come back to it later
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Oct 9, 2018 15:49
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https://twitter.com/longshotauthor/status/1049376266686795776
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Oct 9, 2018 15:53
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*sigh* God dammit.
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I'll say this for The Rook: the opener is a strong one. Just started reading it and I'm enjoying the ride. Going to be out of recommended UF series after I finish this one, though.  Jim, if you're that eager to write something that disappoints your fans, finish the book already ( love you )
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Oct 9, 2018 16:37
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Illuyankas posted:Still think Vincent whatever from The Invisible Man would have been a good Dresden, is he even still acting?
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Oct 9, 2018 18:47
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i read on the internet that i would get to read peace talks before i die
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Oct 9, 2018 18:58
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I liked Bob on the TV show. I also liked the hockey stick and drum stick he used as staff/blasting rod.
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I've never watched the series because I'm afraid it'll supersede my mental pictures of the characters. Same goes for the audio books. Do you find that to be the case?
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Oct 9, 2018 19:47
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Beachcomber posted:I've never watched the series because I'm afraid it'll supersede my mental pictures of the characters. Same goes for the audio books. It's absolutely the case for me. I can't not see Blackthorne when reading the books.
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Oct 9, 2018 19:52
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thrawn527 posted:It's absolutely the case for me. I can't not see Blackthorne when reading the books. I can't read the books without wanting Harry to turn a hockey stick into his staff. It's insanely dumb and absolutely perfect.
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Oct 9, 2018 20:01
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Beachcomber posted:I've never watched the series because I'm afraid it'll supersede my mental pictures of the characters. Same goes for the audio books. The audio books have only made the series better for me. James Marsters is a perfect VA for it.
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Oct 9, 2018 20:22
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Slanderer posted:I can't read the books without wanting Harry to turn a hockey stick into his staff. It's insanely dumb and absolutely perfect. My only problem with the hockey stick staff is that when I remember it I also remember the drumstick wand.
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Oct 9, 2018 20:53
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Beachcomber posted:I've never watched the series because I'm afraid it'll supersede my mental pictures of the characters. Same goes for the audio books. It's different enough that I don't have any problem separating them. Dresden is quite a bit older, the world is different, the side characters may (or may not) have the same names or personalities, and so on. It's more of a series built in the spirit of the books rather than being true to the books. Sometimes that works. Sometimes it very much does not. The series is quite uneven, quality-wise. The hockey stick staff is perfect, though. I consistently wish Harry had it in the books.
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Oct 9, 2018 20:59
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M_Gargantua posted:The audio books have only made the series better for me. James Marsters is a perfect VA for it. Yeppppp, same. It's tough to read it not in Marsters' voice.
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Oct 9, 2018 21:07
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Poopy Palpy posted:My only problem with the hockey stick staff is that when I remember it I also remember the drumstick wand. i forgot about that, and it also owns.
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Oct 9, 2018 21:39
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And, for me the hockey stick/drumstick are the perfect examples of not just unnecessary change, but change that was so stupid as to be eye rolling.
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torgeaux posted:And, for me the hockey stick/drumstick are the perfect examples of not just unnecessary change, but change that was so stupid as to be eye rolling.  There were so many whole-sale changes that it was "Dresden" in name only.
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Oct 10, 2018 12:55
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It may have been stupid, but it really sold the paycheck to paycheck story of the first several books.
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Oct 10, 2018 13:45
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Going non Dresden for a bit, has anyone else read the Tales of the Nightside series by Simon R Green? I've read books 1 and 2 and found them engaging. However he needs a better editor STAT, there were some glaring issues
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Oct 10, 2018 17:20
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Sloth Life posted:Going non Dresden for a bit, has anyone else read the Tales of the Nightside series by Simon R Green? I've read books 1 and 2 and found them engaging. Writing them without an editor was the simplest thing in the world... Lololo no they don’t get better. Green never says anything a different way if he can say it 5 identical ways in the same book.
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Oct 10, 2018 17:39
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Sloth Life posted:Going non Dresden for a bit, has anyone else read the Tales of the Nightside series by Simon R Green? I've read books 1 and 2 and found them engaging. I greatly enjoy Simon R. Green but everything he writes is basically the same. The Nightside is thoroughly enjoyable for the first half dozen books and then, like all his series, starts to slowly wear out its welcome. Well worth it to continue reading at least until the Angel War. He's had a hard time committing to a series since Nightside so if you finish it and still find yourself wanting more I suggest the Hawk & Fisher stuff for more urban detective action or Deathstalker for Far Future Space Opera/Cyberpunk.
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Oct 10, 2018 17:42
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Sloth Life posted:Going non Dresden for a bit, has anyone else read the Tales of the Nightside series by Simon R Green? I've read books 1 and 2 and found them engaging. It's kind of a fun series, but I can't stress enough that you should space the books out and not binge them. Previous posters are NOT kidding about recycled language.
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Ornamented Death posted:It's kind of a fun series, but I can't stress enough that you should space the books out and not binge them. Previous posters are NOT kidding about recycled language. That's the way it is... in the Nightside.
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Oct 10, 2018 20:58
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Sloth Life posted:Going non Dresden for a bit, has anyone else read the Tales of the Nightside series by Simon R Green? I've read books 1 and 2 and found them engaging. In the Nightside, the quality is always the same, because in the Nightside, nothing ever changes. The Nightside is the Nightside, in the Nightside. Nightside.
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Blue Moon Rising was one of my favorite books in high school. Beyond the Blue Moon had some cringe moments in it but was still pretty fun. Once in a Blue Moon made me angry after I finished and literally made me throw the book across the room shouting "COME ON!". Simon R Green never met a Deus Ex Machina he didn't like.
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LLSix posted:I greatly enjoy Simon R. Green but everything he writes is basically the same. The Nightside is thoroughly enjoyable for the first half dozen books and then, like all his series, starts to slowly wear out its welcome. Well worth it to continue reading at least until the Angel War. He's had a hard time committing to a series since Nightside so if you finish it and still find yourself wanting more I suggest the Hawk & Fisher stuff for more urban detective action or Deathstalker for Far Future Space Opera/Cyberpunk. Are you sure you don’t mean the Lilith War? I thought the Angel War centered around The Unholy Grail in Agents of Light and Darkness and then the Lord of Thorns came and kicked everyone’s asses and kicked all the Angels and Fallen out. The Lilith War groundwork was laid in book #3 and slowly ratcheted up to its climax in Sharper Then A Serpent’s Tooth(Book #6). But yeah, that’s a good stopping point because after that it becomes same-old-same-old with some power creep. I still think his imagination is wild, but after a certain point he just falls short in execution. What I like is all these same universe details and lore woven in to all the disparate series. The Carnaki Institute, The Walking Man, etc... Hawk and Fisher/Forest Kingdom, Droods, Nightside, a couple stand-alones, Deathstalker, and also a Carnacki Institute set of books (that I can’t really recommend), all take place in the same universe. For most of these I’d say just read until your eyes start rolling. Personally, I was on board with the Deathstalker books and the Forest Kingdom/Hawk and FIsher books. One note read Forest Kingdom books 1-3 first, then the Hawk and Fisher omnibuses, and finish with Forest Kingdom Books 4 and 5 (also, apparently there’s a book 5 I somehow missed)
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Vogon Poetry Slam posted:Blue Moon Rising was one of my favorite books in high school. Beyond the Blue Moon had some cringe moments in it but was still pretty fun. Once in a Blue Moon made me angry after I finished and literally made me throw the book across the room shouting "COME ON!". Thanks you saved me some money. I’ll just pretend it ended at Book 4 then.
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As far as Simon R Green goes I did enjoy "Drinking Midnight Wine" as a sort of stand-alone spinoff of the Nightside series. It's not high lit but if he wrote more like that I'd like him better as an author.
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It's less urban fantasy and just general sci-fi, but whoever recommended the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers earlier in this thread (when I was asking for something to read that wasn't horribly depressing) may be interested to know that the new book in that series is out.
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Proteus Jones posted:Are you sure you don’t mean the Lilith War? I thought the Angel War centered around The Unholy Grail in Agents of Light and Darkness and then the Lord of Thorns came and kicked everyone’s asses and kicked all the Angels and Fallen out. The Lilith War groundwork was laid in book #3 and slowly ratcheted up to its climax in Sharper Then A Serpent’s Tooth(Book #6). You are correct. I read Hawk & Fisher first and then Blue Moon over a decade later. It blew my mind when I reread them closer together and saw the connections. I've always seen Forest Kingdom 2 (Blood and Honor) as more of a stand alone book. If you squint it kind of fits in the same world and it does seem to reference some characters from the other books, but the magic works pretty differently. Especially High Magic.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:It's less urban fantasy and just general sci-fi, but whoever recommended the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers earlier in this thread (when I was asking for something to read that wasn't horribly depressing) may be interested to know that the new book in that series is out. Halfway through and so far it is Good. Actually, why am I even posting? I never hear about Tom Holt, but apparently he's fairly prolific? Is there a goon consensus or individual opinions on him?
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Beachcomber posted:I never hear about Tom Holt, but apparently he's fairly prolific? Is there a goon consensus or individual opinions on him? Writes some A-grade depressing fantasy as KJ Parker, though.
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Vogon Poetry Slam posted:Blue Moon Rising was one of my favorite books in high school. Beyond the Blue Moon had some cringe moments in it but was still pretty fun. Once in a Blue Moon made me angry after I finished and literally made me throw the book across the room shouting "COME ON!". Yeah, I read Blue Moon Rising way before the rest. Loved it.
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