[Use Of Weapons]

I hope the title changes to fit with the rest of the series. The publisher may well insist on it, like they did with Robert Ludlum. It's not a Dresden novel if it doesn't have a two-word (and ideally, two monosyllabic word) title.

Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series does the same thing (Heat Stroke, Thin Air, Ill Wind, etc.)

[Aptorian]

jitsukerr, on May 6 2009, 06:46 PM, said:

I hope the title changes to fit with the rest of the series. The publisher may well insist on it, like they did with Robert Ludlum. It's not a Dresden novel if it doesn't have a two-word (and ideally, two monosyllabic word) title.

Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series does the same thing (Heat Stroke, Thin Air, Ill Wind, etc.)

Well, If I understood the videos right, even the titles where decided before the series even began. Everything was planned. Incidentally, he revealed the names of the final three apocalyptic novels in the the apocalyptic trilogy, they are "Empty Night", "Stars and Stones" and... uhm... somebody help me with the last name? It's another one of the saying that is often used... I'm guessing its a christian one perhaps?

[Pig Iron]

Aptorian, on May 6 2009, 06:44 PM, said:

Zanth13, on May 6 2009, 05:29 PM, said:

Changes is the title huh?

so isnt that the first one word title?

I wonder what it means, what changes, maybe the headache plot will get expanded on

Someone commented in one of the videos that Changes was the first one word title and asked why that is. Butcher replied that, well... he changed it

Thought what he said was more like "it's (about) changes, duh" Sounds like potential for a lot of fun anyhow.

[Use Of Weapons]

Even if he has planned it that way, titles are the one thing that the publisher often exerts most control over, and I can see them making a fuss over the change to a winning formula.

[Abyss]

At the end of TURNCOAT (one word, btw) Ebenezer suggests Injun Jim might teach Harry a few things. They kid about shapeshifting, but given the title 'CHANGES', hey, s'possible.

- Abyss, can change a lightbulb...

[Obdigore]

Abyss, on May 7 2009, 08:28 AM, said:

At the end of TURNCOAT (one word, btw) Ebenezer suggests Injun Jim might teach Harry a few things. They kid about shapeshifting, but given the title 'CHANGES', hey, s'possible.

- Abyss, can change a lightbulb...

I figured he was going to do the nasty with molly, feed lasciels coin to mouse, tag-team murphy with thomas, and pretend he is tiste and call up like 15 corpses and go on an angry tear around chicago killing anyone that has ever pissed him off.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Obdigore, on May 7 2009, 02:29 PM, said:

I figured he was going to do the nasty with molly, feed lasciels coin to mouse, tag-team murphy with thomas, and pretend he is tiste and call up like 15 corpses and go on an angry tear around chicago killing anyone that has ever pissed him off.

hell..... i'd buy that book.

[vaiski]

Okay so over at Butcher's board a little spoilery bit about the opening of Changes has been revealed. As for how big a spoiler it is, it's comparable to Morgan appearing on Harry's door in the beginning of Turn Coat. If that's too spoilery for you, don't read this:

Spoiler

"I answered the phone, and Susan Rodriguez said, 'They've taken our daughter'."

So as somebody in the general Dresden thread remarked, the Harry & Susan sex scene was so out of character for the series that it had to lead to a baby, and come next April we'll be reading about her.
Can't say that I'm too thrilled about this, but gotta trust Butcher to be able to make it work.

This post has been edited by vaiski: 14 May 2009 - 07:12 PM

[Zanth13]

Holy shit

Spoiler

Dresden as a daddy, craziness, changes indeed...

Might lead to some awesome emotional changes, wonder if she is a a little vampish,

You know dresden will raise hell literally to protect his daughter

This post has been edited by Zanth13: 16 May 2009 - 12:52 AM

[Abyss]

Spoiler

Taking bets it's not his daughter but Susan tells him so to get his help.

- Abyss, died a little bit inside at knowing we must wait a year for that.

[Imperial Historian]

Sounds cool.

Spoiler

Looks like Abyss called it right with the sex scene with susan yielding a daughter.

I can't wait to see what dresden is going to do to whoever took his daughter.

I'm betting we're back to the red court they have been off screen for a while.

[Zanth13]

Spoiler

Probably gonna start another war, chics dig that

That would be some bullshit if she did that byss, that's smote worthy...

I wonder if he ends up taking care of the kid, like maybe susan will be killed off or go full vamp

This post has been edited by Zanth13: 16 May 2009 - 12:51 AM

[Sindriss]

abyss: I think it was meant that the indian wizard would train him in how to learn to cope with the worlds injustice and having to compromise with vital issues to get onwards, sometimes the right and proper solution isn't workable, like with morgan having to die. He probably got a lot of experience with that, if he has survived since the white americans started killing indians and taking their country. Althought it would be very cool if he could learn to shapeshift.

What I am most curious about is that mantle he has taken up from that island. Ebenezar says that harry is one of maybe 3-4 people he knows that he could think could take up the mantle, because he got his head right on or something. What on earth does that imply, having to deal with some major corrupting source like the fallen angel?

[Coco with marshmallows]

nah, i think its the whole 'source of the leyline' thing,

tied in with the full story about the spirit of the island being an intellectus,

and getting a limp from Gatekeeper, who's perhaps the most interesting member of the Senior council in my eyes.