[vaiski]

So far there's only a preorder page for the Audiobook but as per Butcher's site release date is sometime late this year.

Hopefully it collects not only the short stories published so far, but also those three that have been announced but haven't been released yet. Personally I'm really looking forward to getting inside the head of one Johnny Marcone.

And regarding that exclusive content in Side Jobs, Butcher said 'Aftermath--Murphy (That one will be exclusive to SIDE JOBS, is set forty five minutes after the end of CHANGES, and is turning into a novella on me, rather than a short story.)'

Also, a novel set during French-Indian wars and featuring young Ebenazar - that's would just be all kinds of awesome.

[Abyss]

WIN!!!!

Thanks Vaiski, i've been waiting for news on this.

I hope there is a chunk of extra content that wasn't in the anthologies, but who're we kidding, i'm so on this.

- Abyss, picking up Strange Brew from the library this week...

[Aptorian]

Suddenly my pants got all tight.

[Abyss]

That was just your haemorrhoids.

- Abyss, ...ew.

[Aptorian]

Nothing that isn't easily removed with a cheese grater.

[Obdigore]

Post 1: Amazing thread.
Post 5: Vomit in my mouth.

A new low.

[Abyss]

@Apt - HIGH5!!!!

...but seriously, it's interesting that after Backup, Butcher is starting to spread the povs around a bit more. I wonder if it's in his mind to expand the scope of the Dresdenverse a bit more. A Murphy novella would be a treat. Does Butcher do female povs in Alera?

@Vaiski - do you know whether Backup will be included in this?

ETA: here's the list from Jim's site:

"Restoration of Faith"
<LI>"Vignette"
<LI>"Something Borrowed" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
<LI>"It's My Birthday Too" -- from Many Bloody Returns
<LI>"Heorot" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
<LI>"Day Off" -- from Blood Lite
<LI>Backup -- novelette from Thomas' POV, originally published by Subterranean Press
<LI>The Warrior -- novelette from Mean Streets
<LI>"Last Call" -- from Strange Brew
<LI>"Love Hurts" -- from Songs of Love and Death
<LI>And exclusive, all-new material!"

- Abyss, looks fwd to more people owning Backup.

[Imperial Historian]

Butcher does a couple of female POV's in alera, which is spread over several POV's to good effect. But you shouldn't be asking us this, you should be reading the alera books... series is finished now and I'd say they are at a similar level to the dresden books. Go get your butcher fix, you won't regret it.

[Abyss]

Imperial Historian, on 25 February 2010 - 10:11 PM, said:

Butcher does a couple of female POV's in alera, which is spread over several POV's to good effect. But you shouldn't be asking us this, you should be reading the alera books... series is finished now and I'd say they are at a similar level to the dresden books. Go get your butcher fix, you won't regret it.

I have the first five in mmpb sitting on my to read pile, and in an exercise of pure willpower, i am waiting until i have all six in mmpb, whereupon i will engage in an orgy of read.

I'm trying to re-experience the awesome that was jumping into the Dresden series at book seven.

- Abyss, nostalgic.

[Imperial Historian]

Your willpower leaves me in awe. I look forward to seeing your thoughts on the books.

In other news this thread, and the quote from turncoat you posted in another thread has made me start a dresden re-read.. roll on april.

[Abyss]

Changes preview chapters to be posted in a week or so. This part's always tough. I need to take my willpower to the gym. These books are too short awesome to spoil.

Neat tho': between Changes and Side Jobs that's a double dose of Dresden for the year.

- Abyss, weak at delaying gratification.

[HoosierDaddy]

I wonder if Butcher is going to amp up production with no Alera writing being done. I imagine so. Either that or he'll start working on something else.

I will read every sample chapter as soon as they are out. Abyss, do you read the MBotF prologues when they come out on here?

[QuickTidal]

Oh hell yes! WOOT!!

[Abyss]

H.D., on 25 February 2010 - 11:39 PM, said:

...Abyss, do you read the MBotF prologues when they come out on here?

Yes, but MBF books are a thousand pages long. Dresdencrack is barely 300.

- Abyss, selective with his addictions.

[Aptorian]

Actually the Dresden books have progressively become longer and longer. They're up to 400-500 now.

Who knows by the time we hit 20-23 it'll be 1000.

You know, I think I'm actually a bit more anxious about that release of this collection of short stories than Changes. I've been wanting to read all those little stories for a long time, just didn't want to spend the cash on an omnibus of other authors I didn't know.

[Obdigore]

Abyss, on 25 February 2010 - 10:54 PM, said:

Changes preview chapters to be posted in a week or so. This part's always tough. I need to take my willpower to the gym. These books are too short awesome to spoil.

Neat tho': between Changes and Side Jobs that's a double dose of Dresden for the year.

- Abyss, weak at delaying gratification.

Don't worry Abyss, I shall read the chapters and tell you how awesome it is going to be. Again.

[Abyss]

Aptorian, on 26 February 2010 - 07:52 AM, said:

...I think I'm actually a bit more anxious about that release of this collection of short stories than Changes. I've been wanting to read all those little stories for a long time, just didn't want to spend the cash on an omnibus of other authors I didn't know.

With good reason. I library'd most of them and while the Dresden stories run from good (It's My Birthday, Heorot) to brilliant (The Warrior), pretty much everything else in those anthologies was eye-bleedingly bad imnsho. I'll totally buy the butcher collection, but the anthologies are not worth even the mmpb/2nd hand dollars unles you have a deep abiding love for Charlaine Harris and a bunch of worse writers who wish they were her (Mean Streets was marginally better with the additions of Grieskowski and Green).

Obdigore, on 26 February 2010 - 02:31 PM, said:

Don't worry Abyss, I shall read the chapters and tell you how awesome it is going to be. Again.

i STILL hate you, Obdigore.

- Abyss, hating Obdigore since 2008.

[Tsundoku]

OK, how do I pre-order this so I don't miss out? I would have thought the info for the book would be out before the audiobook info but oh well ...
Is this going to mass market release or is it a limited release?

Speaking of Side Trips, I'd really like to find out what happened on Murphy and Kincaids' little Hawaii jaunt.

This post has been edited by Sombra: 27 February 2010 - 01:44 PM

[Slow Ben]

I'm guessing lots of Murphy on top, she seems like the type.


How the hell did i miss this thread?!!?!?!??
It was already a good weekend.



Can't wait to pick this up, i've been waffling on getting the anthology with The Warrior on it cause its so damn awesome. Now i dont have to!

[Abyss]

Imperial Historian, on 25 February 2010 - 10:33 PM, said:

...In other news this thread, and the quote from turncoat you posted in another thread has made me start a dresden re-read.. roll on april.

Let us know how that goes. i haven't done a re-read yet but considered it more than once. does the series hold up as awesome 2nd time around?

Aptorian, on 26 February 2010 - 07:52 AM, said:

Actually the Dresden books have progressively become longer and longer. They're up to 400-500 now.

Who knows by the time we hit 20-23 it'll be 1000.
...

True, and we can hope. But they are still fast read compared to an SE/ICE bookchunk.

Sombra, on 27 February 2010 - 01:35 PM, said:

OK, how do I pre-order this so I don't miss out? I would have thought the info for the book would be out before the audiobook info but oh well ...
Is this going to mass market release or is it a limited release?
...

Pretty sure there will be info on the Butcher site and/or someone will x-post here. I doubt it's a ltd release, Dresden books make all kinds of top seller lists. Backup was an experiment and i suspect Butcher wanted to do it to work with Mignola.


Btw i just read the short story in Strange Brew, which, second to The Warrior, was the best anthology story yet. Classic Dresden. I can't speak to the rest of the anthology yet... except Patricia Briggs' story wasn't bad.


- Abyss, doesn't hold the bar too high.