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SKIN GAME anticipation, previews, support-group Dresden 15 - NO SPOILERS HERE

#21 Abyss

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 07:19 PM

Illuyankas, on 28 January 2013 - 04:37 PM, said:

More info and massive spoilers on the plot from a signing, and holy balls:

Rough

Spoiler

More details and spoilers

Spoiler

Literally cannot wait.

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH

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#22 QuickTidal

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 07:33 PM

Holy fuckballs!

The wait for that is going to absolutely suck!

Sounds AMAZING!

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 07:50 PM

Need my crack, now.

Para todos todo, para nosotros nada.

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 08:20 PM

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Cannot wait!!!!!
Argh, this will be THE most anticipated book of 2013/possibly 2014 for me.

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 10:01 PM

What Abyss said. Talk about teasers! Hollywood -- get some tips!

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#26 Ukjent

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 10:58 AM

Read or not to read spoilers,.. bah, fuck it, it's shall be a surprise for me when the times come.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 06:05 PM

Graablick, on 10 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

Read or not to read spoilers,.. bah, fuck it, it's shall be a surprise for me when the times come.

I and a few others on here successfully held out on the Dresden preview chapters and spoiler information before Cold Days came out.

It was glorious and all the more delicious because everything was new.

I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.

#28 Illuyankas

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 06:15 PM

Chances are those will be part of the synopsis, but if you want to wait for that be my guest.

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 07:48 PM

amphibian, on 10 March 2013 - 06:05 PM, said:

Graablick, on 10 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

Read or not to read spoilers,.. bah, fuck it, it's shall be a surprise for me when the times come.

Yeah, when I finally got Cold Days, I hadn't read any of it anywhere else bar the title. Reading preview chapters and spoilers reduces the hit when the Dresden crack finally arrives.

Oh, and btw I just cannot wait for this!

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 01:39 PM

fuck. I'm worried that this and Words of Radiance will come out at the same time...I can't set aside one for the other.

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 01:42 PM

Briar King, on 11 March 2013 - 02:30 AM, said:

... We ought to find a way to make bets somehow someway for all the preview chapter readers vs us non readers.

Your resistance only makes our victories that much sweeter.

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 10:19 PM

I'm gonna stop reading Dresden till the series finishes then just read the rest in one go.

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 12:28 PM

That's not possible. When you see Skin game in the store or on the web, the urge for dresdencrack will rise and you will fail.

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 02:15 PM

Briar King, on 12 March 2013 - 02:41 AM, said:

Abyss, on 11 March 2013 - 01:42 PM, said:

Briar King, on 11 March 2013 - 02:30 AM, said:

... We ought to find a way to make bets somehow someway for all the preview chapter readers vs us non readers.

Your resistance only makes our victories that much sweeter.

NonfuckingSENSE!!

Just wait BK.... oh, just you wait...

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 05:21 PM

amphibian, on 10 March 2013 - 06:05 PM, said:

Graablick, on 10 March 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

Read or not to read spoilers,.. bah, fuck it, it's shall be a surprise for me when the times come.

But you have no way of knowing how much more you would have enjoyed it with the priming of having read the the preview chapters. Sure, you can skip e.g. appetizers or foreplay but are you sure your experience is richer that way?

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 11:05 PM

Pig Iron, on 12 March 2013 - 05:21 PM, said:

I have the other books I've read spoiler chapters for. I read the Ghost Story first chapter and it did somewhat lower my enjoyment because it felt old to me.

I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.

#37 Pig Iron

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Posted 13 March 2013 - 05:16 AM

amphibian, on 12 March 2013 - 11:05 PM, said:

Pig Iron, on 12 March 2013 - 05:21 PM, said:

I have the other books I've read spoiler chapters for. I read the Ghost Story first chapter and it did somewhat lower my enjoyment because it felt old to me.

Hmm some kind of crossover study design, or historical control. Not valid, since they are different books. Only thing that would do is a double-blind randomized controlled study. Bit of a problem though.

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Posted 13 March 2013 - 02:35 PM

Briar King, on 13 March 2013 - 01:32 AM, said:

amphibian, on 12 March 2013 - 11:05 PM, said:

Pig Iron, on 12 March 2013 - 05:21 PM, said:

I have the other books I've read spoiler chapters for. I read the Ghost Story first chapter and it did somewhat lower my enjoyment because it felt old to me.

Hear Hear Amp

I had the complete opposite experience. The preview chapters HEIGHTENED my enjoyment because the anticipation element was way way up.

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Posted 13 March 2013 - 07:34 PM

I had the same thing. The weeks of anticipation, (re)reading the preview chapters, the waiting, the searching for the book to get it a bit earlier etc. all heightened my enjoyment of the book. Without that I would still have enjoyed it immensely, but now I could spread that out to weeks instead of a few hours.

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Posted 14 March 2013 - 12:49 PM

LOL, it's March and the preview pushing (which isn't even out yet) has begun!

Take your fix whilst you can folks... how can you possibly be disappointed?

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