[Zanth13]

QuickTidal;328345 said:

Dead Beat was brilliant! Once again, Butcher knocks it up a few notches. Man, do I love this series! What I loved about this one is that Harry gets involved in the hairy situation(s) that he has to deal with, but on top of that we get all these side running things that he touched on in a few of the earlier books (The Denarius coin/Lasciel, The Wardens and the council) added onto that coming together in longer series-length plot threads. A solid read all the way through!

Up next: Proven Guilty!

ah yes... i miss the days when I could read book after book of dresden and see no end in sight... alas now I am cought up and have to wait year to year like everyone else...

:zanth:

[Abyss]

Zanth13;328393 said:

ah yes... i miss the days when I could read book after book of dresden and see no end in sight... alas now I am cought up and have to wait year to year like everyone else...

:zanth:

I feel your pain. It was a glorious run all the way up thru PROVEN GUILTY, a short wait for WHITE KNIGHT, and then a long year to SMALL FAVOR.

On the bright side, JB is SE-like is hammering out quality product on a predictable timeline which i REALLY appreciate in a writer. It's one thing to write a great series. It's another to keep doing so on a steady rate that keeps the fans sated (see also: not GRRM, not late-RJ, not JV Jones...).


- Abyss, all about momentum...

[QuickTidal]

Abyss;328666 said:

I feel your pain. It was a glorious run all the way up thru PROVEN GUILTY, a short wait for WHITE KNIGHT, and then a long year to SMALL FAVOR.

On the bright side, JB is SE-like is hammering out quality product on a predictable timeline which i REALLY appreciate in a writer. It's one thing to write a great series. It's another to keep doing so on a steady rate that keeps the fans sated (see also: not GRRM, not late-RJ, not JV Jones...).


- Abyss, all about momentum...

That's a big hearty truth about the series. He bangs them out as fast as some thriller writers can, but the great thing is that the quality not only seems to stay at a high level, but increases with each volume.

Spoiler

Oh, and was anyone else upset that Sheila turned out to be Lasciel trying to entice Harry? I was kind of excited that our battered Wizard was going to finally get some stable loving (read: non-vampiric), and then she went and ruined it all. However, that sequence where he goes to her apt to make sure she's okay before the final showdown, and everything is fine until Butters and Mouse come in and don't fit into the illusion and he sees the abandoned room for what it is, was absolutely brilliant! It was such a nice reveal once Harry figured it out. Damn, is it wrong that I kind of want to read Dead Beat again?

This post has been edited by Aptorian: 22 October 2008 - 02:31 PM

[QuickTidal]

Okay crap....Proven Guilty is sitting on my shelf as I write this, itching to be read....but I am trying to finish Melinda Snodgrass The Edge of Reason first, and I am also trying to save Proven Guilty for my weekend at the cottage this Friday...but it calls to me......oh it calls to me.

[Coco with marshmallows]

do it quicktidal,

you'll thank me (and curse me) for it later.

[QuickTidal]

Cocoreturns;333500 said:

do it quicktidal,

you'll thank me (and curse me) for it later.

Hehe. Success! I have finished Edge of Reason and so tonight is the night I break the seal on Proven Guilty! Woot!

[Zanth13]

You fail for taking so long.

[Tremolo]

Just ordered the first omnibus. Been wanting to read this series for a while.

[Obdigore]

Tremolo;334094 said:

Just ordered the first omnibus. Been wanting to read this series for a while.

Tremmy, some advice. Order them all, now. You will not want to stop reading the Adventures of Harry Dresden.

[dolfanuk]

agreed he kicks ass, and cracks wise with the best of them.

ie. meep meep, with mab. or titania.

youll know later lol

[Dr Trouble]

dolfanuk;334139 said:

agreed he kicks ass, and cracks wise with the best of them.

ie. meep meep, with mab. or titania.

youll know later lol

Right right ... >_>

[polishgenius]

It amuses me how many people, including me, have arrived in this topic with 'just bought the first x books' and returned a week later with 'noes I've run out of Dresden goodness!'.


It's a bit moreish, innit?

[Tremolo]

Obdigore;334129 said:

Tremmy, some advice. Order them all, now. You will not want to stop reading the Adventures of Harry Dresden.

I am not made of money...sadly ...

[wolf_2099]

Tremolo;334371 said:

I am not made of money...sadly ...

Still got a kidney?

If so you have one up on everyone that order the GotM limited edition of RotCG book.

(I miss that kidney, righty was always my favorite. He kept homeostatic balance the bestest.)

Going on vacation next week, plan on bringing the old Dresdeb novesl with, awesome, awesome books to read on vacation.

[Tremolo]

I will be needing my kidneys for the BBQ, so that is not an option ....but my neighbourgh smokes a lot of weed....he wont notice anything odd if he wakes up in his own bathtub covered in ice....hmmmm

[wolf_2099]

Tremolo;334382 said:

I will be needing my kidneys for the BBQ, so that is not an option ....but my neighbourgh smokes a lot of weed....

or you know, steal his weed and sell it back to him. Less bloody, and probably less illegal.

[Aptorian]

How many books has butcher written so far? I've heard he was planning on writting 20

[wolf_2099]

Turn Coat, out April 2009 will be the 11th.

The Small Favor, came out this year.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss seemed to mention about hearing he will do 20 Dresden Files, and then a final Apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off. Sounds effing good to me, it means I ahve at least 13 more books to look forward to.

Oh, BTW, 5 chapters into Proven Guilty now....Goddamn but he likes to kick things off with a bang don't he?! Loving it, Butcher is awesome!

[polishgenius]

I heard it was 14 books myself. I wouldn't really know though.