[Obdigore]

I dont know what the

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little chicago

thing is but as regards

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sanya

wasn't is said that

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Harry was the only one to reject the demon without outside help?

I wish I didn't have the whole series loaned out so I could clear this stuff up.

[Imperial Historian]

I thought it was that

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People had only got rid of the shadow from the coin after accepting the coin, then renouncing it like sanya did, harry is the only person to get rid of the coin without accepting the coin first (or renouncing there power)

[Abyss]

Y'know, on the one hand this thread has brought a lot of peeps over to Dresden, buton the other having to spoilerblock everything is turning into a pain - anyone object to just sticking SPOILERS in the threadhead???

Onwords...

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Little Chicago should have backfired and exploded but someone snuck into Harry's and fixed it, at the end of PROVEN GUILTY iirc.

Harry was the first person not to succumb to the coins in the first place.

The point was made in SMALL FAVOR that a lot of the denarii were in fact more flunkies than major players, hence why Harry and co were taking them out easier than they did in DEATH MASKS. Thorny was taken out by Harry with one good hit early in ths book. Not a ringing intro for a major player if that's what he was. Nico's offer of alliance with Harry against the Black Council was interesting. I suspect we'll see that plot point again.

Kincaid... i dunno... Butcher's gone thru a lot of trouble to establish him as a bad person but not a bad guy. Yes, he's an awful evil cold-blooded part demon killer, but he sells Harry anti-vampire disposable shotguns, he cares about Ivy (it seems), and he sheboings Murphy... not exactly in Cowl's league.

I can't see Marcone ever risking a denarius. he's far too into self-control. But he has been positioning himself as a player in supernatural matters, which is an interesting thing for a mortal crime lord to be doing.

Y'know, it's not unthinkable that Morgan bites it in TURNCOAT and Harry ends up Warden second in command.

I still hope Murphy is going to have to take up the Jananese Sword and i wouldn't be shocked if Charity had to pick up Michael's.

- Abyss, wants next book NOW.

[Imperial Historian]

I'm all for a dresden files spoiler thread if people want it, perhaps leave this one for newbies to discuss the series and create a small favour spoiler thread for up to date discussion?

[murphy72]

Has anyone noticed that they are reissuing the first Dresden File books in hardcover now? Great covers.

This post has been edited by murphy72: 03 October 2008 - 06:03 AM

[Paran]

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With the Little Chicago thing, I thought it was one of Lash's dying gifts along with th guitar.
As for Shiro's sword, I had no doubt it would have been Murphy, since all the superfriends need power-ups! In that sense the overall story is a bit cliched. Susan had to get super powers, thomas wasn't just any old white court vamp, and now murphy looks like becoming a knight of the cross. Marcone I believe took the coin for leverage in case of further attacks, although Ms Gard is another suspect. Bet is on that Molly and Ramirez get together. Somewhat Buffy, but very entertaining.

[Abyss]

Imperial Historian, on Oct 2 2008, 11:04 AM, said:

I'm all for a dresden files spoiler thread if people want it, perhaps leave this one for newbies to discuss the series and create a small favour spoiler thread for up to date discussion?

I note that due to the forum shift, many many spoilers in earlier posts are now uncovered.

Since there are many 'what to read' threads, and Dresden routinely gets pimped, perhaps we can just retitle this one?


- Abyss, ..because yes, discussing even OTHER authors is more entertaining on this forum...

[Zanth13]

@ abyss

Shame on you, this is the only forum

I like my forum like I like my women, big and full of spam... wait no... thats not right..

[Abyss]

Zanth13, on Oct 3 2008, 02:26 PM, said:

@ abyss

Shame on you, this is the only forum
...

Disturbing how true that is.

I did a quick run thru of the thread and there are all kinds of spoilers after the first two pages or so. That said, everything is at least marked 'SPOILERS'. Kind of amazing how many forumites this thread brought in to the Dresden books, actually.

Anyhoo, i'm easy with a retitle, or thread division. Thinkyz?

- Abyss, now a force for order...

[murphy72]

There's going to be a new Dresden Files book at the end of this month, Backup. A short novel with his brother Thomas doing the rescuing for a change.

[QuickTidal]

Yup, I am with Abyss on the retitling to spoiler thread territory now. It's time.

[Abyss]

murphy72, on Oct 3 2008, 08:29 PM, said:

There's going to be a new Dresden Files book at the end of this month, Backup. A short novel with his brother Thomas doing the rescuing for a change.

I saw a ref to that on the Butcher forum, but isn't it a limited release high price thing along the lines of the original NoK?

- Abyss, struggles with paying more for less...

[vaiski]

Abyss, on Oct 7 2008, 05:45 PM, said:

I saw a ref to that on the Butcher forum, but isn't it a limited release high price thing along the lines of the original NoK?

- Abyss, struggles with paying more for less...

Not quite that pricey, though still expensive considering it's only 80 pages. Amazon.ca currently has it for CDN$ 15.44.

[murphy72]

It's $15.00 here in the States too.

[QuickTidal]

I am VERY, very tempted to do a re-read of the entire series at this point, after which I should think TurnCoat should be close to coming out. I especially look forward to re-reading Death Masks, Dead Beat, and Proven Guilty!! What a great series this!!

[polishgenius]

I did a reread fairly recently... what's awesome is how many things Butcher put in place before they happen books later, and also how many little promises of things to come are dotted about the place.
I'm not talking quality of series (although Butcher definitely goes thereabouts, and it's been said already that for sheer consistency he beats Erikson), but in terms of balancing the series plotlines and each book, Butcher is making both Martin and Erikson look like amateurs. Ten books in and nary a hitch I can find, and plot points laid down in book four still yet to surface - yet each individual book works as a whole. Sure, they're all pretty similar in structure, but when it ain't broke...

Here's hoping he can keep it up for the full twenty-three.

[Aztiel]

Has anyone read the new Novella?

Pat's got a link to Subterranean Press on his front page, and the front page of that was that there's new Dresden!

It's called Backup, and it's from Thomas' point of view instead of Dresden's. Any news about it?

[QuickTidal]

I plan to pick up Backup when I can get my hands on it, and Blood Lite (another anthology with a Dresden short story in it) comes out soon as well.

[murphy72]

According to Barnes & Noble, Welcome to the Jungle will be out tomorrow and Backup will be out on Oct. 28th.

[Aptorian]

Being a bit bored, and seeing as I really love the Dresden Files, I just did a complete edit of the thread. I may have missed a couple of posts but most should now have their spoiler boxes working again.

Keep in mind it was a quick runthrough and I didn't proofread posts, there may still be spoilers that were outside black boxes.

This post has been edited by Aptorian: 22 October 2008 - 02:36 PM