[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on Jan 8 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

Re how many to buy, for what it's worth, per my original posts, i thought 1 was fun, 2 started slow but got better, 3-4 hooked lined and sinkered me and 5 blew. me. away. and made me the addict i am today.

It only got better from there.

- Abyss, firm fan.

I agree with everything Abyss said. Bang on assessment of the series for me as well.

[Aptorian]

Yeah, it was as though in the third book all caution was thrown to the wind. You had a ghosthunt, a knight of the cross, a wampire party, A DRAGON, an evil poltergeist, the start of a war, etc. it was just so fucking awesome. Not that one and two weren't good, they were just less crazy.

[QuickTidal]

Aptorian, on Jan 8 2009, 05:05 PM, said:

Yeah, it was as though in the third book all caution was thrown to the wind. You had a ghosthunt, a knight of the cross, a wampire party, A DRAGON, an evil poltergeist, the start of a war, etc. it was just so fucking awesome. Not that one and two weren't good, they were just less crazy.

Yeah, I had a friend describe it as: From Grave Peril forward....all hell breaks loose.

Yup. Awesome!

Only 3 months till Turn Coat is released!!!

[Aptorian]

3 months is too long!

Damn it, Butcher! Stop writting that Codex stuff and give us two dresden books per year!

[Traveller]

Bought the 1st one yesterday, but the damn bookshop had loads of the following ones, but not the second... will have to try elsewhere.

I'm looking forward to starting these, think I'll get the 3rd one too - see how much I trust your judgement!

[vaiski]

Amazon is saying that Mean Streets will be here by January 22nd, looking forward to it.
Anyone read it yet?

[Abyss]

Aptorian, on Jan 9 2009, 02:43 AM, said:

3 months is too long!

Damn it, Butcher! Stop writting that Codex stuff and give us two dresden books per year!

Have to give the guy credit tho - he hammers out two quality novels (re Codex, i know, i know, but they still sell big enough so haters just shut it ) and a bunch of shorts per year with amazing consistency. And i would be just a wee bit let down if he wrapped Dresden super-fast - this way we have about 5-7 more novels/years of Dresden. As long as he reliably turns out 1/year, i'm a happy abyss.

Re MEAN STREETS, see above comments re anthologies.

- Abyss, likes foreplay before the big finish.

[Aptorian]

Isn't it 20 dresden files + 3 apocalyptic books? That's 13 years more, at the least!

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on Jan 9 2009, 12:37 AM, said:

Aptorian, on Jan 8 2009, 05:05 PM, said:

Yeah, it was as though in the third book all caution was thrown to the wind. You had a ghosthunt, a knight of the cross, a wampire party, A DRAGON, an evil poltergeist, the start of a war, etc. it was just so fucking awesome. Not that one and two weren't good, they were just less crazy.

Yeah, I had a friend describe it as: From Grave Peril forward....all hell breaks loose.
...

True. 1 gives us magic and 2 gives us werewolves, but in 3 it's like Butcher thought "hey, screw this intro-one-idea-per-story crap and let's just go balls out". Michael remains one of my favourite characters in the series, not so much for his own contribution as for the entire concept of him and how it plays. I like how he's intro'd all these different elements into the series

Spoiler

- vampires, fae, heaven and hell, wizards, demons, dragons -

and isnt afraid to mix and match.

Aptorian, on Jan 9 2009, 11:05 AM, said:

Isn't it 20 dresden files + 3 apocalyptic books? That's 13 years more, at the least!

I forget, but it's all good either way. More Dresden = Yay!

- Abyss, wears stripes with plaids.

[Use Of Weapons]

While I love the early books, for me the series didn't really take off until 'Summer Knight'. And still, the Faerie courts, Mab and Titania, and the way Butcher plays with Harry and the Leanansidhe and the hints he drops has been my favourite part of the whole series. And I love how he links them to the Christian theology in Small Favour, with Mab paying respect to Uriel (who is, let's face it, everyone's favourite archangel).

[Abyss]

Summer Knight is great fun - Butcher officially owned me with...

Spoiler

"I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAERIES!"

and...

Spoiler

"For the Pizza Lord, CHARGE!!!"

I love these books, but those two lines (and that entire finale sequence) were the point when Butcher went from fun writer to awesome.

- Abyss, ...notes Death Masks ramped it up even further and Dead Beat was like an orgasm in book form... wow, that sounded so very much less gross in my head...

[Stalker]

I just started reading these last week based on all the love from the forums.

I've gotten through the first three and I am really enjoying the series so far. My only problem is the books are short, so I finish them in a few hours.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Stalker, on Jan 21 2009, 06:12 PM, said:

I just started reading these last week based on all the love from the forums.

I've gotten through the first three and I am really enjoying the series so far. My only problem is the books are short, so I finish them in a few hours.

hahaha....

soon you'll be like the rest of us, whining about the need for a Dresden fix.

[Cougar]

I've started reading them recently, I doubt I've ever come across and easier book to read, you can just demolish them in about 4-5 hours I find and I'm not a fast reader. It took me about 20 all told to get through TtH for instance.

[Abyss]

Yah, they're like big hollywood blockbuster action flic or fast food... extremely satisfying in the short term and then you want MORE.

Jim Butcher, he's yoah pusher

- Abyss, ...addict.

[QuickTidal]

Just finished the Dresden File novella "The Warrior" from the just released urban fantasy anthology "Mean Streets"...and it's a really great little story actually.

Basically acts as an epilogue to some of the events in Small Favor namely

Spoiler

what happened to Michael after he was shot and messed up, and a little about Harry dealing with the fact that he made the choice to send Michael up to the chopper first even though it was his turn, which resulted in Michael's wounds.

Does just what a novella in between major books should do, tie up a few loose ends before our intrepid Mr. Dresden goes off into a new full book with Turn Coat in April.

Also....I got me a Dresden File crack fix with the story...should tide me over till April....I hope...LOL

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 29 January 2009 - 10:41 PM

[Morgoth]

When Butcher introduced the Old Ones and Outsider Demons I squeeled like a little girl.. But then, I have a Lovecraft fetish.

I must say though, how that was handled - the outsiders and dreseden - at the end of white night is the only dresden conclusion so far that I found weak and a bit... rushed.

[Stalker]

Well during the last 3 days I have read Summer Knight and Death Masks. This series just keeps getting better. I now must go get more... it is an addiction.

[Obdigore]

Ok I need help.

Got the GF hooked on Butcher - both series, but shes read them all now.

I need another Author/Authors that is as good as Jim Butcher, and as short and easy to read.

IS THERE ANY?

[polishgenius]

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.


>_>


You could try Mike Carey's Felix Castor series, which I mentioned a couple of times. Similar vein. Not quite as good but it is good, and it's only four books long which is where Dresden picked up really. And I've not read the fourth yet, really need to get on that.

For other types of fantasy, could try Patrick Rofthuss and Scott Lynch - not quite as short, but just as easy to read, although both have significant delays in getting their next books out, and their series only stand at one and two respectively, so be warned.