Harry Dresden:Wizard Extrodinare
Skin Game is out! Please watch your spoilers carefully.1.Who is Harry Dresden?
-Harry Dresden is the main character of a series of books called
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. He is a wizard as he explains numerous times though out the books. He has his own scoobie gang kind of like Buffy. And he fights evil, sometimes has lunch with Farie Queens and usually ends up blowing at least one building up a book. All in all Harry is a bad ass.
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Why should I read about this guy? Isn't this just a Harry Potter the adult ripoff?
-The Dresden Files are some of the most fun books you can find. The characters are witty, the conversations are fun and the action is packed through and through. The more of the books you read the more you get into it. Plus the guy is such a dork it will make you feel better about yourself time and again.
3.OK, this sounds like it might be more fun than poking my eyes with a hot stick or reading Twilight. Where do I start?
-The Dresden Files has turned into a pretty long series. It is 14 books with a 15th on the way. The stories in each book though are pretty self contained and unlike some other Fantasy series it actually has books coming out about once a year. So the wait period isn't 2 years to when the next ice age hits.
The Books in Order
Next Books Title is: Peace Talks
Short Stories! Thanks Cimmerii for point them out because I always forget about them.
Short Stories for Dresden!Don't forget the graphic novel! Mostly because I did because I am a fool!4. Ok, sir, I have read the books and I am in your thread. What do you want me to do? I mean I am in love with Murphy but how will she ever love a neckbeard like me? What do I discuss in this thread?
-Well, hoss, this is where you talk about the books. Plots, theories, favorite characters and favorite moments. Ask questions about are the books good or which one is your favorite. If you could though hoss avoid the Mary Sue shit. It killed the last thread and many threads before this and we really don't want to bring a satellite down on yah. Also, use spoilers for major events or twist. If you are discussing the new book put everything in spoilers for the newest book, some folks gotta work for a livin'. For older books try to keep it to minor stuff unspoiled and major stuff spoiled. You may discuss relationships unspoiled, if and only if it isn't breaking any of the previous rules. And the same goes for speculatin'. Other than that enjoy the thread.
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Is it just me, or is the foreshadowing too obvious when
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I have to agree with you all pretty much all of those points.
I like molly the most out of the possible candidates, but I'm fine with him either not being engaged in any romance for the next book or finding a new flame all together. Like you said, Molly, but after she's no longer his student.
I really can't believe he's going to have Maggie raised by strangers and that he won't even know who/where. I can understand that if he's the winter knight that he couldn't raise her himslef, but it seems like even if he wasn't winter's knight that he wouldn't keep her. He lost EVERYTHING, but I kind of figured this would be a good opportunity for a more secure home base, something still close to other people and the portection that provides opposed to out in the country where no one will hear you scream (or your house being blown up), but also apart enough that he can get more security measures and maybe some early warning systems up.
Knowing Butcher Harry won't stay the winter knight forever, or it won't impact his life as much as we'd think. I can't imagine him giving Harry a daughter and then disappearing her, I have to believe Harry will raise her in some capacity. I also figure this is time for harry to upgrade his diggs, and mix up his bag or magical gear. New duster, staff, car.
Also Molly is roughly 13 years younger than Harry not 30 some. A bit wide when they are early twenties/ mid-thirties. Less so when they are 145 and 158.
They are occasionally referenced, (the Billy and Georgia wedding fiasco, finding out Gard is a Valkyrie, and a few other things)
They are available at the author's site here.
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Then, deciding that maybe the general idea wasn't so bad afterall, and reworking it to be a little less bad.
No it has stayed literally the same. Hell it even has *changes spoiler
That all being said- it is a fun read because it is the most ridiculous thing ever. I MAzzyx for making this thread because I was going to but was too lazy.
WARNING THIS NEXT BIT IS ME BITCHING ABOUT THE LATEST BOOK
I also queued up the first book in Butcher's fantasy series (the Fury books). There's an author's note where he says that the fantasy stuff is what he really likes to write, but the Dresden stuff pays his bills.
And I personally enjoyed the short-lived Sci-Fi series when it was on. It's obviously quite different.
Also, I didn't see it mentioned but there's a Dresden graphic novel, Welcome to the Jungle.
http://www.amazon.com/Dresden-Files-Welcome-Jungle/dp/0345507460
There's obvious foreshadowing
I trawled through the mess of the official forums and found this nice quote
I kind of like it, as it is exactly how I feel about this shit.
Plus I can't wait till Aftermath to see how his death affects everyone and if his body is recovered or not.
Plus the series is going to be 21-2 books with a final 'Apocalyptic Trilogy' to finish it off.
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I think the first option in the last sentence makes the most sense.
Is this information from the official forums? I've skimmed Butcher's site (the Dresden portion at least), and didn't see any mention of future publications...
I am thinking you should change your location
How true.
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regarding the next book:
oh god that would be terrible
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And we all know
This way it didn't come out of nowhere because the last three books had someone make an attempt on Harry's life wholly unconnected to whatever the main plot was. It seems odd to drop that in this book unless the sniper shot was it.
The next book "Odd Jobs" supposedly collects all the short stories, with a new one.
I just finished re-reading the whole series up to Turn Coat. As soon as the Kindle Edition of "Changes" is available, I am catching up.
Side Jobs, actually. Comes out in November. It doesn't collect two of the short stories, though, so Butcher is going to write a few more so he can publish a Side Jobs 2, which would collect the rest.
Anyways, I'm just about to start reading Blood Rites. Summer Knight and Death Masks were awesome. Wish I could contribute to the Changes discussion, but still a ways off.
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