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 Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:43 am
Has anyone else read anything by Jim Butcher? Do you know if he's done anything besides the Dresden Files or the Codex Alaera series?
How do you think the Dresden books compare to the series that was on Sci-Fi?
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:51 pm
I've only heard of the Dreshen files by him. I haven't seen the Sci Fi series but might watch it at some point, just might buy it used just in case it sucks. I've got 6 of the Dreshen Files books, hopefully will get them all. The series is pretty good, not sure how it go also together, it would be funny if he ends up on the Council.
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:23 am
I enjoyed the Dresden Files on television, but found it quite different from the books. I don't want to post any comparisons yet for fear of giving out spoliers. I think the spirit of both was the same, however, and I liked them both, just for different reasons.
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:12 pm
I read the first Dresden Files book but unfortunately I never finished it..I just didn't like it sweatdrop It was mostly the language for me...I felt it was written like more of a teen book than an adult one..too basic sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:37 pm
Shadow__Dweller I read the first Dresden Files book but unfortunately I never finished it..I just didn't like it sweatdrop It was mostly the language for me...I felt it was written like more of a teen book than an adult one..too basic sweatdrop I always thought they Dresden Files were written more in a noir style, like old-fashioned pulp mysteries. There are betrayals and double-crosses and deep, dark secrets revealed.
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:37 am
For anyone who cares, there's a new Dresden book out: Small Favor
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:40 am
He's written a Dresden Files comic book! I've going to have to find this, since it's supposed to be an original story, and no just a re-hash of one of the novels.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:31 pm
I haven't looked into the Codex Alaera yet (mostly because the first one is always checked out at my library) but I've both read all the Dresden Files books and watched the series on Sci-Fi.
I liked the books a lot better, but as far as television goes the series was serviceable.
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:50 am
You may have to put your name on a waiting list for Furies of Calderon, since the next Codex Alera book just came out a few months ago. I'm halfway though Princeps' Fury right now.
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:39 am
OliviaFalconer You may have to put your name on a waiting list for Furies of Calderon, since the next Codex Alera book just came out a few months ago. I'm halfway though Princeps' Fury right now. My older sister got Princep's Fury for Christmas, which she still hasn't finished reading--and she won't let me read it until she's done. crying I'm about ready to go out and get my own copy of it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:07 am
Tiggermyk OliviaFalconer You may have to put your name on a waiting list for Furies of Calderon, since the next Codex Alera book just came out a few months ago. I'm halfway though Princeps' Fury right now. My older sister got Princep's Fury for Christmas, which she still hasn't finished reading--and she won't let me read it until she's done. crying I'm about ready to go out and get my own copy of it. It was good--but so obviously not the end of the series. Didn't end on a cliffhanger, but All Is Not Well. crying
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:31 am
I found Dresden Files interesting, but it smells pretty heavily of First Series Ever Written by that author. You can tell his skill is increasing with each book, but by the time Turn Coat has rolled around, he's really written himself into something of a corner. They're fun to read, but really pulpy, so to speak.
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:24 am
But the pulpy aspect is why I started reading them in the first place! It's really hard to find interesting mysteries with a fantasy or science-fiction element.
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