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 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:26 pm
Anyone recommend any other series similar to the DF? I can't simply wait for Butcher to release the next book... I need my supernatural satisfaction now. xp
I'll go first since I made this thread, um... anyone read Nightwalkers, the 1st of the Dark Days series by Jocelynn Drake. Not as good as Butcher (nothing is good as Butcher in my fan-perspective), but close to it. =)
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:31 pm
Just watch Buffy. I adore Buffy. I think The Gift was the first episode of any television show that made me cry.
Usually, only five things make me cry: Lion King, Titanic, Anna Karenina, the story of Tristran and Isuelt and onions.
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:06 pm
Glen Cook's Garret Investigations. If these wern't an inspiration for the Dresden Files, I'll eat my hat.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:34 pm
Running with a Demon, a Knight of the Word, and Angel Fire East (a series all by the same author) are similar to the Dredesen world in the adult tone and seriousness of magic but they aren't really close to Dredesen files books.
I haven't found a singel book like the dresden series at all.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:19 pm
The Garret Investigations are along the same lines, but more noir/mystery.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:38 am
You might want to look into the Adept series by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris. The fiction of Dion Fortune (an early 20th century occultist) might fit the bill too, though they don't always work as novels.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:46 pm
Sprainogre Glen Cook's Garret Investigations. If these wern't an inspiration for the Dresden Files, I'll eat my hat. Totally agree- I bought the first 5 books. They're amazing. I also saw the lines between the seires. Although, Garret doesn't have magical powers... The Conner Grey books by Mark del Franco are pretty good- druid rather then wizard but they are very interesting. Simon R. Green's the Nightside seiries is a bit absurd at times, but it is pure urban noir. And very easy to get sucked into. Kim Harrison's the Hollows series, Patricia Briggs' Mercy Tompson, Rob Thomson's seires... I could go on. The Urban Noir "genre" is actually quite large if you do not confine yourself to wizards and witches. And it's getting bigger every day- I just keep adding books to my library. ^^
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:12 pm
Lupine Eyes Totally agree- I bought the first 5 books. They're amazing. I also saw the lines between the seires. Although, Garret doesn't have magical powers... Garret doesn't need any more powers then a lead weighted skull knocker to kick a**! mrgreen Just wait till some of the later books. Petty Pewter Gods is my second favorite. (My fav is still Old Tin Sorrows).
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:00 pm
I read the first book in The Nightside series, which is alright.
Once it got going it was a relatively quick, and decent, read. The author kept saying how bad and vast and out of this world the Nightside is (I think it could be compared to the Nevernever) but they rarely SHOWED much of this vastness.
As I said, I've only read the first book, but it shows some promising potential.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:42 pm
Nightside get's bigger and weirder as time goes on.
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:51 am
Sprainogre Nightside get's bigger and weirder as time goes on. And that's why we love it. There is a relativly new series I just discovered, by Justin Gustanis, the first book is Black Magic Woman- its a private detective who protects people from supernatural threats, and his white-witch partner. It's different, 3rd person instead of 1st and so on, but it's an interesting read. I'm thinking about getting the second book, Evil Ways.
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:58 pm
I really recommend The Secret Histories by Simon Green. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:44 pm
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison isn't bad, even if it's aimed more at a female audience.
Which I suppose is fair, considering The Dresden Files has a lot of macho and geeky themes.
Also, Mean Streets is a collection of novellas which all have that fantasy-noir, feel to them. One of them is done by Butcher himself, which is pretty decent.
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:42 pm
Greywalker is urban fantasy.
I like the lead character. Has a good head on her shoulders.
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:38 pm
I am personally enjoying Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Underworld series.
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