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pseudonordic posted:Ashamed to speak my name? Where did you get the clean shot of the cover?
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 04:18 |
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Fried Chicken posted:Where did you get the clean shot of the cover? I didn't, I found that image on Deviant Art via Facebook. Source is here.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 04:38 |
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The UK back cover blurb for Cold Days has a bit more info than the US one did!quote:You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 15:27 |
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mistaya posted:The UK back cover blurb for Cold Days has a bit more info than the US one did! My excitement just got turned up to 11.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 15:31 |
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ConfusedUs posted:My excitement just got turned up to 11. Just think, only three months to go!
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 15:35 |
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TimNeilson posted:Just think, only three months to go! I'm gonna be all over that like Toot-toot on a pizza.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 15:48 |
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ConfusedUs posted:I'm gonna be all over that like Toot-toot on a pizza. You have to read it before you eat it.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 21:43 |
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immoral_ posted:You have to read it before you eat it. What sorcery is this? Everything I know, I ingested first!
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 22:14 |
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ConfusedUs posted:What sorcery is this? Everything I know, I ingested first! Ah, a Gastroepistemist!
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 22:18 |
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mistaya posted:The UK back cover blurb for Cold Days has a bit more info than the US one did! Thanks for posting this. So excited about learning more about Demonreach!
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 22:26 |
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I am probably the only person who didn't like the sound of "has 24 hours" I can see it being to crammed and convoluted.
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| # ? Aug 27, 2012 23:26 |
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Oroborus posted:I am probably the only person who didn't like the sound of "has 24 hours" I can see it being to crammed and convoluted. It might, on the other hand the easy out is that 'time operates differently in the Nevernever', and that really hasn't come into play yet despite coming up every goddamn time Harry discusses it.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 01:12 |
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Zore posted:It might, on the other hand the easy out is that 'time operates differently in the Nevernever', and that really hasn't come into play yet despite coming up every goddamn time Harry discusses it. When Harry attacked the Heart of Winter with Summer Fire, Maeve altered the time flow so that the Winter fae wouldn't return as quickly and it would give the Summer fae a chance to re-man the Winter/Summer battle line. Also, in Changes Harry and Susan lose hours to the Erlking fighting the Eebs.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 01:49 |
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So it seems that Harry is going to spend a lot of time in the NeverNever, can someone remind me what did the Erlking say he would do the next time he saw Harry? I mean hes Fae so hes got to stick to his word.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 02:00 |
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Oroborus posted:I am probably the only person who didn't like the sound of "has 24 hours" I can see it being to crammed and convoluted. I completely agree with you. I like it more when Dresden gets a chance to recoup, prepare a plan, and then ultimately stupidly brute force his way to victory as the plan falls apart. White Night style.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 08:05 |
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From the way the one beta reader was talking it's just a short timeframe, over a day and a half or so, not "exactly 24 hours". And I think the clock is only going to start once he gets back to our world. I mean, 77 days go by in the preview chapters alone.  Changes and Dead Beat were both less than 3 days live time.
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Zore posted:It might, on the other hand the easy out is that 'time operates differently in the Nevernever', and that really hasn't come into play yet despite coming up every goddamn time Harry discusses it. Didn't Murphy get sacked as the result of one of these time differences? I seem to recall that.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 08:50 |
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Iacen posted:Didn't Murphy get sacked as the result of one of these time differences? I seem to recall that. She got demoted in Proven Guilty, and then fired at the end of Changes, I believe.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 12:46 |
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Most of the books seem to take place over a short time period, at most it seems 2-3 days. It does make things seem rather rushed sometimes.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 14:33 |
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I think Butcher has said that each book is basically the worst day of Harry's year.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 15:36 |
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nightchild12 posted:Benedict Jacka: Alex Verus series 1-3 (Mage who can see the future [and that's his only power] gets attacked by dark mages, solves mysteries, etc. Very similar to Dresden, except the main character doesn't get his rear end kicked as much since he can see it coming. Interesting emphasis on preparedness and the various abilities that arise out of being able to see possible futures - he never misses when he throws anything since he can find the future where he hits and just do that, he can walk through a room without being noticed since he can find a future in which everyone was looking away at just the right moment, etc.) First book "Fated". I just picked this up because it sounded interesting and in the first couple of pages you get, "Those of us who do like visitors have to advertise, and it’s tricky to find a way of doing it that doesn’t make you sound crazy. The majority rely on word of mouth, though younger mages use the internet. I’ve even heard of one guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under ‘Wizard’, though that’s probably an urban legend." Really cracked me up.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 16:18 |
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The "B is for Bigfoot" story anthology is supposed to be released today, right? My local B&N had all the other recent Dresden anthologies but not that one.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 18:38 |
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A brief reminder that Devil Said Bang, the third Sandman Slim book, dropped today.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:The "B is for Bigfoot" story anthology is supposed to be released today, right? My local B&N had all the other recent Dresden anthologies but not that one. It looks like Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron is released according to Amazon.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 18:56 |
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Dickeye posted:A brief reminder that Devil Said Bang, the third Sandman Slim book, dropped today. Is anyone else having problems reading this on the kindle? I think mine skipped a section just after he got back to LA and now its repeating the last quarter or so of the book.
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| # ? Aug 28, 2012 19:58 |
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Lyon posted:I just picked this up because it sounded interesting and in the first couple of pages you get, I started the third Laundy files book last night, and the main character notes that his reading material is about a professional magician for hire in Chicago. Pretty neat seeing Harry get alluded to by other authors.
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Yay Pudding! posted:I started the third Laundy files book last night, and the main character notes that his reading material is about a professional magician for hire in Chicago. Pretty neat seeing Harry get alluded to by other authors. Indeed. In many ways, The Dresden Files defines its genre.
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And since it was mentioned in the last thread, a friendly reminder that someone imported a couple cases of Mac's microbrew in the new Rivers of London book. They served it cold though, the heathens 
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Dickeye posted:A brief reminder that Devil Said Bang, the third Sandman Slim book, dropped today. Its the 4th one. Sandman Slim Kill the Dead Aloha, From Hell Devil Said Bang
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404GoonNotFound posted:And since it was mentioned in the last thread, a friendly reminder that someone imported a couple cases of Mac's microbrew in the new Rivers of London book. He even mentions that it would be better served warmer. I chuckled at that one.
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 Guess who's back in the recording studio... https://www.facebook.com/JamesMarstersLive
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 11:16 |
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Cartoon Man posted:
HELL YES
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 11:51 |
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Cartoon Man posted:
Hooray, I can get the audio book for this one.
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 16:41 |
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I don't get why such a big deal is being made about the supposed impossibility of killing an 'immortal'. Immortals get killed all the loving time. In fact, if a character in any medium of fiction anywhere ever is introduced as being immortal you can bet he's going to be dead before the end. Achilles, Voldemort, Sauron, Dracula, Metatron, God, Balder, on and on and on.
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reflir posted:I don't get why such a big deal is being made about the supposed impossibility of killing an 'immortal'. Immortals get killed all the loving time. In fact, if a character in any medium of fiction anywhere ever is introduced as being immortal you can bet he's going to be dead before the end. Achilles, Voldemort, Sauron, Dracula, Metatron, God, Balder, on and on and on. Good point. In fact, Harry already killed one, in Summer Knight. Aurora was a fairy queen. However, I get the idea that it's someone on a different power scale. I'm rooting for Harry vs Santa, myself.
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ConfusedUs posted:Good point. In fact, Harry already killed one, in Summer Knight. Aurora was a fairy queen. By why would Mab put out a hit on the king of winter?
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 18:14 |
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DJ_Ferret posted:By why would Mab put out a hit on the king of winter? Because she has a new boy toy, obviously! Actually it's because she is insane.
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 18:40 |
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I don't think Mab is actually insane, though. I think she's playing a complicated and dangerous (even to her) game, and has been from the start. Whoever she's sending Harry after, you can bet that either (a) they're connected to the Black Council in some un-obvious way, or (b) that what she actually wants him to do is something completely different from HEY GO KILL THIS UNKILLABLE GUY FOR ME. (Or, more likely, both.) It would be hilarious if she sent him after Nicodemus. Edit: better safe than spoiley.
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| # ? Aug 29, 2012 19:01 |
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ConfusedUs posted:Because she has a new boy toy, obviously! I thought her whole insanity thing was a ruse to get her troops off of the border so Summer could help against the vampires. Has it been brought up since?
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computer parts posted:I thought her whole insanity thing was a ruse to get her troops off of the border so Summer could help against the vampires. Has it been brought up since? Small Favor makes it pretty clear that Mab is hosed up and enraged beyond anything sensible. That's why someone else had to talk for her.
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