22||0|2654|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Cold days from Jim Butcher|DaemeonX||19:55:06|11/06/2012|Anyone else getting excited about the new Dresden Files release%3F The first chapter is poster on his website. I know that it just feeds the addiction%2C but something is better than nothing%21 1|1|0|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|mdg1||20:09:56|11/06/2012|I%27ve been a Harry Dresden fan for quite some time. I%27m just waiting for Gryph to use him as a Jedi Knight %28complete with a holocron named %22Bob%22 %3A%29 %29 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|twipper||11:00:31|11/07/2012|I%27ll admit that Bob in the books has been an amusing sidekick. And putting Bob with Butters in Ghost Story was just plain fun.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut one of the things I thought the short-lived television really got right was Bob%27s casting. The tone of the writing and the dialogue given him%2C Bob in the tv series just fit for me for some reason.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A 3|3|2|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|mdg1||11:37:40|11/07/2012|Amusing bit of trivia%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe actor who played Bob on the show is an American.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe actor who played Harry%2C OTOH%2C is English.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe gag goes that when the cameras went on%2C they swapped accents. %3A%29 4|4|3|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|DaemeonX||19:53:16|11/07/2012|%3EAmusing bit of trivia%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe actor who played Bob on the show is an American. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe actor who played Harry%2C OTOH%2C is English. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe gag goes that when the cameras went on%2C they swapped accents. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI think that the series would be presented in a more magnificent manner if it was put on the big screen. 5|2|1|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|Gryphon||20:19:54|11/07/2012|%3EI%27ve been a Harry Dresden fan for quite some time. I%27m just waiting %0D%0A%3Efor Gryph to use him as a Jedi Knight %28complete with a holocron named %0D%0A%3E%22Bob%22 %3A%29 %29 %0D%0A%0D%0AEh%2C probably not going to happen. I%27ve read the first book or two and I saw some of the TV series%2C but I dunno. The lego doesn%27t click.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 6|3|5|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|mdg1||20:23:20|11/07/2012|%3E%3EI%27ve been a Harry Dresden fan for quite some time. I%27m just waiting %0D%0A%3E%3Efor Gryph to use him as a Jedi Knight %28complete with a holocron named %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Bob%22 %3A%29 %29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EEh%2C probably not going to happen. I%27ve read the first book or two and %0D%0A%3EI saw some of the TV series%2C but I dunno. The lego doesn%27t click. %0D%0A%0D%0AFair enough%2C although the %28book%29 series improved drastically over later volumes. I usually suggest starting with DEAD BEAT%2C which has possibly one of the most bad-ass scenes in fiction... 7|4|6|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|EagerCadet||22:36:32|11/07/2012|While the series does take off near Dead Beat%2C slogging through the beginning is where you%27d start to appreciate the change and improvement. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A--The future aint what it used to be.-- 8|4|6|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|twipper||11:22:24|11/08/2012|And the Oscar for Best Use of a Tyrannosaurus Skeleton goes to... 9|3|5|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|DaemeonX||13:59:17|11/08/2012|%3E%3EI%27ve been a Harry Dresden fan for quite some time. I%27m just waiting %0D%0A%3E%3Efor Gryph to use him as a Jedi Knight %28complete with a holocron named %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Bob%22 %3A%29 %29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EEh%2C probably not going to happen. I%27ve read the first book or two and %0D%0A%3EI saw some of the TV series%2C but I dunno. The lego doesn%27t click. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0ABook four%2C Summer Knight%2C is where he starts to change up his writing style. Its a lot less boring with better intrigue and sleuthing. The first few books were a pain to get through. 10|4|9|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|zojojojo||07:11:07|11/13/2012|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-12 AT 08:49 PM (EST)]%3EBook four%2C Summer Knight%2C is where he starts to change up his writing %0D%0A%3Estyle. Its a lot less boring with better intrigue and sleuthing. The %0D%0A%3Efirst few books were a pain to get through. %0D%0A%0D%0Ait%27s reminiscent of UF in that regard... the early books are his early works%2C and he%27s improved with each volume.... though when you realize in book 12 or so that all of the %5BCENSORED%5D first showed up in %26l%3BCENSORED%26r%3B%2C it%27s impressive that he seems to have planned this whole thing out to an extent and isn%27t making it up as he goes to be a money tree%0D%0A%0D%0A-Z %5Bi%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0ARemember kids%3A guns make you stupid%2C duct tape makes you smart. 11|5|10|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|DaemeonX||11:33:43|11/13/2012|%3E%3EBook four%2C Summer Knight%2C is where he starts to change up his writing %0D%0A%3E%3Estyle. Its a lot less boring with better intrigue and sleuthing. The %0D%0A%3E%3Efirst few books were a pain to get through. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Eit%27s reminiscent of UF in that regard... the early books are his early %0D%0A%3Eworks%2C and he%27s improved with each volume.... though when you realize %0D%0A%3Ein book 12 or so that all of the %5BCENSORED%5D first showed up in %0D%0A%3E%5BCENSORED%5D%2C it%27s impressive that he seems to have planned this whole %0D%0A%3Ething out to an extent and isn%27t making it up as he goes to be a money %0D%0A%3Etree %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E-Z %5Bi%5D%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--- %0D%0A%3ERemember kids%3A guns make you stupid%2C duct tape makes you smart. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf I recollect correctly he has enough material to get up into 20 or 30 volumes. 12|6|11|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|zojojojo||20:50:51|11/13/2012|%3E%3Eit%27s reminiscent of UF in that regard... the early books are his early %0D%0A%3E%3Eworks%2C and he%27s improved with each volume.... though when you realize %0D%0A%3E%3Ein book 12 or so that all of the %5BCENSORED%5D first showed up in %0D%0A%3E%3E%26l%3BCENSORED%26r%3B%2C it%27s impressive that he seems to have planned this whole %0D%0A%3E%3Ething out to an extent and isn%27t making it up as he goes to be a money %0D%0A%3E%3Etree %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf I recollect correctly he has enough material to get up into 20 or %0D%0A%3E30 volumes. %0D%0A%0D%0Ai believe he%27s said that the series will be in the 20 book range...%0D%0A%0D%0A-Z %5Bi%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0ARemember kids%3A guns make you stupid%2C duct tape makes you smart. 16|2|1|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|Pasha||16:20:00|11/20/2012|%3EI%27ve been a Harry Dresden fan for quite some time. I%27m just waiting %0D%0A%3Efor Gryph to use him as a Jedi Knight %28complete with a holocron named %0D%0A%3E%22Bob%22 %3A%29 %29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI finally figured out why this was annoying me.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy on earth would %28if he were going to put him in%29 gryphon make him a Jedi knight%3F%0D%0AIt%27s not like there aren%27t other wizards%2C and especially in the later books%2C Harry is already hanging out with Odin. %0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 17|3|16|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|mdg1||17:52:05|11/20/2012|Well%2C I chose the Jedi Knights for a few reasons%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A1%29 While there are a few magic users in UF%2C most of them aren%27t the spell-slinging sort. Not a lot of zap-kaboom. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A2%29 The idea Butcher uses of black magic being a corrupting influence fits very well with the Dark Side.%0D%0A%0D%0A2%29 Harry works best when he has authority figures to annoy. I can just picture him showing up for a Jedi Council meeting in a bathrobe %26 fuzzy slippers...%0D%0A%0D%0ABut yeah%2C IF Gryph chose to use him%2C he could do whatever her wanted. I was just brainstorming.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I did the same for the New Gods once. I get bored a lot...%29 13|1|0|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|Pasha||04:02:07|11/20/2012|Read it a couple weeks ago.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood use of the various bits of world building so far. Toot toot is fucking awesome. There wasn%27t any Mister%2C so how good could it really be%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 14|2|13|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|EagerCadet||13:50:35|11/20/2012|Mister was there. He made his usually tackle and left.%0D%0A%0D%0A--The future aint what it used to be.-- 15|3|14|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|Pasha||15:17:44|11/20/2012|The only time he%27s mentioned is when Dresden is whinging about how much he misses his friends%2C family%2C and cat.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe last time we saw mister was in Ghost Story%2C when he showed up and rubbed against Harry%27s leg while living at Karrin%27s place. %0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 21|2|13|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|twipper||10:35:51|11/29/2012|While Mister is indeed a favored character of mine%2C I am enjoying Cat Sith%27s Cheshire-esque interruptions. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlthough some part of my mind wonders if Mister and Cat Sith aren%27t indeed the same person.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A 18|1|0|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|jhosmer1||09:14:05|11/28/2012|Just finished it last night. Not as earth-shattering as Changes%2C but the story is moving along and I think Butcher managed another home run here. %0D%0A%0D%0AMy only problem with the book is a moment when Butcher %28through Harry%29 gets up on a soapbox on some social issues. %28You%27ll know it when you see it%29. I don%27t disagree with his opinion%2C but it felt out of place. Still%2C that%27s only one page in a pretty good book.%0D%0A%0D%0A 19|2|18|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|Pasha||12:55:51|11/28/2012|%22It%27s a birthday party. I wore my birthday suit.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 20|3|19|||||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|jhosmer1||13:33:55|11/28/2012|%22Do not underestimate the depth of this favor.%22 22|4|20|||1||RE%3A Cold days from Jim Butcher|trigger||16:52:40|12/01/2012|I wasn%27t feeling the love on this one. The setup was mostly obvious from the start%2C and the ending wasn%27t much of a surprise either. I%27m down with foreshadowing%2C but really%2C the whole damn thing seemed about as interesting as a run through Wolfenstein Castle...about 10 years after you first mastered it. %0D%0A%0D%0Aand seriously%2C the pro-gay lifestyle pitch%3F awkward. I can%27t tell if that was supposed to be awkward%2C supposed to be in character%2C or if he basically realized he needed to say something positive about gay people before using a cruising site for a scene. And seriously%2C cruising site a cold%2C windy%2C lake front area%3F In 2012%3F I realize the internet might be awkward for Harry%2C but for everyone else...%0D%0A%0D%0Adisappointed%2C %0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0Acaveat%3A the writing is better that before. Butcher is clearly looking to Chandler - at least in his %22confrontation%22 scenes. Now I wish he%27d take a clue from Hammett on pacing and plotting. %0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This isn%27t exactly the Olympic Games.%22 - Corwin of Amber