I thought we could share some of our favorites here. Ill let you decide what you consider similar as im not too fussy. The dresden files is a jim butchers 15 novels series, telling the story of harry blackstone copperfield dresden, chicagos first and the only one wizard p. But it has its shining moments, and it begins to set up storylines that will later become great. Storm front fool moon grave peril summer knight death masks blood rites dead. When the supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, harry dresden, chicagos only professional wizard, joins the white councils security team to make sure the talks stay civil. Im running a dresden files game, and i think my pcs need a bob. Bob throws the other potion to dresden, which he shares with susan, escaping outside the house and causing susan to become sick with the combined potions until she could vomit them out. Storm front by jim butcher overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Cold days is a 2012 bestselling novel by jim butcher and the 14th book in the ongoing the dresden files series. I kicked my brain in the stomach until it threw up an idea. The first novel, storm front, was published in 2000 by roc books. Overall this was a fun, little slice of life story from the dresden files series. The dresden files is full of oneliners and small moments that are just freaking amazing. The series features harry dresden, a wizardprivate investigator who looks into strange events that occur in chicago. Theres been an unusually long delay for the latest book in this epic series, though. Jim butcher announced on his website on june 27, 2011 that james marsters, who had previously recorded all the dresden files novels in audio book form, would be unavailable to record ghost story. The books are pretty fastpaced, lots of action, cultural references, snarkiness and usually one or two climatic magic and gunslinging brawls.
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This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. The dresden files is a series of fantasymystery novels by american novelist jim butcher. Coming from a guy who typically likes epic fantasies, one of my favorite moments was when i had 8 or so of the dresden files to read through for the first time. Bob is offered freedom from the 800year curse that has bound him to the skull, in return for his skills in thaumaturgy. There are genuinely ribburstingly funny moments in. How many books is jim writing for the dresden files. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability.
Butcher wrote the first dresden book for a writing class. Dead beat the dresden files, book 7 and millions of other books are. There are moments from every book which made me laugh, cry, cringe, or just blew my mind. Dresden files fans, this is the book youve been waiting for.
Dresden files series order jim butcher librarything. Bob is a fictional character in the book series the dresden files and its tv series adaptation, in which he is portrayed by terrence mann. I want something in a similar vein that is almost if not just as good or better. Its book eleventysomething of the dresden files and began with a lot of references to past adventurespeople and events i had either forgotten or only hazily recalled.
Harry dresden of dresden files on pain one of my favorite passages of all time. The story is fast paced, witty and connects a few dots whilst creating a lot more. This was just as hard as i thought it was going to be, and finishing it will be a relief, of sorts. It did take a while for it to be available on audible. Bob is a spirit of intellect bound to a human skull.
Vignette formerly entitled publicity and advertising is a short story if that from the dresden files series written by jim butcher, which was first published on his website and later collected and published in side jobs as vignette. The scenario is that harry dresden, the wizard who is currently the winter knight sworn to serve the faerie queen mab, has been lent out to an. The dresden files are jim butchers first published series, telling the story of harry blackstone copperfield dresden, chicagos first and only wizard p. Jim butcher, james marsters, buzzy multimedia publishing corp books. The dresden files jim butcher works archive of our own. The dresden files by jim butcher a synopsis storm front book 1 released 42000 harry dresden is the best at what he does. The dresden files is a series of contemporary fantasymystery novels written by american author jim butcher. With paul blackthorne, valerie cruz, terrence mann, raoul bhaneja.
The dresden files by jim butcher series read any book. So i love the dresden files, but after reading 11 books, its really started to wear down on me. Of course jim butcher had to write these characters clearly enough to give mr. And now, for the final part of my series where i rank the dresden files books, just because i am just that big of a fan of them. The book was first published on november 27, 2012 through roc hardcover and continues the adventures of wizard detective harry dresden. The books are written as a firstperson narrative from the perspective of the main character, private investigator and wizard harry dresden, as he recounts. The dresden files is a series of contemporary fantasy mystery novels written by american author jim butcher. A one night stand turns deadly when an old nemesis of harrys reappears. Butcher does a better job of creating an overarching story, intertwining characters and seamless, smooth, unexpected plot twists than most writers ive had the pleasure of reading. Marsters the material to work with, and ghost story is a pivotal novel in the harry dresden story, but even with material as good as this, the other narrator did not bring it to life the way james marsters has. The dresden files series, book 1 the dresden files by jim butcher author james marsters narrator.
Skin game is a novel in the dresden files series by jim butcher. He acts as harry dresden s assistant and living encyclopedia of magic. I didnt like this one at first, but it grew on me as the story progressed. See more ideas about dresden files, dresden and the dresden files books.
The dresden files are what happen when a badass nerd with a stupid sense of humor narrates an urban fantasyhorror series. In grave peril, the third dresden files novel, harry dresden must contend with all of these, as well as three different kinds of vampires and a. Magic is very real in the dresden files, so readers who enjoy topics such as werewolves, vampires, spirits, demons and other supernatural. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Oh yes, i have read the hardback when it first released and couldnt wait for it to be released in audio format. The books are written as a firstperson narrative from the perspective of the main character, private investigator and wizard harry dresden, as he recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in modernday chicago. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. The nevernever, realm of faeries, spirits and ghosts.
He gets to do some pretty awesome stuff along the way and i really hope we get to revisit some of the moments somehow in future books. Includes the first three books in the dresden files currently 12 books long, storm front, fool moon, and grave peril. Bobs skull is stolen by someone thought to be dead for five years. As you all probably know by now, were big fans of the dresden files here at cg. The first two are generally considered the worst books, but even then they are still excellent.
This short story takes place inbetween death masks and blood rites and deals with a conversation between harry dresden and bob. Return to the world of the dresden files with brief cases. It follows the protagonist, harry dresden as he teams up with former enemies to rob a vault belonging to hades, lord of the underworld. Ive reread the dresden files myself several times over the years and it still never gets old storm front itself is a good book, but a couple more books down the line it starts to become a richer dresden verse and the books become amazing. Since the series is so freaking long, ill divide it int. I forget which book that quote is from, but it stuck with me both as a gross metaphor and there are just too many bodily organs going on. Dresden files favorite dresden files quotes showing 150.
Jim butcher and skin game at university book store, seattle. It starts off very good, and just gets better from there. Bob is a spirit of intellect who inhabits a skull perched on a shelf in harry dresden s secret lab. The dresden filesseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. Moments prior to dresdens duel with duke paolo ortega. Lesser beings once knew to respect their elders demonreach on bob bob has been assisting wizards since the dark ages. He was replaced by john glover on march 24, 2015, four years after john glovers narration of ghost story was announced, jim butcher disclosed that a new release of.