The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More - Page 466

alansplace · 02-02-2016, 04:19 PM

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Hi everyone,
Haven't been around much, have had exactly zero free time these days. Still haven't got around to the Aeronaut's Windlass either!
Hope you're all doing well, kust wanted to pop in and say hi!

Nyssa · 02-02-2016, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Hi everyone,
Haven't been around much, have had exactly zero free time these days. Still haven't got around to the Aeronaut's Windlass either!
Hope you're all doing well, kust wanted to pop in and say hi!

Hi! I feel your pain! Plus, I haven't read Windlass either.

Thanks for stopping by and letting us know you're okay.

red_phoenix · 02-02-2016, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by alansplace

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

Oh that's lovely!

I love black and white images. This one is gorgeous.

red_phoenix · 02-02-2016, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Hi everyone,
Haven't been around much, have had exactly zero free time these days. Still haven't got around to the Aeronaut's Windlass either!
Hope you're all doing well, kust wanted to pop in and say hi!

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

Hi! I feel your pain! Plus, I haven't read Windlass either.

Thanks for stopping by and letting us know you're okay.

alansplace · 02-03-2016, 10:46 AM

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alansplace · 02-04-2016, 09:08 PM

I just picked up Journey to the Heart of Luna by Andy Frankham-Allen for $0.99. It's the first book in the steampunk series Space: 1889 & Beyond. Several more of the books in the series are also available at Amazon for $0.99.

I'm going to give this series a try and I just started reading it.

Toxaris · 02-05-2016, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by alansplace

I just picked up Journey to the Heart of Luna by Andy Frankham-Allen for $0.99. It's the first book in the steampunk series Space: 1889 & Beyond. Several more of the books in the series are also available at Amazon for $0.99.

I'm going to give this series a try and I just started reading it.

Sounds like a modern variant of Jules Verne. Which I find funny, since I consider Verne one of the founding fathers of Steampunk.

alansplace · 02-05-2016, 09:42 AM

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Sounds like a modern variant of Jules Verne. Which I find funny, since I consider Verne one of the founding fathers of Steampunk.

alansplace · 02-05-2016, 03:49 PM

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alansplace · 02-07-2016, 12:32 PM

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alansplace · 02-08-2016, 07:17 PM

taosaur · 02-09-2016, 11:52 AM

I'm four chapters into Aeronaut's Windlass and so far... not so good. Hopefully as things move along, the characters will gain a little depth and the writing seem less forced. I remember the first 2/3 of Storm Front being blah, too. At this point, it's about 60% exposition interspersed with clunky, cliched scenes and equally cliched prose. The characters so far are just tropes being put through the motions. As pseudo-nautical works go, it's not comparing favorably to my recent listening of the Temeraire books. As whole-cloth fantasy, it's not comparing favorably to Codex Alera, either.

Again, I hold out hope that at some point the exposition will thin out and Butcher will find his footing with the characters and prose. In the meantime, the audiobook makes a decent soporific.

Toxaris · 02-09-2016, 12:00 PM

I never got into the Codex Alera myself. I finished it, but it did not rank high on my list... The first chapters of the Aeronaut's Windlass needs to introduce the characters of course. They will flesh out more as the story progresses (most of them), as you learn more about them and their motives. If the story hasn't clicked with you at the moment they arrive at Habble Landing, it will not click at all I think.

alansplace · 02-15-2016, 11:46 AM

02-03-2016, 10:46 AM	#6980
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Fan Art: Codex Alera Click on the image for a larger size: Last edited by alansplace; 02-03-2016 at 10:54 AM.

02-04-2016, 09:08 PM	#6981
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Steampunk space travel . . . I just picked up Journey to the Heart of Luna by Andy Frankham-Allen for $0.99. It's the first book in the steampunk series Space: 1889 & Beyond. Several more of the books in the series are also available at Amazon for $0.99. I'm going to give this series a try and I just started reading it. Last edited by alansplace; 02-04-2016 at 09:11 PM.

02-05-2016, 03:49 PM	#6984
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Codex Alera fanart by sandara on DeviantArt

02-06-2016, 02:11 PM	#6985
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Twitter traffic . . .

02-07-2016, 12:32 PM	#6986
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Kitai -- Codex Alera Click on the image for a larger size:

02-08-2016, 07:17 PM	#6987
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Is that Mac (McAnally)??

02-09-2016, 11:52 AM	#6988
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I'm four chapters into Aeronaut's Windlass and so far... not so good. Hopefully as things move along, the characters will gain a little depth and the writing seem less forced. I remember the first 2/3 of Storm Front being blah, too. At this point, it's about 60% exposition interspersed with clunky, cliched scenes and equally cliched prose. The characters so far are just tropes being put through the motions. As pseudo-nautical works go, it's not comparing favorably to my recent listening of the Temeraire books. As whole-cloth fantasy, it's not comparing favorably to Codex Alera, either. Again, I hold out hope that at some point the exposition will thin out and Butcher will find his footing with the characters and prose. In the meantime, the audiobook makes a decent soporific.

02-09-2016, 12:00 PM	#6989
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I never got into the Codex Alera myself. I finished it, but it did not rank high on my list... The first chapters of the Aeronaut's Windlass needs to introduce the characters of course. They will flesh out more as the story progresses (most of them), as you learn more about them and their motives. If the story hasn't clicked with you at the moment they arrive at Habble Landing, it will not click at all I think.

02-15-2016, 11:46 AM	#6990
alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Twitter traffic . . . (the other wizard named Harry)

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