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Originally Posted by jbcohen
I beleive the dresden files are about vampires? Don't particularly care for vampire tales. However Brett, Freidman and Durham are possibilities. I was looking at Brett's novels this morning and they are looking good.
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The Dresden Files are about Harry Dresden, one of the world's most powerful mages who ends up having to slum it as a private detective in modern day Chicago...modern day Chicago with all sorts of magic and monsters.
Good fun, great writing style, fun snarky sense of humor amidst stories that take themselves seriously. In tone, the humor and tension are not unlike the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show -- lots of sarcastic one-liners but great action sequences and a story that takes itself seriously.
Yes there are vampires, pretty serious antagonists of Harry, but there's a lot more magic and such.
I have enjoyed the series immensely. The TV show was decent, the books are much better.