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

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I know, I know, we have been waiting for months to find out what the world has next in store for Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden and it seems we will be waiting a little bit longer but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

I think he is grasping at stars and I for one will not be holding my breath, waiting on it's release.
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Jim Butcher Q&A at Myths and Legends Convention 2016
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Published on Oct 7, 2016

Jim Butcher Q&A at the 2016 Myths and Legends Convention (Sunday)
Website: http://www.jim-butcher.com/

Question by cosplayer Kitty Krell at 18:45
Question by MALCon convention organizer Nikki Ebright at 20:30

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Jim Butcher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971)[1] is an American author[2][Note 1] best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He is also the author of the Codex Alera series, and the Cinder Spires series.

Career and bibliography

Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971.[1] He is the youngest of three children, having two older sisters. While he was sick with strep throat as a child, Butcher's sisters introduced him to The Lord of the Rings and The Han Solo Adventures novels to pass the time, thus beginning his fascination with fantasy and science fiction.[3] As a teenager, he completed his first novel and set out to become a writer. After many unsuccessful attempts to enter the traditional fantasy genre (he cites J. R. R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, and C. S. Lewis, among others, as major influences),[3] he wrote the first book in The Dresden Files—about a professional wizard, named Harry Dresden, in modern-day Chicago—as an exercise for a writing course in 1996 at the age of 25.

For two years, Butcher floated his manuscript among various publishers before hitting the convention circuit to make contacts in the industry. After meeting Butcher in person, Ricia Mainhardt, the agent who discovered Laurell K. Hamilton, agreed to represent him, which kick-started his writing career.[4] However, Butcher and Mainhardt have since parted ways; Jennifer Jackson is his current agent.[5] Butcher has written two series: The Dresden Files and Codex Alera. Codex Alera has ended after six novels and The Dresden Files are still ongoing; he has also written a Spider-Man novel, entitled The Darkest Hours, released on June 27, 2006. In addition, he contributed a short story for publication in My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding with Charlaine Harris and Sherrilyn Kenyon, among others, released in October 2006. He has since contributed to the anthologies Many Bloody Returns in September 2007 and My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon in December 2007.[6] In October 2008, he released another short story in Blood Lite and a novelette, Backup, illustrated by Mike Mignola.[7]

Dresden Files series

Six months after Butcher was signed by Mainhardt, Storm Front, the first novel in The Dresden Files, was picked up by Roc/Penguin Books for publishing. It was released as a paperback in April 2000.

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After almost 6 years on hiatus I decided to continue in the Dresden Files books. I just finished Summer Knight and now have Death Masks on hold since I enjoyed SK more than the previous one which I read in April 2011.

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

After almost 6 years on hiatus I decided to continue in the Dresden Files books. I just finished Summer Knight and now have Death Masks on hold since I enjoyed SK more than the previous one which I read in April 2011.

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[Toxaris]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

After almost 6 years on hiatus I decided to continue in the Dresden Files books. I just finished Summer Knight and now have Death Masks on hold since I enjoyed SK more than the previous one which I read in April 2011.

I am glad that you did! It has been said several times, the books get a lot better after book three. The first three are not bad at all, but he hasn't gotten completely into his style yet.

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

After almost 6 years on hiatus I decided to continue in the Dresden Files books. I just finished Summer Knight and now have Death Masks on hold since I enjoyed SK more than the previous one which I read in April 2011.

Originally Posted by Toxaris

I am glad that you did! It has been said several times, the books get a lot better after book three. The first three are not bad at all, but he hasn't gotten completely into his style yet.

Grenador asked:
I heard that Dresden files is little slow and less deep in the starting books.Read the first book 2 yrs ago but just left it because it looked like any other urban fantasy. I want to start the series again. From which book it gets really good. If its like 3 to 4 books I can give more time to soak up the initial stories and then be ready for one hell of a ride.

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Heart of Gold (Clans of Shadow #1)n interesting
by J.A. Cipriano (Goodreads Author), J.B. Garner (Goodreads Author)

My name is Frank Butcher, and when I got out of my truck to deliver the last package of the day, I never expected to get blown up by anti-magic zealots.

Yeah, you heard me right. I said magic. I didn't know it was a thing either.

Now, an ancient artifact is the only thing keeping me alive, and to make matters worse, that artifact is what those cultists wanted. . .
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