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

[red_phoenix]

Originally Posted by Toxaris

My french is quite rusty and I was never good at it, but as far as I know it means something like 'Storm Notice'. Tempête is storm, Avis is a notice. It appears the french audiobook of Storm Front. I do not know if Jim has any saying in the art used, but this really is one of the worst I have seen...

I agree. The coat is terrible.

[alansplace]

Jenny McNaughton

Published on Oct 1, 2015

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Man, I'm an absolute sucker for a redhead.

Originally Posted by Toxaris

Apparently, so is Jim...

If we are talking about redheads, there is only one that puts a smile to my face...

Originally Posted by alansplace

It's a psychological phenomenon.

Yup, a psychological phenomenon . . . SIGH

[alansplace]

Question: What is your favorite indulgence, either wicked or benign?

Jim: I'm a video game addict. No, not a nerdy guy who plays games a lot. An addict. Only that's not the right word because I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND I CAN QUIT ANY TIME I WANT.

I've quit sixteen times in this year alone!

I've got multiple high level characters on Everquest and City of Heroes/Villains. I'm a Major in Battlefield II and a Brigadier General in Battlefield 2142! Do you have any idea what that means? One more rank, and I get to be... drum roll... a MAJOR. GENERAL.

Yes, yes. A Major General!

I'll be the very model of a modern major general; I'll have information vegetable, animal, and mineral; I'll know the Kings of England, and I'll quote the facts historical, from Marathon to Waterloo in order categoric— You get the picture.

Quoted from Powell's Books

[alansplace]

..Fan Art - The Ladies of the Fairy Courts

[DuckieTigger]

Hate to repeat what others have already said, but I am now officially done reading Aeronaut's Windlass. Slower than most everybody else, maybe, but finished at last.

A few things: What an interesting style of writing - even the boring stuff (what boring stuff?) is entertaining. Actually most boring stuff without action is key to success - the dialogue. Jim gets away with continually lecturing us, explaining thing, but without being that talking head. No Bob the Skull here. He explains it by one person telling it to someone else.

I have one questions that boggles my mind. Well actually quite a few. But this one is a mystery:

Spoiler:

How did Mirl get from Hubble Morning to Hubble Landing? I know I know, it is through them transport staircases from one hubble to the next. But how and why? She quite literally disappears in chapter 6 and doesn't resurface until chapter 44.

Another thing of interest:

Spoiler:

Is Rowl with a missing tail exactly Mister? They are both 30 pounds - it was mentioned exactly once if I remember right, and that was at location 6433 on Kindle (towards the end of Chapter 55). Strange coincidence. And Rowl is not even the biggest Cat.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Hate to repeat what others have already said, but I am now officially done reading Aeronaut's Windlass. Slower than most everybody else, maybe, but finished at last.

A few things: What an interesting style of writing - even the boring stuff (what boring stuff?) is entertaining. Actually most boring stuff without action is key to success - the dialogue. Jim gets away with continually lecturing us, explaining thing, but without being that talking head. No Bob the Skull here. He explains it by one person telling it to someone else.

I have one questions that boggles my mind. Well actually quite a few. But this one is a mystery:

Spoiler:

How did Mirl get from Hubble Morning to Hubble Landing? I know I know, it is through them transport staircases from one hubble to the next. But how and why? She quite literally disappears in chapter 6 and doesn't resurface until chapter 44.

Those are "habble"s.

Another thing of interest:

Spoiler:

Is Rowl with a missing tail exactly Mister? They are both 30 pounds - it was mentioned exactly once if I remember right, and that was at location 6433 on Kindle (towards the end of Chapter 55). Strange coincidence. And Rowl is not even the biggest Cat.

Spoiler:

Obviously the subject of a crossover short story.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Those are "habble"s.

Ahh thank you for that. Maybe my book has typos, or my reading comprehension suffered.

Spoiler:

Obviously the subject of a crossover short story.

Spoiler:

Great answer, makes sense, leaves potential.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Spoiler:

Great answer, makes sense, leaves potential.

Well, you can take it as a joke or as a serious suggestion, but I actually would kind of like to see it happen for real.
If Jim could pull it off, for sure.
(I'm not sure how, but maybe that's because I'm not an author. )

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Well, you can take it as a joke or as a serious suggestion, but I actually would kind of like to see it happen for real.
If Jim could pull it off, for sure.
(I'm not sure how, but maybe that's because I'm not an author. )

It would be a stretch, as going from ginger to grey is hard to explain. But who knows how one loses a tail. Maybe old cat, but I haven't heard of cats becoming grey as they age.

[DuckieTigger]

If there was only one quote out of The Aeronaut's Windlass which is your favourite, which one would it be?

As I just created this game I go first, obviously.

My quote I picked from chapter 56 (Kindle loc 6475):

Spoiler:

Each creature had something it excelled at, he supposed. Humans could manage knots easily, and cats could do everything else.

[alansplace]

Jim Butcher's new series launches with THE AERONAUT'S WINDLASS debuting at #5 on the NYT List and #7 on USA Today!

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An Interview with Jim Butcher

This month we selected Jim Butcher’s newest fantasy release, The Aeronaut’s Windlass, as a Best Book in Science Fiction and Fantasy. When Butcher was in town, he told us about his childhood as a reader and the excitement of LARPing, and why he likes to alternate between his high fantasy books and his Harry Dresden urban fantasy series . . . Read the review here

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Cosplay Controversy - Denver Comic Con 2015

Sean Caspian

Published on Jun 3, 2015

Cosplayers and con-goers! There is some controversy in the con scene where cosplayers are being singled out for their costumes being too revealing. I interview A good cosplayer friend of mine Kitty Krell who experienced this at Denver Comic Con 2015. Let's stop this before it goes too far and bans more cosplayers. Check it out, and please share this video, and talk to your local cons about making sure cosplayers are free to express their art.

Here's the picture that Kitty's costume emulates - quite accurately!!

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Nice interview. So Jim is a LARP addict, a video game addict, and a reading addict. Wonder when he got time to write books. There is only 24 hours in a day.