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

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While waiting for Butcher, Lynch or Rothfuss to actually finish writing a book has anyone read a new urban fantasy or scifi series. I might have added Sanderson to the list to but he has confirmed releases coming out in 2017. If Butcher comes out with a release date i might schedule a reread of Dresden which I admit I have read only the first 5 books twice and have not reread any of the others.
Personally I have been rereading a few series as some of the authors have restarted a series after a few years or I was not aware that the author has continued the story in a separate series so required a reread to get back into the story. Like Elizabeth Moon - Vatta series or Tanya Huff - peacekeeper. I also have read a few new series over the last six months or so to name a few

Rob J. Hayes - It takes a thief (Heist type plots in a fantasy setting)
Illona Andrews - Innkeeper Chronicles (Urban Fantasy

Spoiler:

Scifi where the non humans are alien species

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Jack Campbell - Pillars of Reality (I really liked this series mix of YA fantasy and scifi)
Kristi Charish - The Owl (Urban Fantasy)

I am probably going to start another series by
Rob J. Hayes - The Ties That Bind (Fantasy)
or
Myke Cole - Shadow Ops (Urban Fantasy) I am not sure how to start this series though as the author wrote a 3 book series then he has written 3 prequels so I am conflicted if I should read by timeline or book release.

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The 7 Must-Read Fantasy Books of August 2017
From Jeff Noon to Kelley Armstrong to Jim Butcher

By Lauren Sarner on August 3, 2017

August is typically a lag-time in most areas of pop culture. It’s a hazy, lazy month when shows end instead of premiering and the summer box office runs on fumes. In the book world, however, August is a train chugging ahead at full speed.

Particularly in the fantasy genre, August is an electric time of new beginnings and epic endings. Urban fantasy queen Kelley Armstrong is bringing her fairy-filled Cainsville series to its conclusion while speculative fiction legend Jeff Noon is kicking off an intriguing new series set in a world with a neon sky. Several debut authors are unfolding new worlds teaming with magic and mayhem, too.

From epic fantasy to urban, from adult to YA, from series to stand-alone novels, here are all the noteworthy fantasy books that should be on your radar in August 2017.

Because the notion that suburban dramas are the traditional “beach read” genre is overrated.



1. Urban Enemies edited by Joseph Nassie

While this is a short story collection rather than a novel, it’s well worth a read. Its stories all focuses on villains of fantasy, and it and boasts entries from authors like Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, Lilith Saintcrow, Kelley Armstrong, Caitlin Kittredge, and more.

Release date: August 1



2. Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dragonsworn is the whopping twenty-eighth novel in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter series. It centers around a dragon and the daughter of the greek god Apollo trying to stop the world from ending. So, just a light low-stakes summer read.

Release date: August 1



3. A Man of Shadows by Jeff Noon

Speculative fiction visionary Jeff Noon is launching a new genre-bending series set in a place called Dayzone, where the sky is perpetually neon. It centers around a private eye solving a murder mystery that takes him from this perpetually light world to one of perpetual darkness. It’s lyrically written, wonderfully weird, and drops with noir.

Release date: August 1



4. Hex-Rated by Jason X. Widler

Hex-Rated is an urban fantasy homage to 70’s pulp detective fiction. Set in the seedy underbelly of 1970’s Los Angeles, Hex-Rated is the first entry in a new series brimming with demons, cults, Hollywood, the porn industry, and magic.

Release date: August 1



5. Rituals by Kelley Armstrong

Rituals is the fifth and final entry in urban fantasy juggernaut Kelley Armstrong’s Cainsville series, which follows a young woman who learns that her real parents are famous serial killers. If that wasn’t enough, while she’s investigating their crimes she also discovers that she’s part of a centuries-old tug of war between rival fae factions. Just like Armstrong’s Otherworld series, Cainsville comes to a tense, satisfying head in Rituals.

Release date: August 15



6. Wicked Like A Wildfire by Lana Popović

Wicked Like a Wildfire is essentially a more diverse YA version of Aliec Hoffman’s classic Practical Magic. It ‘s about a pair of mixed-race twins who come from a family filled with magical women. They have the power to magically manipulate beauty — but first they must discover their mother’s secrets.

Release date: August 15



7. Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

Mask of Shadows is a court-intrigue fantasy with a gender-fluid protagonist. Over the course of the story they ascend from life as a thief to life infiltrating the court via a series of challenges in order to avenger their family, whose home has been destroyed by nobles. Think The Hunger Games with a gender-fluid protagonist and court setting.

Release date: August 29
Photos via Angry Robot
Written by Lauren Sarner

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Priscilla Spencer

Published on Sep 3, 2017
Magic may not be real, but it still must make a certain kind of sense. What’s involved in developing a magical system for a story that feels internally consistent & believable?

Panelists: Jim Butcher, Kathryn Hinds, Faith Hunter, and Elizabeth Moon.

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Nice picture of Mouse. Harry looks rather anemic and like high school student.

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Originally Posted by alansplace

This is a sweet picture.

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DragonCon 2017: Jim Butcher Solo Panel

Priscilla Spencer

Published on Sep 6, 2017

Audience Q&A with the bestselling author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera, & Cinder Spires series.

Thanks to Amy Gruss for recording this video!

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Squeeing for the Hamelton cosplay!!! But, I can't see the images very well, nor can I enlarge them.

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

Squeeing for the Hamelton cosplay!!! But, I can't see the images very well, nor can I enlarge them.

View them here: http://www.jim-butcher.com/