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[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Skin Game (The Dresden Files) [Kindle Edition]

No release date
No cover
No description
No price

But at least a listing! It's progress!

I think I saw that before, and I refuse to believe in it until it can be found on the website search. Currently it is a hidden page, a mere placeholder, and is thus Pasul HaEidus, a Mamzer D'Oraisa.

Jim Butcher still hasn't announced a publication date, so there!

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The irrational optimist believes Skin Game will be released in:

28 DAYS!

(Slightly changed my message to satisfy certain party poopers -- I'm looking at you, JSWolf, you curmudgeon, you!)

[JSWolf]

Publisher: Orbit (January 16, 2014)

I believe that date more then I do December 3, 2014.

And I am waiting for one big "I told you so". I'm looking at you.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Publisher: Orbit (January 16, 2014)

I believe that date more then I do December 3, 2014.

And I am waiting for one big "I told you so". I'm looking at you.

To which I can only say,

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

It's mostly a long running joke, not a hardcore belief.
Plus if it comes out in a month then bonus. If not who cares? We'll just update the countdown.

Look, we've been over this before.

[leanansidhe]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I think I saw that before, and I refuse to believe in it until it can be found on the website search. Currently it is a hidden page, a mere placeholder, and is thus Pasul HaEidus, a Mamzer D'Oraisa.

Jim Butcher still hasn't announced a publication date, so there!

I'm with you! We gotta stick together

...and IF we are incorrect (which I will not admit until absolutely necessary) then a new countdown shall begin

[eschwartz]

I should probably offer a translation. Pasul HaEidus is hebrew for "a person who is invalidated for testimony in a court of law" and is a general Jewish joke for people/things that a wrong/in disagreement with you.

[alansplace]

[eschwartz]

The irrational optimist believes Skin Game will be released in:

27 DAYS!

[Andy_T]

I don't know if I should say that here ... but either date will be fine with me ... on my second re-read now and in the middle of "Death Masks" ... so it will be some time for me to finish that, 27 days might not be enough.

But, of course I wish that it comes out as quick as possible ... for all of you out there :-)

Any date on "The Aeronaut's Windlass" yet?

Best regards,
Andy

[carld]

Like a lot of folks here I'm always looking for new urban fantasy to hold me over until the next Dresden Files book. I just finished the first book of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers Of London series and think Dresden fans would probably enjoy it. It's thoroughly British and the language differences occasionally take a little puzzling out, but I think that adds to the enjoyment. It's something different and refreshing.

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost. Peter’s ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny. Now, as a wave of brutal and bizarre murders engulfs the city, Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals and a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic.

[Andy_T]

CarlD,

I second the suggestion for "Rivers of London" - wonderful humour in that book!

Also, take a look at (as has also been suggested in this here thread, if I am not mistaken) the books by Benedict Jacka ... "Chosen", "Cursed", "Taken" and another one the name of which I have forgotten.

Best regards,
Andy

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by Andy_T

I second the suggestion for "Rivers of London" - wonderful humour in that book!

I third it

[alansplace]

“When everything goes to
hell, the people who stand
by you without flinching
-- they are your family. ”
.....― Jim Butcher

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Andy_T

CarlD,

I second the suggestion for "Rivers of London" - wonderful humour in that book!

Also, take a look at (as has also been suggested in this here thread, if I am not mistaken) the books by Benedict Jacka ... "Chosen", "Cursed", "Taken" and another one the name of which I have forgotten.

Best regards,
Andy

Fated, Cursed, Taken, Chosen -- yeah, they are really good and Alex Verus is highly reminiscent of Harry Dresden.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

My re-read of Changes was just plain awesome! I've skipped all the associated short stories during this re-read, So I've decided to add them here toward the end of the re-read. There are 7 short stories (Curses, Even Hand, AAAA Wizardry, B is for Bigfoot, I Was a Teenage Bigfoot, Bigfoot on Campus and Bombshells) that I'm aware of that haven't yet made it into a Dresden Files collection including Bombshells, which hasn't yet been published anywhere (will be in December). And then there's Side Jobs (Stories From the Dresden Files) which I'm reading next.

I just finished re-reading Side Jobs and was going to follow it with Ghost Story but instead I've decided to first re-read the 6 short stories (Curses, Even Hand, AAAA Wizardry, B is for Bigfoot, I Was a Teenage Bigfoot and Bigfoot on Campus that have only been published in separate anthologies) and the excerpt from Bombshells (which will be published on December 3rd) first.

[alansplace]

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“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites
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