The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More - Page 133

alansplace · 05-13-2013, 03:22 PM

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Posted 14 February 2013 - 09:16 PM
So, being the Butcher fanboy that I am, I couldn't help but notice the lack of bubbling excitement for Butcher's new planned series, The Cinder Spires (series name, for now) - The Aeronaut's Windlass (book name, for now). It's his foray into a steampunk setting. And while not much is known yet (such as the release and stuff), I've found it terribly exciting. I think that he wrote somewhere that he had finished writing it before the new year (aka end of 2012), but I've no idea if that's a first draft or like the last revision or whatever.

This is perhaps the longest cohesive text I've found so far about the series:

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“At the moment the series is ‘The Cinder Spires,'” Butcher said. “It's set in a kind of quasi-Victorian, steampunky world where civilization all exists in these enormous spires that are spread out considerably over their world, with lots of airship traffic between them. It's kind of a steampunky, Hornblower kind of thing. So we've got ship captains and duels and ship-to-ship battles and the opening of hostilities between two empires, and there's steam-powered technology and we've got this crazy crystal technology and goggles and airships and other tropes that are my favorites from the steampunk genre.

“I love to play with that stuff and try to use them in ways people aren't used to, and it's been a really rewarding book for me to write. I've had a lot of fun writing it.”

And also, from various Q&A videos on YouTube, that there are these mobster cat people (I was immediately drawn to picture Canim only as cats) that are the bosses in these spires and can therefor do as they please quite a bit. And that the ground, the reason for why they are all up high, is that there is a massive war / struggle going on on the ground which makes it an incredibly dangerous place.

It's not much I know, but I have such trust in Butcher that it has left me wanting more already. Right there up with Skin Game (which sounds way to awesome from the spoiled "blurb" or whatnot). Anyone know anything else about the series or just want to chime in with their desire for this new type of literary crack (hopefully!) that's coming?

eschwartz · 05-13-2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

Oh no you didn't just steal my countdown!!!!

Absolutely, you're being irresponsible about keeping us posted, so I get to steal your job.

Pookeysgirl · 05-15-2013, 10:11 AM

202 DAYS!!!

I just started the last Codex Alera book. I can't believe I'm almost done

. What an excellent series.

Andy_T · 05-16-2013, 05:58 AM

AP,

thank you for posting that interview!!!

I am positively eager for Jim Butcher's new series now...

Best regards,
Andy

Pookeysgirl · 05-16-2013, 09:44 AM

Great interview Alan, thanks for posting.

This was really interesting to me. I can't wait for Skin Game

....only 201 days left

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J: The next novel is called Skin Game. In it, we find out that Mab has various debts which she has incurred over the years and Mab is very keen on getting her debts paid, and when one of the people she owes shows up and asks for a favour, she loans him Harry Dresden in order to help him. So Harry is going to find himself, by command of Queen Mab, assisting Nicodemus Archleon in a heist. They’re going on a bank job, and they’re going to knock over the vault of Hades — the Lord of the Underworld.

Harry is going to be very far out of his element because he’s going to be working with this crew of nasties that Nicodemus has recruited and having to survive that situation, and it’s going to make him look so good to the White Council and everyone else that he’s running around with this crew.

red_phoenix · 05-16-2013, 11:27 AM

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Great interview Alan, thanks for posting.

This was really interesting to me. I can't wait for Skin Game

....only 201 days left

J: The next novel is called Skin Game. In it, we find out that Mab has various debts which she has incurred over the years and Mab is very keen on getting her debts paid, and when one of the people she owes shows up and asks for a favour, she loans him Harry Dresden in order to help him. So Harry is going to find himself, by command of Queen Mab, assisting Nicodemus Archleon in a heist. They’re going on a bank job, and they’re going to knock over the vault of Hades — the Lord of the Underworld.

Harry is going to be very far out of his element because he’s going to be working with this crew of nasties that Nicodemus has recruited and having to survive that situation, and it’s going to make him look so good to the White Council and everyone else that he’s running around with this crew.

Why does Jim hate Harry?

Pookeysgirl · 05-16-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by red_phoenix

Why does Jim hate Harry?

I have no idea, but it certainly feels that way to me as well. Poor guy just can't catch a break. He totally needs a hug.

Dopedangel · 05-16-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

202 DAYS!!!

I just started the last Codex Alera book. I can't believe I'm almost done

. What an excellent series.

Well I like it more than the Dresden series to be honest maybe because it is short comparably. For me a few books in the Dresden series started dragging a bit and I was not anticipating a new book till ghost story that has picked things back up for me

Pookeysgirl · 05-16-2013, 11:52 AM

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Well I like it more than the Dresden series to be honest maybe because it is short comparably. For me a few books in the Dresden series started dragging a bit and I was not anticipating a new book till ghost story that has picked things back up for me

I get really sucked in to my books if they are well written. Harry had me hooked from the beginning. I did struggle to like Karen though. She was a real pain those first few books and I almost couldn't read any more because she made me so mad with how she treated him.

AlbertaCowboy · 05-16-2013, 01:55 PM

Sigh.
Knowing plot points makes it so much harder to wait.
I can't wait for the return of the Nickleheads!

Also great interviews, Alan! Keep 'em coming!

alansplace · 05-16-2013, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by red_phoenix

Why does Jim hate Harry?

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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

I have no idea, but it certainly feels that way to me as well. Poor guy just can't catch a break. He totally needs a hug.

You both really think that?

Well I sure don't.

Jim's a novelist who earns his living by writing exciting and suspenseful stories. He accomplishes this by putting his main character into seemingly impossible situations and then somehow getting him out of those situations alive (except, of course, for one notable exception, which was rectified by the end of the next book in the series). This is, IMHO, the main reason why most readers keep coming back for more, many of them, myself included, waiting anxiously for the release of the next book in the series. In interviews he sometimes does say that he hates Harry, but he says this with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. You see, he's joking!! He loves making people laugh.

alansplace · 05-16-2013, 09:44 PM

You folks got me all stirred up about Alex Verus so I've just begun reading Taken. It's pretty good so far!

red_phoenix · 05-17-2013, 07:06 AM

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You both really think that?

Well I sure don't.

Jim's a novelist who earns his living by writing exciting and suspenseful stories. He accomplishes this by putting his main character into seemingly impossible situations and then somehow getting him out of those situations alive (except, of course, for one notable exception, which was rectified by the end of the next book in the series). This is, IMHO, the main reason why most readers keep coming back for more, many of them, myself included, waiting anxiously for the release of the next book in the series. In interviews he sometimes does say that he hates Harry, but he says this with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. You see, he's joking!! He loves making people laugh.

There has been a misunderstanding. I know that Jim loves his character Harry. If he didn't he wouldn't have written so many books about him. And as an author it is his job to put his character into impossible situations and then get him out again. It is what makes him such a good writer and why I cannot wait to read Skin Games.

My comment was more about Jim making Harry work with the nickleheads. How sadistic is that? But I am sadistic too because I want to read the book even more now that I know this is the plot line. I do not need any more details than that. December cannot get here fast enough.

alansplace · 05-17-2013, 11:20 AM

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There has been a misunderstanding. I know that Jim loves his character Harry. If he didn't he wouldn't have written so many books about him. And as an author it is his job to put his character into impossible situations and then get him out again. It is what makes him such a good writer and why I cannot wait to read Skin Games.

My comment was more about Jim making Harry work with the nickleheads. How sadistic is that? But I am sadistic too because I want to read the book even more now that I know this is the plot line. I do not need any more details than that. December cannot get here fast enough.

Yep, you're correct, I misunderstood.

Perhaps Pook didn't?

AlbertaCowboy · 05-17-2013, 12:03 PM

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You folks got me all stirred up about Alex Verus so I've just begun reading Taken. It's pretty good so far!

Finished it last night, myself. I'm looking forward to the next installment!

05-15-2013, 10:11 AM	#1983
Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K3, Kobo Mini	Skin Game release countdown 202 DAYS!!! I just started the last Codex Alera book. I can't believe I'm almost done . What an excellent series.

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Andy_T Evangelist Posts: 431 Karma: 5121676 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hannover, Germany Device: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Kindle KB, NT, Fire, PW II	Eager for "The Aeronaut's Windlass" now... AP, thank you for posting that interview!!! I am positively eager for Jim Butcher's new series now... Best regards, Andy

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AlbertaCowboy Guru Posts: 819 Karma: 171672846 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: PRS-350, PRS-650, iPhone 6, NVIDIA Shield K1	Sigh. Knowing plot points makes it so much harder to wait. I can't wait for the return of the Nickleheads! Also great interviews, Alan! Keep 'em coming! Last edited by AlbertaCowboy; 05-17-2013 at 12:04 PM.

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alansplace Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 464403178 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 33.9388° N, 117.2716° W Device: Kindles K-2, K-KB, PW 1 & 2, Voyage, Fire 2, 5 & HD 8, Surface 3, iPad	Taken, (Alex Verus #3) by Benedict Jacka You folks got me all stirred up about Alex Verus so I've just begun reading Taken. It's pretty good so far!

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