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BobTheJanitor:

--- Quote from: x4000 on February 02, 2011, 02:05:40 PM ---I wasn't too into the Dresden books, but I read the first one. 

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At the risk of horribly derailing the thread, Jim Butcher's writing does get a lot better as the series goes on. The first book or two, while fun, do exhibit some pretty amateur techniques. I've been listening to the audiobook versions during my daily commute and they're entertaining enough to keep me from road raging.

But yes, modern dark fantasy is a very different genre from post-apocalyptic techno-fantasy, so that's rather off track.

x4000:
That's actually good to know -- thanks!

tigersfan:

--- Quote from: BobTheJanitor on February 02, 2011, 07:23:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: x4000 on February 02, 2011, 02:05:40 PM ---I wasn't too into the Dresden books, but I read the first one. 

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At the risk of horribly derailing the thread, Jim Butcher's writing does get a lot better as the series goes on. The first book or two, while fun, do exhibit some pretty amateur techniques. I've been listening to the audiobook versions during my daily commute and they're entertaining enough to keep me from road raging.

But yes, modern dark fantasy is a very different genre from post-apocalyptic techno-fantasy, so that's rather off track.

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Agreed, I'm currently up-to-date in the series, and the most recent one, "Changes", was simply a fantastic novel.

ShadowOTE:
Yeah, they're pretty awesome. I need to reread them, but Butcher's writing has definitely improved - his first one or two were basically from when he was a student, and he's been writing full time since then, so as they say - practice makes perfect.

Hmm - actually, my violin teacher always said "Practice Makes Permanent"... we're going to ignore her on this one

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