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BB003 - Are You Ready For Some Dresden?
Amber:
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--- Quote from: Amber on January 17, 2007, 08:39:24 PM ---*shudder* I'm trying to get over the idea that one might read the books *out of order*
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That's me trying to stir up some controversy. ;)
Actually, it's based in my real world experience of trying to get "hmmm, maybe, it doesn't quite sound like my thing" people hooked on the series. The early books end up being less strong of a sell -- in the sense of leaving the skeptic willing to read more -- whereas if I hand them Summer Knight or Death Masks, there's serious traction.
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I'm just so... I mean, I read the first one when it came out, so I can't imagine trying to take it in a different order. But I do understand your point about the first two books not being nearly as strong as the others, so I can see where you'd maybe want to start somewhere not at the beginning. I'd say you have to read GP before DM, or you're not going to get the Susan thing. So GP might be a good place to start, though the innate structure of that book makes it my least favorite. Everytime I reread it, I still spend the first few chapters trying to remember if there's a book between FM and GP. So, SK, then GP, then DM, might be the best way to hook people.
ToddM326:
Another well done podcast. We are getting spoiled with all the components of this great Jim Butcher media empire!
iago:
--- Quote from: Amber on January 17, 2007, 09:23:00 PM ---I'm just so... I mean, I read the first one when it came out, so I can't imagine trying to take it in a different order. But I do understand your point about the first two books not being nearly as strong as the others, so I can see where you'd maybe want to start somewhere not at the beginning. I'd say you have to read GP before DM, or you're not going to get the Susan thing. So GP might be a good place to start, though the innate structure of that book makes it my least favorite. Everytime I reread it, I still spend the first few chapters trying to remember if there's a book between FM and GP. So, SK, then GP, then DM, might be the best way to hook people.
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Yeah, that's a good point, on the GP-DM dependency.
trboturtle:
For some reason, I can't DL the podcast, from either the link above, or from the podcast website. Am I doing something wrong? ??? ???
Craig
BigMama:
Another interesting, informative and well done podcast. Fred, you are just doing it right! The length of the podcast is just about perfect to me. Not too long, but enough time to be full of interesting info. Thanks. :-*
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