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Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
Euterpe:
I had already read the first 3 books of the series before I even KNEW that they'd made it into a tv series! Of course, I was depressed when I found out that the show only had one season. I'm currently, slowly making my way through the DVDs of the show, though--I'm very curious how it will go!
I, too, am disappointed by how many good shows Sci-Fi seems to cancel. The fact that other shows get 9 seasons when Dresden got 1 seems terribly lame to me. They also had a show a while back called "Brimstone" that kicked ass, too, but I think that only lasted for 1-2 seasons? :-[
cassandra:
I've never seen the tv show. I've seen the DVD display at the store, but I've never actually seen any of the episodes or previews. I don't know if i want to see it, really. From what I've read it's quite a divergence from the books, and I think the differences would bug me.
charmeddigitalchick:
Yes, once I got hooked onto the Dresden tv series and found it suddenly cancelled, I needed to fill that void and picked up the novels.
There are indeed differences between the book and tv formats. However, there are still similiarities which makes it easy to relate to them. For example, I personally prefer the tv Bob and tv Harry and see them in my mind's eye when I'm reading the Dresden books. Terrance Mann gave Bob a great personality and I enjoyed it. Paul Blackthorne gave Harry a presence that essentially brought him to life onscreen.
I agree that the it is a bit of a mental whiplash going back and forth between the two different formats due to the changes. For the most part, they are subtle and I have learned to accept them with grace. I'll admit that it took awhile to get used to the changes but I'm happy with them.
wildwill:
Got into the show from episode one - discovered the books. I'm up to err...I forget the title, but it's book 7 right now. My wife is on book 5. She read 1-4 before I did, and I overtook her, since I'm a faster reader.
LOVED the show, but honestly love the books more. So with the loss of the show, at least the books will continue!
AcornArmy:
I watched the first episode before I'd ever heard of the books. I thought the show seemed interesting, so the next day I went out and bought Storm Front. By the time I was halfway through SF, I realized that the series rocked, and went back out and bought all of the other books that were out.
I decided to finish reading the books before watching any more of the show, to keep from spoiling anything for myself, in case the show had elements from the books in it. I recorded the episodes, though, and when I was done with the books, I watched most of the season over one weekend, one after another. At first, I didn't like the show so much, because it was so different from the books and left out a lot of things which I considered to be great about the series. But, by about halfway through the show, I started thinking of it in terms of itself, not as a reflection of the The Dresden Files books, and I started to like it a lot more. By the end of the season, I actually thought the show was very good, taken on its own.
I wish it had gotten another season. Especially because it might've helped make the long wait between books more bearable. Parallel universe Dresden Files or not, it was still Harry. :)
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