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Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
Valorclast:
the previews for the show looked fantastic and I needed good books to read when I got mind-numb from reading my history text-books. I shot off to Borders and had to return twice more before they had Storm Front. When they did, I promptly bought the first three ;D now I'm almost done with #8... I'm so very glad SciFi advertised like crazy, how would I ahve otherwise found some of the most enjoyable books I've ever read?
monster ma x 3:
I've also answered this under a different topic, so apologies for the repeat. My husband noticed during the 3rd episode that the show was based on "the novels of Jim Butcher," so I checked the library on my next visit...and totally messed up! I picked up what I now know to be the 8th book, and read it first. The copy was missing the page with the book list, so... Anyway I've read # 1, and decided I couldn't wait for the other really slow people to finish # 2 and picked it up last night. My husband is laughing pretty hard, for now. But he is somewhat concerned about what's going to happen once I've read them all and am forced to wait for the next. Apparently, I don't handle suspense well over extended periods of time. Anyway, all of that was to say that I have really enjoyed what I've read so far, and have recommended the series to a few friends. Not quite sure how I feel about not being "cool" anymore, but I guess it's relative. I'm strong, I'll overcome!
ButMadNNW:
--- Quote from: monster ma x 3 on March 03, 2007, 04:27:26 PM ---I checked the library on my next visit...and totally messed up! I picked up what I now know to be the 8th book, and read it first.
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Here's a question - why do publishers stop putting "Book #__" on books in a series after a while? I was looking at Jim's books at my local Borders, and SF says "Book 1 of The Dresden Files," FM says "Book 2...", but after a few volumes, it just says, "A book of The Dresden Files" or something like that, which leads to confusion if you don't have access to a list. (I read the 7th book of P.N. Elrod's Vampire Files first, because I didn't know any better.)
I've noticed They do this with quite a few series. Any thoughts?
Kalin:
I noticed that too and being as i'm reading them all for the first time I have to always look somewhere to see what order whats in.
ButMadNNW:
--- Quote from: Kalin on March 06, 2007, 06:45:28 AM ---I noticed that too and being as i'm reading them all for the first time I have to always look somewhere to see what order whats in.
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With Piers Anthony's Xanth series, I got in the habit of checking publication dates - which didn't help when he published more than one the same year. :P
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