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Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
meg_evonne:
Jim Marster's fan so I got a copy of Storm Front audiobook through interlibrary loan from TX. Hooked immediately and now my library has the complete set of the books and the audiobooks. I donated copies until they joined the bandwagon.
Vulcanisik:
One of my college professors showed Birds of a Feather to us in class. Shortly after I dove into Storm Front and never looked back.
Since then I've read every single Dresden novel and short story, and the Codex Alera. Can't wait for changes. Overall, after watching the entire TV series, I was slightly disappointed. I'm kind of hoping that Dresden will eventually get the movie presence it deserves.
coffipls:
saw the tv show, found the book and been hook ever since. cant wait for Changes to come out. i even read the Alera books.
RitaJune:
I found the show on Hulu last year when I was poking around for something to amuse me while unemployed. I learned of the books while reading the Dresden thread on Televisionwithoutpity.com. Being unemployed and not too sure about this Butcher guy ( ;) ), I bought the first three books at a used bookstore. Then I was hooked.
Anyway, hi y'all. I'm new here - this is my first post, though I've been lurking for a bit.
toddabearsf:
I was watching something else on the SciFi Channel (as it was called then) when I saw the promos for the Dresden Files. I already liked Paul Blackthorne, so I started watching it and loved the series. Unfortunate that they canceled it after one short season. However, I noticed that the show as based on novels by Jim Butcher, so I ordered a few in paperback from amazon.com. I've read every book to date. I bought the two prior to the last one in hardback because I couldn't wait. The last one I bought in Kindle Book format since I now own a Kindle. I totally love Harry Dresden novels. I've read all the short stories I can find as well and discovered some other authors in the process.
I know a lot of dyed-in-the-wool fans of the books didn't like the TV series because of changes they made in the ongoing story line. I think the TV version worked very well for television, actually, with a slightly older Harry. I didn't mind the hockey stick instead of a wizard's staff and the carved drumstick for a blasting rod at all, nor the Korean War-era jeep instead of the battered old VW Blue Beetle (which can't rightfully be called "blue" anymore). When I started reading the books, I was just as enthusiastic to welcome Jim Butcher's original Harry Dresden and his world into my imagination.
Jim Butcher can certainly put a story together and he knows how to write. I have a feeling that TV series is responsible for a goodly number of new fans of the books like me. At least I hope so. I'd love to think sales of his books went up significantly because of that TV series. Jim deserves it.
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