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Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
Nexfalx:
--- Quote from: Andris on March 03, 2011, 12:50:06 AM ---funny thing, but I'm a big James Marsters fan.. and google told me, hes reading Jim's books - did I ever had a chance to resist the urge to get more info?
so, here I am, having all 11 novels on my smartphone/mp3 player - as a sort of "zen for every day" excercise... and running out of stuff to read/listen while waiting for Ghost Story,
btw, for all the paper back readers - check it out, in my humble opinion, James Marsters (aka Spike from Buffy, for the TV series challenged) did absolutely fantastic reading and, seems like, enjoy it a lot.
and, if we go into the dark side - Jim and his books did help me to get over the probably my worst (2010) year in my whole life since I realized myself as a huNam being.
just a big "Thank You!" and very deep bow - I know it may not seem like a lot, but its from the living heart!
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if it's any inclination of how great a job James Marsters did on his readings, i felt you would like to know that when ever i read one of the books now i'm always reading with his voice in my head. i have Side Jobs and changes in audio and the rest in paperback, i just started rereading the whole thing in anticipation of Ghost Story like a month ago, i'm on dead beat and the reread has been like that, it has made me able to picture Harry a bit clearer now too, more human with personality you know?
habu987:
--- Quote from: Remy Sinclair on March 18, 2011, 06:47:22 PM ---My wife and I are both sadly never heard of the books until we saw the TV show. We thought the previews on SyLy was interesting. We were looking for a new series because our obsessions at the time one was not coming out fast enough in book form (Kim Harrison's Hollow Series) & Hamilton destroying her Anita Blake series.
I grabbed the first book and the rest is history. We devoured all the books up to White Knight in that summer. We became huge fans. It is really bad here we now get them on audio then buy the paperbacks. We cannot contain our excitement when one is reading and the wife is a slow reader. So we listen to books now which is really good. Helps also when we have long trips or nothing is on (since TV is mostly crap now adays
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Kinda similar introduction for me. I got hooked on Kim Harrison's series last spring, and had seen the Dresden Files books in Barnes and Noble for ages, but never picked up a DF book. Last fall Netflix recommended that I watch the tv show, so I watched it over the course of a weekend. The next day I went to B&N and picked up all the DF books they had on hand--they had all but Blood Rites and Changes on hand. Ordered the other two from Amazon and read the series over the course of the next two weeks...and have read them *once or twice, cough, cough* since then. For the most part, I prefer the books to the tv show, but I thought it was a great introduction to the Dresden Universe, or at least enough to spark my interest.
Holliday:
It's been a while since I've done the forum thing. I did discover the books through the TV show. In fact, movies and TV are how I've re-discovered the joys of diving into a good book. I'm currently on book 8 (Proven Guilty) since starting them in late March.
King_Corey:
I got to the party LATE, and in a round the bout way, but from the TV show. I caught it on HULU as a "If you liked...Then try....The Dresden Files". I had watched the entire "New Amsterdam" show after it was already off air, and so HULU asked if I'd like to watch Dresden, so I did. It was ok, but I saw the reference to the books. Knowing that TV and Movies usually screw up great books I went to the local Used Bookstore. Someone had just sold the first 6 books to the store, so of course I bought the first 3 wanting to limit my enthusiasm. (Mistake!)
I proceeded to read all 3 within days. Went back and someone had already bought the rest. Me not knowing how long the series was set to be, or what the titles were, I just went to the big bookstore, but they were OUT!
So I go to the NEXT big book store, buy every one was missing up to TURN COAT. Then I had to wait.....I don't like to wait....
I finish the TV Series, realize that it is so far off from the book so as to be it's own "THING" but now taken with the light of the books...
Now I pre-order and get delivery on release days.
So no matter how much people didn't like the TV show I realize I would have missed the Books without it and I have an affinity for the actress that played Bianca (Hawt is an understatement!) Also I have now made 4 others go and read all of the books and they are begging to be the first one I loan GHOST STORY to when I finish it. I suspect 2 of them have pre-ordered and the other 2 decided to catch the Harry Potter movie that week instead to give some breathing room before they have to go and get the book.
TheWinterEmissary:
No. The books were recommended on an online Board. I heard once or twice something vague about the show, but never saw it or previews for it.
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