The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Dear Jim
SerScot:
--- Quote from: Kindler on April 17, 2018, 01:10:31 PM ---Yep. We were spoiled for a long time. Hell, there were even a few years when we got two books, with the Codex Alera included.
The reason we're all feeling it is because it's a serial. If they were just loosely connected books that took place in the same universe, like Stephen King, we wouldn't care as much.
--- End quote ---
These books have serial aspects but the really are just loosely connected novels set in the same universe with the same characters.
Talby16:
Very few authors can pump out books at the rate Jim has. I'm all for him slowing down if that is what he needs to remain refreshed and keep the quality of books consistent.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: SerScot on April 17, 2018, 04:06:11 PM ---These books have serial aspects but the really are just loosely connected novels set in the same universe with the same characters.
--- End quote ---
Sure, I'm mainly thinking about the larger metanarrative that's been shaping across the entire series. I liken each book to an episode in a short season. 1-4, 5-11, and 12-14, maybe 12-15, depending on how Peace Talks shakes out. All three (or four) arcs have the underpinnings of an ongoing narrative, revealed and named in Cold Days.
It's not exactly serial, you're right, but it's close enough for me.
jonas:
When we have unanswered questions from almost every book... It's a serial mystery, so it's spot on for me. Still waiting to find out about either parent, faith Astor, Sells kids, Mavra's fate, Nemesis/Black Council explanations, ect. One book stands alone as a story within itself, but it's a series of stories with an end game so...
KurtinStGeorge:
Slightly unrelated topic, but not really. Jim was scheduled at a writer's conference in Colorado starting on April 27th. I just checked the conference website and Jim isn't listed as attending. That may be disappointing for aspiring writers who are also fans of Jim's work, but it suggests he his concentrating on finishing Peace Talks which I think we can all agree is a good thing.
I do miss those times when Jim would go on twitter and announce "I just loaded (fill in the blank) and I'm at 75% of my expected word count." Plus, those times when he would announce "I just finished up the final battle and now have only to write the denouement chapter," let us know he was getting close to finishing. Also, I agree with the OP on one subject. Unless it would be super spoilery, I'd love to see Jim do a reading of the first two or three chapters several months before publication. He hasn't done that in ages.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version