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The Growing Time Gap in DF Releases
Arjan:
The kate daniels series is nearly finished.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: count_espire on August 11, 2018, 02:57:08 PM ---Can always delve (if you have not) into the Dragon Lance Chronicles. Dragons of Autumn Twilight is the first of the series, and avoid reading Dragons of Summer Flame until you have read the following:
Legends Trilogy
Follow up with:
The Second Generation
Once you have those under your belt, then you can read DoSF. Can also read all about the lore, heroes of old, races....needless to say, you will have plenty to read up on.
Also, DoAT came out in 1984; so plenty of used copies you can find everywhere. When I left my original set with my brother as a farewell gift, I bought the first 30 books for $20 at goodwill.
Just want to add, while it's not as intricate as a spiderweb as Butcher does with Dresden, the books do constantly chain off one another getting you to explore more and more.
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I'm aware of the titles, and have given thought in the past to reading them. But they are trilogies taking place in an established world. But the story lines are self contained stories in an open universe. The backstory is completed in a trilogy, although other books exist in the same Universe. What Jim is doing is closer in scope and function to JK Rowling's books. Just much longer. That isn't a bad thing unless you're 67 and he's only on book 15. ;D It isn't Jim's fault, I blame my father. And Jim, bless him, will never be able to write as fast as I can read.
--- Quote from: Arjan on August 11, 2018, 03:02:15 PM ---The kate daniels series is nearly finished.
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I've looked at her in the past. And if she write finis to the series and closes the loop I'll look closer.
I've also read the Kim Harrison "Hollows" novels. 13 books to a conclusion. Not as good as Dresden but you can watch her mature as a writer over the course of the series. Thank you both for your recommendations.
count_espire:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 11, 2018, 03:51:32 PM ---I'm aware of the titles, and have given thought in the past to reading them. But they are trilogies taking place in an established world. But the story lines are self contained stories in an open universe. The backstory is completed in a trilogy, although other books exist in the same Universe.
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Reason I picked out particular titles for you to read. They are all part of the same story, that keeps growing and just like early Harry Potter, you can put them down after each trilogy and be content, or continue on (With Rowling, the first 3 books read as individuals with simpler endings. It's not until the fourth book that you realize the larger game is afoot). Second generations was suggested so you understand some of the back story going into the final book.
Just food for thought if you are looking for a good story that is intertwined throughout two series to help pass some time.
Hustead:
--- Quote from: Hagbard Celine on August 11, 2018, 09:00:13 AM ---Did you read his AMA? Or listen to any of his recent podcast appearances? He talks about why he basically hasn't been able to work for three years because of his house problems.
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No I did not because I don't go follow these authors around to appearances, monitor their personal lives or listen to podcasts. I just read a lot of books (and I don't reread — I move on and find new things). Jim's are some of my favorites, especially the Dresden series, and I don't feel like he owes us anything (other than maybe a new progress update on his website), but it's disconcerting to see such a big drop off in production all of a sudden from a guy that has been so reliable.
A year or maybe even two off for a break, sure we can all understand that, but at this point we've slipped well past that between major projects and sure we got a short story collection this summer and occasionally get a new story in comic form, but that's not the same and almost all of those short stories were republished in Brief Cases and there was little new writing included.
morriswalters:
I feel your pain. But. Writing is an act of creation. Sometimes creation is fast. And sometimes it's slow. And sometimes it up and quits. He could be writing A Song of Ice and Fire. The HBO series outran the rate of production of the novels. And the last was published in 2011. I'd read them, but because of Jim, I no longer read unfinished series.
Jim, or Mr. Butcher, since I really don't know him well enough to call him Jim, picked a really tough nut to attempt to crack. Twenty or so novels finished by a 3 book finale. I really like the Dresden Files, but I question his ability to maintain a focus for the period of time needed to produce the work he says he has imagined. At 1 a year, that's 23 years. In itself a long time to live in one character, particularly one where there is a complex back story. I wish him well.
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