The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
any word on Jim?
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 19, 2022, 05:02:52 AM ---So we buy the same story twice. Three times with the audiobook. Four times if it’s not Marsters.
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Well, that IS assuming you bought the first anthology. I don't buy them for one or two stories. Jim gives me the option to bypass it. Appreciated.
Dina:
Agree. Also i do not buy audiobooks.
That said, I have several books both in kindle and in paper. I like to read them anywhere with my kindle, no matter where I am. But I also like the feeling of the paper pages and the look of them in my shelves (for reasons I explained later, I stopped doing that, too expensive. So I do not own SG, PT or BG hard copies. Perhaps one day).
g33k:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on February 19, 2022, 06:49:48 AM --- Well, that IS assuming you bought the first anthology. I don't buy them for one or two stories...
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Libraries are my friend!
Like you, I don't buy an anthology for 1-2 stories. OTOH, it's not uncommon for a DV short to occur in an anthology with a lot of other stories of interest! Then I'll buy it (unless Larry Correia is attached, I still haven't forgiven him for the horridness that was Sad Puppies &c, nor seen anything resembling a genuine apology or remorse on his part).
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on February 19, 2022, 08:57:26 AM ---Agree. Also i do not buy audiobooks.
That said, I have several books both in kindle and in paper. I like to read them anywhere with my kindle, no matter where I am. But I also like the feeling of the paper pages and the look of them in my shelves (for reasons I explained later, I stopped doing that, too expensive. So I do not own SG, PT or BG hard copies. Perhaps one day).
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I agree, call me old fashioned but I prefer a real book with real paper pages in my hands when I cuddle up at night to read and relax. Now I do have a Kindle and have used it to get the anthologies and to get older books that are now mostly out of print, if they are available at all, are more affordable in the Kindle format.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Yes, but how long do you want to wait for a fix of Dresden?
Libraries are fine, but Jim is popular (damn him for being a talented and engaging author) and waiting for a library copy can take months. If the library buys it in the first place. Looking at the Cover it does seemed designed to get bought by Libraries leaning heavily on the Jim Butcher name, so that is something.
The same for waiting several years for enough short stories to be published to make up a collection (currently only the Microfictions and the Good People have not been republished) only the story in Heroic Hearts is awaiting publication, with no news of other stories and Next Book being episodic (so Dresden centered work will be in that) I am thinking three years minimum. We will see Next Book before the next short story collection (I favour Cold Cuts as a title, tasty little slices of red meat served after the main meal, and set entirely during Harry’s tenure as Winter Knight. The number of times Harry is described as eating them is not incidental).
We may get a Dresden TV series BEFORE another short story collection, it’s that unlikely in the near to medium term.
Besides I am relatively well off and can afford to maintain a high cost Dresden habit, even if I feel slightly dirty and used after making payment to Amazon.
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