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Mirror Mirror Tracking on Butcher's official site!
Mira:
--- Quote from: g33k on November 12, 2025, 11:58:10 PM ---Jim has said that he often uses one series as a "break" from the other series; by the time he's finished one of the DF novels, he's kind of sick of writing Harry. But if he writes in another universe, he comes back to the DF enthusiastic about it.
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I can see that, however five years between books in a series that is over twenty books long is unfair to fans. Maybe more isn't better? Edit the number of books and finish the series sooner.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 13, 2025, 01:36:17 PM --- ... Maybe more isn't better? Edit the number of books and finish the series sooner.
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Given that BG was # 16 +1, taking the original 20vol series to 21...
and 12M is #18, taking it to 22...
I don't think Jim in heading in the direction you have suggested!
:o
He went 15 novels without adding any "extras" and now we've had TWO. There are 4 more to go before the BAT and I won't be surprised if there's another extra in there... ::)
It's gonna be so tragic for so many folks when it all finally wraps up after the BAT!
Whatever will we all find to complain about?
Which successful author shall we criticize for their writing habits?
;D
Mira:
--- Quote ---He went 15 novels without adding any "extras" and now we've had TWO. There are 4 more to go before the BAT and I won't be surprised if there's another extra in there... ::)
It's gonna be so tragic for so many folks when it all finally wraps up after the BAT!
Whatever will we all find to complain about?
Which successful author shall we criticize for their writing habits?
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So in reality there are seven books to go, the most optimistic time line is three to four years apart, you do the math.. We are talking another twenty plus years, and most of his fans that got him here won't live to see it.. And who knows Jim may not be able to write it..
Lord Kinbote:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 14, 2025, 03:19:14 PM ---We are talking another twenty plus years, and most of his fans that got him here won't live to see it.
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I've been doing that math for a few years, and I'm thinking I won't be here for the end. I had a friend pass in 2024 who had read up through Skin Game in 2014 but decided not to buy or read Peace Talks or Battleground in 2020. She knew she wouldn't be able to read the end of the series and figured she had other books to read and better things to do. (Plus, after 6 years since Skin Game's release, she had lost track of characters, plots, where things had been left, etc. and thought it simply wasn't worth the effort to re-familiarize herself with the series.)
I can't even say I'm cautiously optimistic that the series will be done in less than 20 years even with the recent developments (Butcher already tracking progress of Mirror, Mirror; his statements that he plans to be done with MM before touring on Twelve Months). And no matter what I can't envision he'd ever get back to a Dresden novel every 18-24 months. So I guess I'll stay irritated and take the novels one at a time, and maybe at some point make the same decision as my friend.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I can't even say I'm cautiously optimistic that the series will be done in less than 20 years even with the recent developments (Butcher already tracking progress of Mirror, Mirror; his statements that he plans to be done with MM before touring on Twelve Months). And no matter what I can't envision he'd ever get back to a Dresden novel every 18-24 months. So I guess I'll stay irritated and take the novels one at a time, and maybe at some point make the same decision as my friend.
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My dear old father used to say, "if" is half of life. It's true, I won't give up reading them, however I have a lot of other books to read and read them. However I still say he can finish the series with half the novels and do it well. It might even make the stories a bit more interesting as well.
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