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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #90 on: January 23, 2019, 04:43:10 AM »
   Plus if he keeps his toes crossed and doesn't take any potty breaks..... ::)

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After a whole lot of if, I'm thinking we are looking at a "in time for Christmas" publication date. All I can do to predict the future is to continue trend lines from the past.

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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #91 on: January 23, 2019, 09:45:03 AM »
As of Jan 17, Jim is up to Chapter 41.  Others have stated that 52 chapters is about average for the last few books.  So yea, probably a Christmas release.
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« Reply #92 on: January 24, 2019, 10:47:57 PM »
I am hoping for Halloween.
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« Reply #93 on: January 25, 2019, 01:04:47 AM »
In all honesty after the rumor dropped that the Dresden Files was being picked up by television I started to think that's the reason for the delay.  Jim thought it would be wrapped up earlier, and it took longer than expected.  He said if it ever got picked up by tv again he'd be much more involved, and have more control.  Just my current theory.


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« Reply #94 on: January 25, 2019, 02:06:47 AM »
Fox, IIRC.
But JB tweeted that we shouldn't believe all what we read on internet, so...
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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #96 on: January 27, 2019, 12:32:22 PM »
New update. 
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As of January 23rd, 2019, the current draft of the novel is up to chapter 42. Progress!

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« Reply #97 on: January 27, 2019, 07:48:25 PM »
47 days from 12/7/18 to 1/23/19. 42-36=6 47/6=8.33 52-42=10 8.33*10=83.33

Given all the assumptions previously stated, we're looking at April 21, 2019 plus publication time. As always, feel free to check my math.

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« Reply #98 on: January 27, 2019, 08:23:01 PM »
Fox, IIRC.
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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #99 on: January 27, 2019, 08:31:34 PM »
I'd think Fox was more likely to mess it up than SciFi did.

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« Reply #100 on: January 28, 2019, 12:20:31 AM »
There was only a couple of things I liked about the Sci-Fi series. The use of hockey stick as staff and drumstick as rod plus giving Bob a sometimes human form due to the actor playing Bob. The rest of it....not a fan.
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« Reply #101 on: January 28, 2019, 01:51:43 AM »
I'd think Fox was more likely to mess it up than SciFi did.

Or if they managed to produce something good, cancel it right away.

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« Reply #102 on: January 28, 2019, 01:55:52 AM »
There was only a couple of things I liked about the Sci-Fi series. The use of hockey stick as staff and drumstick as rod plus giving Bob a sometimes human form due to the actor playing Bob. The rest of it....not a fan.

I agree, though I also thought the actress who played Murphy wasn't bad, considering she looked nothing like the character we know from the books and she wasn't given very much to work with in terms of the writing in that show. 

However, I hadn't read any of the DF novels until I heard Jim being interviewed on a podcast (The Slice of Scifi podcast, which was unrelated to the TV channel.) where Jim was promoting both his books and the TV show, which was only a week or two from airing its first episode.  Listening to Jim being interviewed, I remember thinking, "This guy is funny, I think I'll pick up the first book of this series and maybe watch the show too."  So in an odd way, the creation of the the TV series led me to the novels. 

Of course, reading Storm Front and part of Fool Moon before the TV show was cancelled drove home how the show kept missing the mark.  I'm not going to go into details, because frankly I don't remember most of them, but all I could think at the end of most episodes was, "This show has potential, but arghhhhhhh!  They never quite get it right.

By the way, Jim's up to chapter 42 now.



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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #103 on: January 28, 2019, 04:11:42 AM »
I had not read the books when I watched the show, and I liked it. I didn't love it, but I liked it and I still think that Harry was perfect. I also liked Morgan and I definitely loved human Bob. Murphy was not particularly good or bad (she is the mother of the new Charmed ones, by the way).

And yes, 42!
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Re: Any news on Peace Talks
« Reply #104 on: January 28, 2019, 12:38:41 PM »
I had not read the books when I watched the show, and I liked it. I didn't love it, but I liked it and I still think that Harry was perfect. I also liked Morgan and I definitely loved human Bob. Murphy was not particularly good or bad (she is the mother of the new Charmed ones, by the way).

And yes, 42!

Same here!  :)