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Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
Dina:
I liked Threshold, quite sad about the abrupt ending.
Dorian Kong:
It wasn't until the last episode of the series (original airdate in 2007) that I became aware of the books. I'm sure there were captions "Based on the book series by Jim Butcher" in there somewhere, but somehow it didn't register. I remember saying out loud, "Wait. There are books?!" I remember thinking, "I really like this show. I hope they get another season."
A few days later, I picked up Books 1-8 and pre-ordered "White Night" to get me started on some power-reading. After a few books, I remember thinking, "Wow. That's tv show was crap. There's no way they get another season." :)
KipIngram:
I saw the TV show first. I considered it "ok," and was mildly disappointed that it had such a short run. Honestly, though, it didn't seem particularly "special" to me. Then sometime later (a few months to a couple of years - can't remember for sure) I was dredging around on Barnes and Noble looking for a new read and stumbled across the books. I decided that I should at least read the first one, and dove into it without particularly high expectations.
Needless to say, I was gobsmacked. I thought Storm Front was quite good, and kept reading. My general opinion is that the first few books are fairly high-end fare, and as I read #7 I was constantly pausing to marvel over what a wild dose of fun it was. Then #8 just blew me away - that was the one that made me realize I was reading epic fiction. I think that's the story that made Harry Dresden more than just a character for me, in an extraordinarily deep way.
I might have tried the series out even without having seen the show, but I don't know for sure - there are so many books out there and so many of them are lame. I remember having a generally discouraged feeling about my chances of finding something good that evening I was searching. So so glad I tried the series out. :-)
Graves:
You don't have my option. read the books LONG before the TV show. I was a big anita blake fan but got sick of her nothing plots and endless sex. so while looking around for a replacement saw Dresden files, wanted an urban fantasy in place of too many normal fantasy's and fell in love.
AcornArmy:
--- Quote from: Dorian Kong on September 16, 2016, 12:17:01 PM ---It wasn't until the last episode of the series (original airdate in 2007) that I became aware of the books. I'm sure there were captions "Based on the book series by Jim Butcher" in there somewhere, but somehow it didn't register. I remember saying out loud, "Wait. There are books?!" I remember thinking, "I really like this show. I hope they get another season."
A few days later, I picked up Books 1-8 and pre-ordered "White Night" to get me started on some power-reading. After a few books, I remember thinking, "Wow. That's tv show was crap. There's no way they get another season." :)
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*lol* Thinking back, you know, I think I did exactly the same thing, with much the same reactions.
And then after my third read-through of all the books that were out, I found this forum and started posting here. At the time, Jim was writing one Codex Alera book and one Dresden book a year, so it was easy to maintain enthusiasm for one series or the other in between books. I became a regular poster here as well, and the discussions of theories were another way of enjoying the series. So I guess I've really enjoyed the Dresden Files in three different forms: the TV show, the books themselves, and then the discussion of the books here on this forum.
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