To me it does not matter so much when the book is published. After a couple of days I am back to "when is the next book coming out". So in the larger scheme of things it does not matter much :-)

Although I would prefer that it does not arrive at a time where I should not throw everything else away and just listen to the book.

I think that yes, part of it was Eb watching Harry, but for those in the know perhaps it was also just Eb not trying to kill them. Or not having to worry if Eb will try to kill them /have them killed sometime over the next 50 years.

Of course it should be noted that Harry also started a war, he was just a lot quicker about it.

Because it was an excellent idea here we are: What are your favorite joke lines and conversations in the series?

...Maybe there should be a separate thread for what are our favorite joke lines and conversations in the Dresden Files, because there are certainly a good number of those.

I dont know when I will type my own in because I only have the audio books.

I guess it can mean two things:

1: An outsider cannot use someone inside reality's name against them
2: Saying ones full name inside ones own head is not the same as saying it with ones own lips in the "real world"

With number 1 there is not really much to discuss because the amount of outsider interaction is too small.

With number 2. I wonder if it would be the same if it had been corpsetaker he said his full name to as a defence against a mental attack?

So when summoning someone from the Nevernever it is enough to have read their name or heard it second hand. But with a mortal it has to be heard from their own lips. I wonder how much difference it makes to have heard the name from the beings own lips when that being is from the nevernever.


Maybe there is not that much to talk about after all. I just found it interesting that it is (perhaps) the only instance where it is say ones full name.

In Cold Days when the Walker does the mental attack on Harry just outside of the Island, he yells his full name at it as part of defending from that attack.

In seems like a logical way to remember who he is in that scene. But does he also give a Walker his full name from his own lips? and does that matter for a future attack? Previously it seemed like a big deal if someone had your name like that.

I think it is a really impressive thread. By which I mean that I am impressed by how long it keeps going on, not saying it is thin.

I am going to go with the positive: maybe it is because there are negotiatings for a high quality series on Amazon prime (if that is the name of their streaming service). And this is part of those negotiations. I have not followed the news about the lord of the rings series, but it sounds like they take it serious.