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DF Books / Re: Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
« on: April 17, 2007, 03:08:32 PM »
Hello all...
As a matter of fact, I did!
If you live in Spain, as I do, the chances of your obtaining quality material to read in its original version, be it English or some other language, and at a affordable price are slim to none. However, you are well off in comparison to how utterly down the gutter the TV programming is. Can you spell "cruel and unusual punishment of the mind"? So I am unashamed to say I am indebted to all those wonderful people who record and post good TV series on the net for the entertainment poor and underprivileged such as I.
I have to admit I am more of a scifi reader who treads very, very carefully in the printed world of magic. It is a subject which, IMHO, has sadly been very poorly handled in the past.
Harry Potter is palatable, and I do admit I have all the books. I am sure Rowling slips a mickey into the pages to make you crave it, or maybe we are all rooting for Empire. God Save the Queen, and so forth...
As to magic in television: Well, after (what is it?) nine years of Buffy and the absolute devaluation and defacement of the vampire as a creature capable of inspiring fear, and an equally excruciating long time of Charmed, which relegated the eternal fight between good and evil to the level of your everyday, street corner drugstore hold-up and whose only enticement was Alysa Milano's cleavage and the occasional (or not so occasional) glimpse of thigh... is it any wonder I approached "The Dresden Files" with a healthy amount of dread?
But, 'lo and behold!; the show is good. Amazingly so. Good character development, solid stories and the action is never over the top (although the dragon was tiny). We have a winner! If you add to that the fact the show is based on an actual literary series, how can you lose? So yes, I just recently found out about the fact there were books involved in this whole "Dresden" affair, and my discovery of the author's identity is even more recent. A couple of hours ago, in fact. And since I don't like forming an opinion on something without all the facts, I am in the process of procuring the last eight books in Jim Butcher's "Dresden" series. As soon as I read them I'll be able to comment on his writing prowess.
Ta-ta!
As a matter of fact, I did!
If you live in Spain, as I do, the chances of your obtaining quality material to read in its original version, be it English or some other language, and at a affordable price are slim to none. However, you are well off in comparison to how utterly down the gutter the TV programming is. Can you spell "cruel and unusual punishment of the mind"? So I am unashamed to say I am indebted to all those wonderful people who record and post good TV series on the net for the entertainment poor and underprivileged such as I.
I have to admit I am more of a scifi reader who treads very, very carefully in the printed world of magic. It is a subject which, IMHO, has sadly been very poorly handled in the past.
Harry Potter is palatable, and I do admit I have all the books. I am sure Rowling slips a mickey into the pages to make you crave it, or maybe we are all rooting for Empire. God Save the Queen, and so forth...
As to magic in television: Well, after (what is it?) nine years of Buffy and the absolute devaluation and defacement of the vampire as a creature capable of inspiring fear, and an equally excruciating long time of Charmed, which relegated the eternal fight between good and evil to the level of your everyday, street corner drugstore hold-up and whose only enticement was Alysa Milano's cleavage and the occasional (or not so occasional) glimpse of thigh... is it any wonder I approached "The Dresden Files" with a healthy amount of dread?
But, 'lo and behold!; the show is good. Amazingly so. Good character development, solid stories and the action is never over the top (although the dragon was tiny). We have a winner! If you add to that the fact the show is based on an actual literary series, how can you lose? So yes, I just recently found out about the fact there were books involved in this whole "Dresden" affair, and my discovery of the author's identity is even more recent. A couple of hours ago, in fact. And since I don't like forming an opinion on something without all the facts, I am in the process of procuring the last eight books in Jim Butcher's "Dresden" series. As soon as I read them I'll be able to comment on his writing prowess.
Ta-ta!