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Apr 08, 2008
Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files
The cover of "Small Favor"
I've recently finished the newest Dresden Files and it is in my opinion the most intense book so far. Ferry would probably disagree, but Small Favor is my favorite so far with Dead Beat in a close second.
Today when I got to work and opened popurls I saw a headline that said something along the lines of "How 'Slaughterhouse Five' was born." So I clicked the link and started reading the story, and it explains how Kurt Vonnegut was taken as a POW during WWII during the firebombing of Dresden. Obviously the name Dresden caught my nerds eye and I told Ferry about the article. After a couple of minutes he messaged me with the reference of "Dresden" and "Fire", is it a coincidence that Harry Dresdens magic of choice is fire? I think not! Now, I've I don't remember hearing of "fireboming of Dresden, Germany" in school, but grade school and high school is a long time, I probably don't remember a lot of things that I heard or learned during those years so it's no surprise that I didn't put two and two together until today.
I don't want to post any spoilers in case anyone who frequents this site reads the books and haven't had a chance to finish the book yet. But if you've read any of the other books you know that Butcher leaves each book pretty much wrapped up and nothing is left hanging. This book isn't much different in that aspect except that this book makes you speculate on what is going to happen to a few of the characters(other than Harry) in the next book.
There is a lot of action in this book, from the very first chapter until the end it's non-stop awesomeness. If you're a sci-fi fan and I would highliy recommend this series.
Butcher is also writing a novella set in the Dresden universe that you can read about here.
Posted by Mark on 04/08/2008 10:23 AM in Geekery