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With a little surprise at the end. :)

Via jim-butcher.com, the first seven books in The Dresden Files are available or $1.99 each (US only). This is a good chance to sample or get eBook copies if you haven't already.

1. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
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Tor has revealed the cover and blurb for Skin Game, and while the release date isn't set yet, Tor is having a contest to win a set of the series. Simply comment on their post to enter.

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The Dresden Files are chock full of pop culture references, but there's one catch -- once Harry's wizard powers kicked in, he was hell on modern electronics, so he's hit or miss on more recent audiovisual media. Which comes into play when someone makes a reference to a quote from Firefly, and Harry doesn't get it, and is peeved that he knows he ( Read more... )

Real life stuff has been keeping me from posting about fannish stuff, so this is sort of a catch-up post.

Went to see Wreck It Ralph at my local theater Thursday night. It's a cute film, with lots of gamer in-jokes that even an oldster like me who played Pac-Man back in the day could get. I mean, they even had Pong in it if you look carefully. If ( Read more... )

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I finished Ghost Story this weekend (got the copy over a week late!), and I'm still not sure if I've processed it enough to comment about the contents yet. Packed full of interesting stuff. For now, a quote that amused me:

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Jim-Butcher.com: Next week (May 24th-30th), Barnes and Noble is giving away free eBooks of Jim Butcher's Storm Front in a special promotion!

Here's how it works:

• Download the FREE BN eReader to your mobile device. This can be an iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry, or Mac or PC laptop. Own a NOOK? You're all set - no need to download.
• Visit any Barnes & ( Read more... )

Head Trip: References the ending of the latest Dresden Files, but does not give away the ending. I think the last panel should be an icon.

TV Shows on DVD: The first season of Being Human will be released in the US on July 20th. It says all six episodes from the first series, plus extras, will be in a two-disc set. Yet the description given for the ( Read more... )

Dear Jim,

You are still a rat bastard.

I want the next book, dammit. [cries]

Nialla