I'm about 1/2 way through "Storm Front: The Dresdin Files", book 1
Yes,*that* Dresdin Files, the short-lived series on SciFi a while back.
The book is better than the series, and I *liked* the series.
Think Film Noir, with a bit of magic thrown in. Only few ordinary folk believe in magic....
Or, Philip Marloe with a wand. Sortof. He carries a gun, too...
Darkly humorous, seriously evil evil, magic, sympathetic "monsters", and monstrous humans (natch) round it out.
Characterization is quite good. Dresdin is not a super-hero by any means; rather he's a very ordinary guy with a (sortof) advantage: he's also a genuine wizard.
Recommended.
Is that title intended to lure nazi sympathizers in to convert them? ;)
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 07, 2009, 09:36:25 AM
Is that title intended to lure nazi sympathizers in to convert them? ;)
???
I don't get your reference, sorry.
The title is the Author's, not mine.
I meant the book title.
Stormfront (among others the most notorious nazi web presence in the US) in combination with something looking like a misspelled Dresden (infamous for the late WW2 bombardment) looks a bit too much for a coincidence. Without background information I would have taken that to be a book either by or about nazis. Which does not imply any evil/nazi intentions of the author from my side though.
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 08, 2009, 08:38:39 AM
I meant the book title.
Stormfront (among others the most notorious nazi web presence in the US) in combination with something looking like a misspelled Dresden (infamous for the late WW2 bombardment) looks a bit too much for a coincidence. Without background information I would have taken that to be a book either by or about nazis. Which does not imply any evil/nazi intentions of the author from my side though.
Ha!
The title is simply "Stormfront". Dresden is simply the character's name. I think the Amazon blurb wanted to catch fans of the ill-fated TV show (successfully in my case).
As the story unfolds, it makes sense, literary-wise.
AND, I miss-spelled the name Dresden in the thread title...... *bleah*
Might have to get into this series. I did enjoy the show, glad (but not surprised) to hear the book is better. Author hunting at the moment, and while I keep trying to convince myself I *am not* primarily a fantasy reader (when reading fiction), that tends to be what I gravitate to. :P
I've read all the Dresdin books, 1 through 11 and enjoyed all of them immensely.
I now see #12 is out, and #13 is in pre-release (Kindle).
Thanks for reminding me of the series enough to check how many books there were, and that there's a new couple I've not yet read.
:)
Edit: Correction, #12 is to be published April of this year. There is no 13 as far as I know.
Still, thanks for the comment, causing me to check Amazon...
Thanks for the recommendation! I think the original thread may have been started before I watched the show, and it didn't register.
I requested the first three from the library, along with a graphic-novel adaptation of Stormfront.
Quote from: Agujjim on January 11, 2010, 06:03:46 AM
Thanks for the recommendation! I think the original thread may have been started before I watched the show, and it didn't register.
I requested the first three from the library, along with a graphic-novel adaptation of Stormfront.
Graphic novel? I'll have to check that out-- sounds interesting.