The Dresden Files, anyone read them?

[IcyCool]

It was mostly just relating an amusing anecdote. I have no idea how old you are. Also, I think the only one of the Anita Blake books that I read where there was a lot of explicit, kinky sex was the one with the were-creature S&M club.

Ah, well, the anecdote was amusing. I just wanted to make sure I hadn't irritated you.

Blue Moon (Although only at the end), Burnt Offerings (Although I liked the pyrokinetic character in it.), The Killing Dance, and Narcissus in Chains were all pretty much erotica porn surrounded by loose plot. Obsidian Butterfly seemed to try to go back to the old formula, and was pretty decent. Admittedly I only read the jacket covers for Cerulean Sins and Incubus Dreams, but from that they seemed to be more of the same. Anita meets new and exciting monster, sleeps with it, and all of the other monsters she's met recently, sometimes all at once.

If you haven't read all of the Anita Blake books, the first four are excellent. Obsidian Butterfly is worth the read as well (hey, who doesn't like Edward?). I'd steer clear of the rest of them though.

 

[IcyCool]

As for the tv show, well, it seems to be on hold again. And they were talking about changing Harry's name to Eric, because it did better with some focus group. Eric? Can't think of a single stage magician called Eric...

My understanding on that change was that the name "Harry" related too closely to "Harry Potter". And as to a stage magician called Eric, here's a bit of trivia for you. Harry Houdini's real first name was Erik. He began his career as Eric the Great.

 

[TwistedBishop]

Read 'em and loved 'em. My only gripe is that, early on, the thing which really hooked me was how Dresden thought his way out of problems. There were no big saves by more powerful people, or lucky situations. He got out of incredible jams by being smart and stubborn. Starting with Death Masks that changed, and now you can basically expect a Deus Ex Machina each book.

Still a quality series. Definitely recommended.

 

[WmRAllen67]

Butcher's series is one that I'll buy in hardcover (now that they're coming out in hardcover) instead of waiting for the paperback.

Hamilton, on the other hand, I'll get from the library, if I continue at all-- once the sex overtook the spooky, it just wasn't fun. I did think that her world would make a good "modern D&D" world in it's general outline, but the over-emphasis on "sex with vampires is kewl" just isn't doing it for me any more...

Green's Nightside books are good-- bits and pieces would be easy to steal for your game (I'm thinking the whole description of the arrival of the "psychonaut" in Hex and the City [IIRC]).

Kelley Armstrong and Kim Harrison have ben filling out my "modern romantic fantasy" fix lately, with occasional Mercedes Lackey (Diana Tregarde and/ or the Elemental Masters), and I keep hoping that Tanya Huff will write more "Keeper" books, for the laugh-out-loud fun.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series might also be worth a look see. My favorite scene is an odd one, when one of the vampire's enters a bar and is greeted as 'Hey Vampire Bill!' 'Hey V. B.!' - Given that one of his goals was to be accepted by the community I guess he has a good start...

I also like The Vampire Files by P. N. Elrod - who got her start writing for Dungeon Magazine...

The Auld Grump