Tag Archives: Jim Butcher
Sunday’s Wisdom #415: We Must Stop Moping
“I’d been feeling sorry for myself, which is about the most useless thing you can feel: it doesn’t do a damned thing for you. You don’t feel any better, you don’t get any better, and you’re too busy moping to … Continue reading
The Stranger Things Book Tag
So, this tag is really old. I was tagged many moons ago, but the obligations of life really took a toll last year. My apologies for the great delay. Better late than never, eh? I, like both Moya and The … Continue reading
Harry’s Love Life: The Significance of Sex in the Dresden Files and in Urban Fantasy
So, this post is the result of two thoughts coming into close proximity. Last October, in the spirit of Halloween, I took a look at several of the classic scary monsters and supernatural powers, and talked about how they are … Continue reading
Peace Talks & Battle Ground: The First Two-Part Story of the Dresden Files
There are certain moments in a story that are obviously the turning points, the hinges on which swing the doors that separate everything that has come before from everything that will come after. The two-part story of Jim Butcher’s Peace … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #309: Stand Apart from Darkness
“It isn’t enough to stand up and fight darkness. You’ve got to stand apart from it, too. You’ve got to be different from it.” – Harry Dresden, Fool Moon The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher Oh, the much-needed and timely … Continue reading
After Game of Thrones: Ideas for HBO
It is no secret that HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is coming to its final conclusion this year. While the last novel or two is taking its sweet time … Continue reading
Where Did All the Quality Urban Fantasy Books Go?
I like urban fantasy. Rather, I like urban fantasies that happen to be good stories. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries, Grimm, Supernatural, all of these are urban fantasies, though two of them definitely include more than a little … Continue reading
Book Review: Skin Game
Having just finished reading Jim Butcher’s latest novel, Skin Game, from his series The Dresden Files, I thought I’d share a few thoughts. I am an overall fan of Butcher’s work. His fantasy series, Codex Alera, may have left something … Continue reading
Merlin's Musings 