Comments on: Proven Guilty

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:07:26 +0000

I found The Dresden Files while searching through some online site for radon sci-fi and fantsy books to buy, they seemed like my type of book so i went ahead and bought all 9 of them. I have worked my way through them in the last monthe or two when i have the chance and i finished Proven Guilty about 2 hours ago. I found every book in the series to be very well written and the plots to be thick enough to keep you on your toes. Butcher does a decent job at forshadowing without giving you enough to guess the rest of the book but keep you intrigued into how the plot will unravel. I am looking forward to starting White Night…. as i am sure i will start reading it later on tonight. I also recently purchased season one of the Sci-Fi series that was modeled after the book. As with all television versions of good books it leaves something to be desired for anyone who knows the books well enough to know how much is left out of the cenima version. Overall it is a decent rendition of the book series for those who would just like to get to know the characters and general plots. But for the true nature of Harry dresden and friends… start at book one and work your way though as harry grow and comes into contact with a lot of things that change his overall attitude towars the world along his adventures.

Highly recommended book series for all those who like Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Gumshoe book serieses

By: Bookgasm » Blog Archive » White Night

Bookgasm » Blog Archive » White Night — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:05:09 +0000

[...] the plot can fill entirely – I enjoyed it a bit more than its immediate predecessor, 2006’s PROVEN GUILTY. Given that that one found Dresden fighting supernatural forces at a horror convention – a [...]

By: The Occult Detective » Bookgasm

The Occult Detective » Bookgasm — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:00:31 +0000

[...] Taine may remind you of similar crimefighters with a fantasy-horror bent – namely, Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden – but I found Taine more pleasurable, because at 140 pages divided into seven stories, it never has a chance to wear out its welcome. Stefan Dziemianowicz provides an introduction to get you into the right frame of mind to appreciate Weinberg’s stories; by the end, you’ll appreciate them enough to want many, many more. –Rod Lott [...]

By: FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 8.11.06 » Bookgasm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 8.11.06 » Bookgasm — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:30:24 +0000

[...] SPIDER-MAN: THE DARKEST HOURS, according to Rod Lott, whom I’ve never doubted, is a combination of B and C. Despite being written by Jim Butcher of DRESDEN FILES fame, the plot is just not enough to satisfy true believers. One of these days, they’ll do a comic novel right the way Eric Nylund did video game novels right with HALO: FALL OF REACH. [...]

By: Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours » Bookgasm

Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours » Bookgasm — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:44:58 +0000

[...] With all the smart-ass flair he brings to his popular DRESDEN FILES series, sci-fi author Jim Butcher tackles a comic-book icon in the novel SPIDER-MAN: THE DARKEST HOURS. [...]

By: NEWSGASM >> 6.19.06 » Bookgasm

NEWSGASM >> 6.19.06 » Bookgasm — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:45:46 +0000

[...] ‘DRESDEN’ GETS GREENLIT Based on reaction to the as-yet-unaired pilot, Sci-Fi Channel has ordered 11 episodes of THE DRESDEN FILES, the Nicolas Cage-produced series based on Jim Butcher’s bestselling fantasy detective series. Of which the latest is PROVEN GUILTY, which we reviewed here. [...]

By: Bookgasm » FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 5.19.06

Bookgasm » FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 5.19.06 — Fri, 19 May 2006 20:29:30 +0000

[...] Lott also dipped into the waters of supernatural Chicago with a review of PROVEN GUILTY, the eighth installment in Jim Butcher’s DRESDEN FILES saga. The idea is that there’s this private eye who’s also some sort of sorcerer. Coincidentally, I sat on the bus the other day (in Chicago, no less) with a guy who claimed to be a sorcerer. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:06:35 +0000

That’s great to hear, Paul. I’m anxious to get into SEVENTY-SEVEN CLOCKS as well as next month’s new Bryant & May, TEN-SECOND STAIRCASE.

Glad you’re liking PROVEN GUILTY. If you start reading any others in the Dresden series, let me know what you think, as you’ll probably get to them before I’m able to.

By: Paul K.

Paul K. — Tue, 16 May 2006 13:53:13 +0000

You’re batting two-for-two on recommendations! I picked up Christopher Fowler’s “The Water Room” on your say-so and have just finished reading the third excellent Bryant & May mystery, “Seventy-Seven Clocks.” I started on the Butcher book, “Proven Guilty” yesterday and I’m already into it. Of course, seeing as how you guys are such boosters of Charles Ardai’s Hardcase Crime series, Ed McBain and the rest of the classic mystery writers, I shouldn’t be surprised that we’re on the same page.

By: brendan

brendan — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:53:19 +0000

I discovered Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden Files after reading Simon R. Green’s “Nightside” series. Although I prefer Simon R. Green, Harry Dresden has grown on me. He’s getting more complex. He’s become more the Private I. and less the “wizard consulting and educating the muggles”, so to speak. I’ve never been to Chicago, but it seems he knows his neighborhoods over there very well.