Jim Butcher: Author Extrodinaire.
Some of you must read either the Dresden Files or the Alera books, but for those of you who don't, let me expound upon the majesty.
Dresden:
There aren't many book series wherein the first line in one of the books is "The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault." These books, and soon to be a series on the SciFi channel, are about the only wizard in the Yellow Pages. You'd find him under Wizard. He's basically a PI with this uncontrollable urge to make money who, all too often, helps women in need who can't necessarily pay up. Yes, he's ever so slightly too easy to manipulate if the manipulator has boobs, but these books are hilarious. They're also hella cool with the wizarding, vampires, etc, but the biggest aspect that you always remember is not making far through the books without snickering at some comment from Bob the Skull air spirit/PDA, or some snide aside from the main character that no one else gets. Plus Star Wars references. Me lovey long time. Unfortunately it's another 10-12 months before the next damn book comes out, but with 7 books so far and a planned 23 book series, this should keep up for a long time. Each book is better than the last, so theoretically by reading the 23rd book you will instantly achieve enlightenment.
Alera:
Coming from the same author, you'd probably expect the same style of writing, but in reality the truth is far from that. The world of Alera is a world wherein every human has what's called a fury, which is basically a spirit of one of the elements (water, earth, fire, air, wood, metal) that they can call upon for various purposes. For instance, metal crafters are often sword fighters or blacksmiths because of their increased ability to use metal. Water crafters are good at healing and feeling empathy for others, and hense are excellent lie detectors. And in this world where everyone has some level of skill with these furies, there's this poor kid Tavi to whom terrible things keep happening. Why? Because Tavi has no control of furies at all, he's considered a freak by basically everyone, and the only reason he's made it in life so far is because he's done the only thing he could: he got really freaking observant and smart and tends to win situations through smarts and nothing else. The kid himself is someone you can totally imagine being your favorite nephew, someone who has all those rough edges, but can so pull himself through it with the right thinking. Tavi's ability to get himself into and out of the most insanely dangerous situations is both aggrivating and incredibly endearing. These books are high fantasy at its best.
Dresden:
There aren't many book series wherein the first line in one of the books is "The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault." These books, and soon to be a series on the SciFi channel, are about the only wizard in the Yellow Pages. You'd find him under Wizard. He's basically a PI with this uncontrollable urge to make money who, all too often, helps women in need who can't necessarily pay up. Yes, he's ever so slightly too easy to manipulate if the manipulator has boobs, but these books are hilarious. They're also hella cool with the wizarding, vampires, etc, but the biggest aspect that you always remember is not making far through the books without snickering at some comment from Bob the Skull air spirit/PDA, or some snide aside from the main character that no one else gets. Plus Star Wars references. Me lovey long time. Unfortunately it's another 10-12 months before the next damn book comes out, but with 7 books so far and a planned 23 book series, this should keep up for a long time. Each book is better than the last, so theoretically by reading the 23rd book you will instantly achieve enlightenment.
Alera:
Coming from the same author, you'd probably expect the same style of writing, but in reality the truth is far from that. The world of Alera is a world wherein every human has what's called a fury, which is basically a spirit of one of the elements (water, earth, fire, air, wood, metal) that they can call upon for various purposes. For instance, metal crafters are often sword fighters or blacksmiths because of their increased ability to use metal. Water crafters are good at healing and feeling empathy for others, and hense are excellent lie detectors. And in this world where everyone has some level of skill with these furies, there's this poor kid Tavi to whom terrible things keep happening. Why? Because Tavi has no control of furies at all, he's considered a freak by basically everyone, and the only reason he's made it in life so far is because he's done the only thing he could: he got really freaking observant and smart and tends to win situations through smarts and nothing else. The kid himself is someone you can totally imagine being your favorite nephew, someone who has all those rough edges, but can so pull himself through it with the right thinking. Tavi's ability to get himself into and out of the most insanely dangerous situations is both aggrivating and incredibly endearing. These books are high fantasy at its best.
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