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glencook-fans-digest     Tuesday, January 8 2002     Volume 01 : Number 152




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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:57:54 -0600
From: "Lawrence Jenab" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Off topic

Thanks!  That's the one.

Larry

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Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Off topic


> > Lawrence Jenab wrote:
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> > Does anybody remember a book about vampires ruling London?  Somebody
> > on the list (or maybe it was the Zelazny ng) recommended it a while
> > back, and I wanted to read it, but my computer crashed and I lost the
> > file I made to remind myself.  Sorry for the offtopic post!
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> Anno Dracula?  I think that's the title - the setting has Dracula
> marries Queen Vic after Albert dies.  Most of the folks from the novel
> Dracula are in it as well as some from the Holmes stories and a few
> other victorian stories.
> If memory serves the main plot centered around Jack Steward hunting for
> a Jack the Ripper type that kills vampires.
>
> Richard
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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:29:52 -0400
From: Richard Chilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Off topic - different author

Just finished reading a book then noticed who the blurbs on the covers
were from.  On the back cover was Chris Bunch saying: "Exciting,
well-plotter, complex, an excellent read and amazingly good first
novel."

The front cover had the quote:
An exciting debut novel... Wish I'd thought of this myself.  Try it.
You'll like it." - Glen Cook, author of _Faded Steel Heat_
(Note - that was the title of the book they used; if memory serves it's
_Faded Steel Hearts_ but that's not what's there.)

Normally I don't ecommend books here - but I have to agree with what
Glen Cook said - I would have loved to Cook write the book and it is a
good read.
The book?  _Storm Front: Book one of the Dresden Files_ by Jim Butcher.
It's a bit like one of the Garrent files books - set in a version of our
world where magic exists.
The blurb on the back:
Harry Dresden is best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only
at what he does. So when the Chicago PD has a case that transcends
mortal creativity and capability, they come to him for answers. For the
"everyday" world is full of strange and magical things - and most of
them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a
wizard to catch a - well, whatever.
There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when
the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed
with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black
magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's
name. And that's when things start to get -- interesting.

Apperently there are two other books in the series - but I haven't read
them yet so can't comment.  All I can do is echo "Try it.  You'll like
it." about the first one.

Richard

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:41:47 -0500
From: "Timothy P. Taylor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (glencook-fans) Off topic - different author

I have to recommend both books myself, having read one and Two Didn't know
that there was a third.

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I really like the way this author handled creation of Potions, as well as
his literary descriptions of what happens when youmix potions.  Highly
HIGHLY entertaining.

Regards

TT

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> Chilton
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> Subject: (glencook-fans) Off topic - different author
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> Just finished reading a book then noticed who the blurbs on the covers
> were from.  On the back cover was Chris Bunch saying: "Exciting,
> well-plotter, complex, an excellent read and amazingly good first
> novel."
>
> The front cover had the quote:
> An exciting debut novel... Wish I'd thought of this myself.  Try it.
> You'll like it." - Glen Cook, author of _Faded Steel Heat_
> (Note - that was the title of the book they used; if memory serves it's
> _Faded Steel Hearts_ but that's not what's there.)
>
> Normally I don't ecommend books here - but I have to agree with what
> Glen Cook said - I would have loved to Cook write the book and it is a
> good read.
> The book?  _Storm Front: Book one of the Dresden Files_ by Jim Butcher.
> It's a bit like one of the Garrent files books - set in a version of our
> world where magic exists.
> The blurb on the back:
> Harry Dresden is best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only
> at what he does. So when the Chicago PD has a case that transcends
> mortal creativity and capability, they come to him for answers. For the
> "everyday" world is full of strange and magical things - and most of
> them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a
> wizard to catch a - well, whatever.
> There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when
> the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed
> with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black
> magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's
> name. And that's when things start to get -- interesting.
>
> Apperently there are two other books in the series - but I haven't read
> them yet so can't comment.  All I can do is echo "Try it.  You'll like
> it." about the first one.
>
> Richard
>
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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 15:01:48 -0400
From: Richard Chilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Off topic - different author

"Timothy P. Taylor" wrote:
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> I have to recommend both books myself, having read one and Two Didn't know
> that there was a third.
>

Found mention of it on a fan page - which also referred to an
unpublished 4th volumne.  Since the first one came out in 2000 I'd say
they probably average one per year - making number three a recent
publication.

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> I really like the way this author handled creation of Potions, as well as
> his literary descriptions of what happens when youmix potions.  Highly
> HIGHLY entertaining.
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I like the potion theory - it's not what you use but what is symbolized
but you use and your desire for the potion to work.  Two people use
radically different ingredients and acheive the same effect.
Also enjoyed how modern technology ceases to work around magic.

Richard

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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:20:24 +0300
From: "APZK" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Re: Dreams of steel & Bleak seasons

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