Changes: the most recent Dresden novel
POSTED BY: RiverDancer
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 18:55
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Gorramn book kept me up half the night, and I think my eyes might be popping in and out of my sockets.
So.
Tell me...
...Where do we go from here?
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We go another 8 novels and then the Apocalyptic trilogy (Hell's Bells, Stars and Stones, Empty Night) to cap it all off.
As to how we get there, dunno, but should be interesting to find out.
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But... but...
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Everything's been destroyed. The office. The apartment. The Beetle. Harry! Harry... I mean... is he dead? He seemed kind of dead. And if not dead, under the power of Mab, which is less final than dead but still a hindrance, I think. But, with the bullets and the bright light and the dead. And the sound of a train, which I understand not at all, so I'm unsure about the dead thing. But it still seems likely that Harry is dead. So how... How?
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Don't worry. Jim Butcher's brilliant that way. He'll keep taking us on one heck of a ride, throwing curve balls the entire way.
I figured that with the title "Changes" that things were going to change for Harry, but I did NOT expect to that degree. Just...wow...
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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You really can't expect Mab to let Harry off that easy.
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What I'm curious about is who was on the trigger? Seriously we're talking about a true murderers row here. Then again, knowing how Butcher likes to toy with his readers, it could be one of his friends.
This book was unique in my reading experience in that the first page and the last both contained bombshells.
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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
...Where do we go from here?
Understand we'll go hand in hand but we'll walk alone in fear
Anyway. Harry is going to be an einherjar. Or did you think that doughnut was only a doughnut?
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That... is both crazy and entirely reasonable. I hadn't considered the vast mythology surrounding Odin. I have to assume the Dresdenverse doesn't restrict its einherjar to Valhalla. It could work. I'm less dizzy trying to figure out what could possibly happen now. I still badly want the next segment of the story, though. 
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All I can say is OMFG..... practically every page I turned all I could think was " what????" It was an amazing ride and I am dying for NV to read it so I can talk about it.
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kind of glad Susan is dead because don't you just want to smack the snot out of her? Also I know he had to get power, but Mab>?? Seriously? Mab? He's the Winter Knight now and more fully under her power if he lives than I think he can survive. Also what will this do to Molly? She didn't even enter this book and I'm not sure how that's going to work out. There's still all the problems with the council and the Black Council and having Harry be the Winter Knight is certainly not going to improve that situation.... on the plus side though Harry might actually have a decent place to live and be fed on a regular basis if he survives
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others. --Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Spoilers and musings ahoy:
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Keep in mind that the next book will be called Ghost Story, so that kinda implies that he'll be spending some/most of it dead. As to who pulled the trigger, while Kincaid had said he'd shot Harry if required, he'd have the sense, and skill to pull off a headshot, thus making sure no pesky death curses got thrown off. Also, Temp-Knight Murphy looking identical to how Harry saw her with his True Sight = awesome
So who else will be hounding Jim Butcher at D*C this year?
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ooh good point Nico.. but still he needs to write faster. He can't just leave us like this.
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but why would Kincaid do it? Not like Ivy's upset with Harry or anything, though she did seem under duress or stress at least in terms of how Kincaid was responding to Harry... hmm I'm pretty sure if Ivy were endangered Kincaid would kill Harry to get her out of it. Also, kinda starting to wonder about Lea's alliegence as well. She's not wholly Mab's and you know she might have had the right idea changing Harry into a dog would certainly have kept him out of all the trouble he's been in. Also, why didn't Harry consider taking his daughter to live with Michael. Not like one more kid would be all that noticeable in his brood and he and Charity would take good care of her. Also Harry's going to need to keep tabs on her because her powers are going to show up eventually... so much to process.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others. --Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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