Some MITSFS residents reacted to my not having read Storm Front the
way I reacted to someone who’d never read anything by Asimov.
Apparently the Dresden Files series has become quite popular. I
think Glen Cook’s cover blurb sums it up well: "I wish I’d thought of
this."
I’m not sure Dresden Files does bear comparison to Cook’s own Garrett
Files. There’s more character development than in any one of Cook’s
stories, but I haven’t seen enough of Harry Blackstone Copperfeld
Dresden to compare him to the Garrett of nine books. The clearest
comparison in my mind is to Laurel K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake
books—there’s even structural similarity to her first book, Guilty
Pleasures. The universe is intriguing, and if Butcher explores the
Nevernever more deeply in later books, it’ll be worth following.
Books read this year: 22
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