1. Sitting Duck Said,

   I confess I was a bit disappointed that no one bothered with The Dresden Files, either the book or TV version. Especially considering that Noir Week coincided with the release of Turn Coat.

   Any chance of having a Kurosawa Week? Or maybe a Genre Mash Week?

2. Alan Said,

   You know, you’re not the only person who’s mentioned The Dresden Files to us. I think I’m going to have to track this show down.

3. Sitting Duck Said,

   The TV series is decent, but you should certainly check out the books. The first couple are kind of meh, as the characters are done a bit over the top. Once Butcher tones them down some, the stories become more enjoyable. Here’s an amusing excerpt from his most recent, entitled Turn Coat. In this scene, Harry has just arrived at a law firm in a nice office building to follow up on a lead:

   The receptionist was, inevitably, a young woman, and just as unavoidably attractive. She went with the solid-oak furnishings, the actual oil paintings, and the hand-crafted furniture in the reception area, and the faint scent of lemon wood polish in the air– variations on a theme of beautiful practicality.

   She looked up at me with a polite smile, her dark hair long and appealing, her shirt cut just low enough to make you notice, but not so low as to make you think less of her. I liked the smile. Maybe I didn’t look like a beaten-up bum. Maybe on me it just looked ruggedly determined.

   “I’m sorry, sir,” she said, “but the addiction-counseling center is on twenty-six.”

   Sigh.

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