6/20/2023 0 Comments Furies of calderonFrom his childhood, Butcher was fascinated with high fantasy, the kinds of epic journeys that were made famous by people like Tolkien and Eddings, Zelazny, Brooks, and Weis and Hickman, to name a few. Not every story can be as inspiring as others…This series is Butcher’s real baby, as he tells us. I also knew that they would be a different beast from what I was used to. I didn’t really read through the notes, usually because I was far too impatient to get into the next book, but I knew they were out there and that I would, sooner or later, have to read them. I know for a fact that as long as Jim Butcher continues to write The Dresden Files, I will continue reading them.Īt a certain point, I became aware of his Codex Alera series, mainly because he talked about them in author’s notes in the backs of the latest few Dresden paperbacks. They have a great narrative voice and I could read them the same way I eat a bag of Doritos – all in one sitting, unsure of how it happened, but with less orange Cheez ™ on my fingers. The books are fun reads – fast-paced, gritty and realistic, while still maintaining that tarnished patina of fantasy about them. Codex Alera 1: Furies of Calderon by Jim ButcherĪs you probably have noticed by now, I am a huge fan of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series.
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