For real for real. Im forever bitter that the release of HP overshadowed His Dark Materials since HDM subverted the genre before YA even got established. Though I suppose "A coming of age story thats meant to be Narnia but militantly atheist; containing child death, concentration camps, feminist subtext that extends beyond 'girl power' and talking polar bears brutally murdering eachother for sport" is a hard sell to a general audience.

Infinite admiration for the love Dresden Files people give to the Dresden Files. Do you have a recommendation for someone who may be interested but doesn't know where to start?

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For Dresden just start with book one Storm Front. It keeps escalating in satisfying ways and I can't really recommend starting anywhere but the beginning. Also the central romance plot pays off very well in a way that reminds a bit of Mulder and Scully in X files.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just a warning that the Dresden Files writing (not the story, just like the pure writing) is kind of cheesy and subpar, especially in the beginning, but IMHO the author gets better as he goes on.

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

It keeps the boomer lib energy throughout though

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As a member of the general audience, I am interested in the polar bear fights

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Dresden Files release order is chronological except for some of the short stories. Book 1 is the unfortunately named Storm Front.

[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I never got into Dresden files, but I enjoyed that authors take on roman Pokemons vs Zerg. Those were cool books.