The Dresden Files e o serie de 1
1 romane (12, daca pui la socoteala cartea care e programata pentru 2010) despre Harry Dresden, singurul detectiv din Chicago care e listat in Paginile Aurii. Gasesti aici recenzia primei carti, Storm Front, daca vrei sa vezi cam care e stilul lui Jim Butcher, ce fel de personaje misuna prin cartile lui, si in ce ritm se desfasoara actiunea. As fi facut cate o “recenzie” pentru fiecare carte, dar dupa ce am citit 11 romane in 3 saptamani (si am ramas cu sechele de genul “Ahh, asta ar fi zis Harry!”), am constatat ca toate tin acelasi ritm, si toate sunt la fel de bune. Intr-o lume a autorilor care se pierd pe drum – vezi Joseph Delaney cu a sasea carte din seria Ucenicul Vraciului, Jim Butcher a reusit imposibilul, si s-a mentinut la acelasi nivel.
Cartile: 1 Storm Front, 2 Fool Moon, 3 Grave Peril, 4 Summer Knight, 5 Death Masks, 6 Blood Rites, 7 Dead Beat, 8 Proven Guilty, 9 White Night, 10 Small Favor, 11 Turn Coat, 12 Changes.
Seria The Dresden Files a fost adaptata si pentru TV, si, desi actiunea a fost un pic modificata, pastreaza exact stilul cartilor -are aproape 8 pe IMDB.
Din pacate, Dosarele lui Dresden nu au aparut in Romania, si, la atatia ani de la Storm Front, nici nu dau semne ca vor fi traduse. As spune ca-mi pare rau, dar
ma bucur, fiindca replicile caustice ale lui Harry nu prea pot fi traduse :) Totusi, ar fi fost dragut ca cei care nu stiu prea bine engleza sa se bucure de ele, fiindca din punctul meu de vedere, sunt cele mai bune romane de urban fantasy pe care le-am citit pana acum.
Citeste aici o povestire de Jim Butcher, din universul Dresden – non spoiler, fiindca actiunea are loc inainte de Storm Front.
Citate:
Harry Dresden – Wizard
Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations.
Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.
No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or
Other Entertainment.
“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
“An errand is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is not getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo!”
“In name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!”
“I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.”
“My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.”
“Harry, what you know about women, I could juggle.”
“Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it’s a big part, and sometimes it isn’t, but either way, it’s a part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you’re alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.”
“You’re in America now,” I said. “Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you’d prefer.”
“We’ve both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.”
Tags: Jim Butcher, urban fantasy