funny & true

[words-of-mind.livejournal.com]

This is from one of my favourite cartoons:




I am a librarian and can truthfully attest to the behaviour seen here. I personally gave up after OB but dip in occasionally (I live in hope but live with disappointment). Jim Butcher now provides me with my high quality fix of vampire and magic!

Comments

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

you beat me to it. I was going to but decided to play catchup with livejournal instead. I've seen people like that and not just for Anita Blake.

[shadowbloodwing.livejournal.com]

This is funny because I know people like that. :)

[words-of-mind.livejournal.com]

The way he gets his fix of sensuality is classic!

[alex-lebeau.livejournal.com]

That was the greatest thing EVER. And the accent.

Though I was hoping for an answer to the whole Wild Hunt thing, but this payoff was just funnier.

[skeezix74.livejournal.com]

Whafa?!?! Whoa, evidently I am missing something good because I'm not reading The Dresden Files?

[tooimpurenangel.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, that brings me back to the days when I used to volunteer at the library. It's so true!

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

'Nother library worker here. I wonder if my coworker has seen this yet - she follows Unshelved, and has begun to appreciate how awesomely bad the books are. Funfun. ^_^

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

All I can say is... that was so full of win, you just don't know.

[jessara40k.livejournal.com]

Jim Butcher now provides me with my high quality fix of vampire and magic!

And your fix of misogyny and power-ups every book as well?

[words-of-mind.livejournal.com]

I think I missed the misogyny and according to the latest book Lasciel is gone so no more hellfire (although I could be wrong) - that was the only significan power up I noticed well that and his training his apprentice improving his control of his own magic

[moonsinger.livejournal.com]

I'll agree with the power ups although he got powered down in the last book, but what do you consider misogynist?

[jessara40k.livejournal.com]

I live in the UK, and we've only just had Proven Guilty released over here. As for the misogynist comment, viridian5 is the one who brought that to my attention and she's got a post about it, focusing on how it's pretty obvious in the first book, but Harry consistently makes it clear that he considers most of the women he meets less than him unless they're powerful magically. Of course he's nowhere near as chauvanistically arrogant as Richard is, and Harry's a lot braver than Richard, as well as morally superior.

[mariakatarina.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you on the mysoginy issue, at least in the first book. The whole wank about opening doors for women and women who don't appreciate it/him. Bit eye-rolly.

I've only read the beginning of Storm Front. (Not really reading anything right now thanks to this MCAT study prep from Doom). I was afraid the mysoginy thing was the author speaking through the char. If it's just a character flaw thing... meh. At least it makes the char well-rounded. Annoying, but well-rounded.

[alex-lebeau.livejournal.com]

As far as I've read it, it's a character flaw, and one he admits. But how is it misogynistic? He comes to depend on Murphy to be a strong backup and partner, and while he holds open doors and the like, it's not as if he does it because he thinks women are necessarily "weak." Anita may be pissed off because she's all RAWRFEMINAZI, but hell; I wish anyone was half as considerate as Harry is at times. There are strong female characters in the books, some of whom kick his ass. Misogynistic? Uh, what?

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

I read the first two Dresden books. Murphy is RAWRFEMINAZI, not to mention stupid. And Dresden just bored me, plus the writing itself irked me. Not going to spend any more time on Dresden. I do love the TV show, though.

[hearts-erised.livejournal.com]

Jim Butcher now provides me with my high quality fix of vampire and magic!

I've heard a lot of people talk about these books and I'd like to know a little about them. The covers always looked a little cheesy to me (but then again a lot of covers do) so I never picked them up...but I think you guys have gotten me interested.

Basically, I just wanted to know a little about the books.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_shiisa_/]

I've only read the first one, but they seem to have more or less the same things you looked for in the earlier AB books. I suck at descriptions, so here are the Wikipedia links:
Dresden Files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files) (series, spoilers)
Storm Front (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Front_%28novel%29) (first book)

The British covers are actually quite pretty:
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KP2X04ZFL._SS500_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A3GWW4WWL._SS500_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RE9HYTYEL._SS500_.jpg

[ffordegroupie.livejournal.com]

I love Jim Butcher -- Thomas is one of my fave characters ever. He's pretty, sensual, but also funny and a great fighter. And he loves his girlfriend, rowr!

I would disagree that Harry's misogynistic. He may have a touch of it, such as his blase response when he sees a man cut to ribbons, compared to his anger when a woman is. But if he were genuinely misogynistic, he'd never go on monster-destroying missions with Murphy or Susan, nor would be be attracted to either strong, capable, monster-butt-kicking woman.

Libraries

[thecelticmyst.livejournal.com]

I am not currently a Librarian, yet ironically, I am working on my Masters of Library Science. I spend alot of time in the library, especially considering what my Bachelor's is in. I, too, have seen this scene before. They forgot me asking where is the logic in only giving someone two weeks to read a thousand page book.