[HPFGU-Movie] A different Harry
Robert A. Rosenberg
rarpsl at optonline.net
Sat Mar 10 04:52:25 UTC 2007
At 21:45 -0600 on 03/09/2007, Karen wrote about [HPFGU-Movie] A
different Harry:
>I just thought I'd mention here that I've been REALLY enjoying a
>series of books , about....a wizard named Harry. I find it just weird
>that two people were at the same time, developing a wizard named
>Harry for a series of books; one a child, one an adult. These are
>about Harry Dresden and are by the author Jim Butcher. They are
>great. To be honest, it's like IMO, what Harry should grow up to be
>like at least a bit if he were American. It's like a gift if you ask
>me. Someone who writes with humor, and compelling characters. They
>are very noir, but there is humor. There is beauty and pain and
>someone who just wants to do the right thing, despite everyone
>feeling he is basically destined to fall to the dark eventually.
>Anyhow, if you read Storm Front, I think you will either get hooked
>or not. They are definitely entertaining. If you do, remember that he
>wrote the first three books of the series by 1996 but didn't find a
>publisher until 2000. Pretty weird, but really nice to look forward to.
SciFi Channel (in the US) is running an adaption of the Series at
10PM ET Sunday Evenings. As with many adaptions (unlike HP) there are
major differences between the Screen Harry Dresden and the Book one.
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