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by **misac** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:28 pm

nietoperz wrote:I'm really annoyed.

I pre-ordered Ghost Story (and Grant Morrison's Supergods) from the Swedish online retailer from which I usually purchase stuff. These books are paid for. They just haven't arrived because, and I quote, "They are sold out at the supplier." I complained about this, of course, explaining that I spend rather a lot of money with their company and that I pre-ordered the books because I wanted them on the day of release. I was out in town yesterday and saw both titles at the Sci-Fi and Fantasy bookstore, but couldn't buy them as I already had copies for which I had paid. I told them this too.

I just got an email saying sorry, that there was nothing they could do but would I please accept a discount code for 29 SEK ($4.50). Said code is not useable with sale items or in conjunction with any other discount. Needless to say, they have been sent a pretty angry response.

I thought I wasn't going to get mine, I pre-ordered last year but I changed my bank card since then. Luckily it did arrive on Tuesday.

by **misac** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:31 pm

George_Kaplan wrote:Almost done with Ghost Story. Good stuff. And I think this book has the most comic book references out of all of them.

Yeah, there's a ton, and I'm only halfway through.

by **Lord Simian** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:31 pm

I am about halfway done with Ghost Story, and I AM enjoying it, so don't think I am complaining when I say this, but I realized something yesterday.

Butcher has done something with this book I have never seen done before in a book. In a book series... He has written a clip show. You see them all the time on TV, but in PRINT? I didn't even know you could do it, but not only has he, he's done it so well, I don't really mind!

by **Dragavon** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:48 pm

Lord Simian wrote:I am about halfway done with Ghost Story, and I AM enjoying it, so don't think I am complaining when I say this, but I realized something yesterday.

Butcher has done something with this book I have never seen done before in a book. In a book series... He has written a clip show. You see them all the time on TV, but in PRINT? I didn't even know you could do it, but not only has he, he's done it so well, I don't really mind!

Clip shows usually show parts of episodes already seen. This is flashbacks we have never seen before. :smt017

by **Strict31** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:05 pm

misac wrote:
Yeah, there's a ton, and I'm only halfway through.

BAMF!

It also made me think Butcher read the novel "Jumper" back in the day, where the main character learns to start throwing a punch or an attack right before he teleports behind an enemy.

by **Lord Simian** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:10 pm

Dragavon wrote:Clip shows usually show parts of episodes already seen. This is flashbacks we have never seen before.

Some of them are, yes. And a huge portion of this, in the guise of Ghost Harry reflecting on his past choices, has been Butcher recalling much of the series. Oh, man I remember when I had to do this to fight that bassist, or man, I remember when I took in this apprentice and did this, etc.

Like I said, its not a bad thing. In fact, it almost comes across as a good jumping on point for NEW readers because of it...

by **Lord Simian** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:13 pm

Holy cow. Forget the comic references, he just quoted the "classic blunders" dialogue from Princess Bride!

by **Strict31** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:59 pm

Well, Butcher just addressed what I thought was the biggest logical flaw in the book so far;

[Reveal] Spoiler: Click to Expand

Harry's inability to use magic as a ghost. Since magic is knowledge (memory), energy and will, and ghosts are nothing but the same, he should be shitting out magic. I was about to rail against this when Harry finally purchased a clue.

by **Jack Burton** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:02 pm

Harry made a Jack Burton reference! Butcher is soooooo one of us.

by **Lord Simian** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:07 pm

Jack Burton wrote:Harry made a Jack Burton reference! Butcher is soooooo one of us.

Speaking of which, I finished reading his Spider-Man novel last week. Not bad!

There was one nitpick I had that bugged me though. There's a subplot in it where MJ, in order to have a certain role in a play in Jersey, has to get a car to get there regularly, and she doesn't have a license. So Peter helps her study, teaching her. Now, Spidey has consistently been portrayed as never learning to drive, that wasn't something Bendis made up for New Avengers, and I would have thought Butcher, with all of his Spidey love, woulda known that....

by **doombug** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:43 am

Jack Burton wrote:Harry made a Jack Burton reference! Butcher is soooooo one of us.

...of course he's one of us. To create a series featuring all the shit it has, I'm surprised Jim's nerd cred is even in question.

by **Jack Burton** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:37 am

Oh it's hasn't been in question with me ever. It's just Ghost Story contains the most nerd pop culture names drops I've ever seen Jim do.

Jack Burton? Buckaroo Banzai, Kenobied, Bamf it's a nerd schmorgesborg.

by **misac** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:19 pm

Dragavon wrote:Clip shows usually show parts of episodes already seen. This is flashbacks we have never seen before.

Yeah, and I really liked them. We hadn't really seen that part of Harry's life before.

by **misac** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:21 pm

Strict31 wrote:
BAMF!

It also made me think Butcher read the novel "Jumper" back in the day, where the main character learns to start throwing a punch or an attack right before he teleports behind an enemy.

That was the best one!

Maybe he saw X2.

by **misac** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:30 pm

Lord Simian wrote:
Some of them are, yes. And a huge portion of this, in the guise of Ghost Harry reflecting on his past choices, has been Butcher recalling much of the series. Oh, man I remember when I had to do this to fight that bassist, or man, I remember when I took in this apprentice and did this, etc.

Like I said, its not a bad thing. In fact, it almost comes across as a good jumping on point for NEW readers because of it...

I hope we see a less brash Harry after this.