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2012-03-30, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hee! That short story was cute.
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2012-03-31, 04:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
Finally got around to ordering Fated from Amazon. Should be here in about a month.
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2012-04-06, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
New Encyclopaedia Arcana is up: the last part of the Spells series. Next up is a look at the factions of the Light Council.
Yet more reviews, too, which is a nice surprise - I hadn't expected to still be getting them more than a month after release. It's made me realise just how many review sites/blogs are out there.I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-13, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
New Encyclopaedia Arcana is up: the first of a three-part series on the factions of the Light Council.
Yet more good reviews, too, which always makes me happy.
And in other news, the Alex Verus series has a TV Tropes page! Now it just needs content. :)I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-14, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
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2012-04-17, 09:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
I bought this book on a whim upon recalling this thread, and seeing it in a Waterstone's... and then messily devoured it within a couple of days. The plot just grabbed me, began choking me and demanded I finish the book or it would choke the life out of me. Fantastic, dude, I will be definitely following your writing career from now on.
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2012-04-20, 05:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cool! Glad you liked it so much, always good to hear. :)
Next Encyclopaedia Arcana is up: part 2 of the Council Factions series.
And it's only six weeks until Cursed comes out! Need to update the first post in this thread soon.I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-20, 05:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
Hey, congrats on getting your books published! I don't usually read this part of the forums or I would have noticed earlier I'll keep an eye out at my local Waterstone's.
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2012-04-20, 09:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
Bought the book, read the book, liked the book, will buy the next book.
To be slightly more wordy, I really enjoyed the whole uber-planning aspect of diviner mages, which is not surprising to me in the least. I could just picture the scene where (probably not significant enough to need to be spoilered, but I'll do it anyway)
SpoilerAlex walks right in the museum door just as the guards happen to be looking away.
perfectly, and it was great.
Also, six weeks till the next one? Really? Man, if all the writers I followed put out books as fast as you, that would be great.Thanks to Elrond for the Vash avatar.
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2012-04-22, 04:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Heh. I don't write quite that fast, unfortunately.
The reason books #1, #2, and #3 are coming out in such quick succession is that the publisher scheduled it that way - I finished the first book a couple of years ago. The idea was to "save them up" so that we could release the first three at three-month intervals to build up momentum. I've actually just about finished all three now (just doing proof-reading for the third) - at the moment I'm trying to sort out book #4.I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-22, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Woo, I've been out of touch with the Playground lately!
I quite enjoyed the story, very fun.
Arcanas 11 and 12 are good. I like how you've likened spells to numerous different activities, instead of a single one. It seems to me that spells with a more instantaneous duration would tend to be more like skills (and more likely have components), while longer-lasting spells, particularly those that can conceivably be always on (like divination or a time mage's past-sight or an endure elements like spell) to be much more similar to a theorem, and much less likely to contain additional components. Is it possible for a mage to have two spells that are more or less identicle, save that one has components while the other does not? Or would the similarity of the two make that impossible?
Arcana 13 is a solid piece. What I take away from it the most is an excellent reason why Alex really has such a limited arsenal of spells. He had no teacher under Richard, so he had to come to grips with his divining alone. And since his escape, it doesn't feel like he's had the time or inclination to delve into his magic and start experimenting with new spells. I feel like this leaves the door open for him to come up with some new ideas and tricks (perhaps "inspired" by various things he's seen Helikaon or his other peers pull off).
You have my thoughts on Arcanas 14 and 15. While there are still numerous unanswered questions, the entries are informative and I'm looking forward to the final one.
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2012-04-26, 08:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
The only piece of advice I can give you is to make absolutely certain that you have all of your work (not yet submitted to editor/publisher) saved in more than one location. There comes a point where you've put in an immense amount of work into something and then lose it all. That's.... a bad place to be. It can really kill your motivation to keep going.
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2012-04-27, 04:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, it's happened to me once before. Luckily at the time it was between books, so I didn't really lose anything.
Final part of the Encyclopaedia Arcana series on Council Factions is up! Next week will be one on mage names.
I really need to update the first post in the thread, too.
I would have thought so, yes, but there'd usually be little reason to - it's a fair bit of work to develop a spell, so most mages would just have one and modify it. But if they spent enough time, they could come up with as many variations as they liked.I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-27, 10:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm slowly but surely making my way through Fated and I'm enjoying it immensely. I especially liked the Gythka, subtle allusion to Thri-Kreen, there. The way Alex makes use of his magic of knowing and the plans he enacts off of it are right up there with what Harry Dresden pulls but perhaps better, given Harry has to do so with just his deductions, instincts and skills, rather than observing the possible futures and enacting a plan to grab it. And yet, there remains the possibility of failure from looking at specific futures but not others, which can get him in just as much trouble. It works, it's engaging, I look forward to finishing the book and picking up the next one.
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2012-04-27, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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I purchased this book a while ago, but I'm currently studying literature so I have quite some books to read anyway. I got a bit through it, however, and from where I stand, it has some good and some less good parts. I'll have to read it probperly once I get less satiated with other books.
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2012-04-27, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-04-28, 06:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-28, 05:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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No, not yet. I'll still finish it before the next one comes out, though. It doesn't really help that I got it in ebook format. I should get a Kindle if I want to do that again.
In fact, recently I've started with a lot of books but finished very few. It's possible I might be growing picky.Quoth the raven, "Polly wants a cracker."
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2012-04-29, 05:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Alex Verus #1: Fated
I might go back and have another look at Ghost Story. At the time I found the conflicts and the fight scenes less fun than usual, but thinking about it that might be because I couldn't help comparing it to the concentrated awesome of the final battle in Changes.
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2012-04-29, 07:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ghost Story is a breather episode, and you could probably skip it. It's got some really great parts though.
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2012-04-29, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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You really can't skip Ghost Story. It is much more slowly-paced than Changes, but that's not entirely because it's a breather episode. Bear in mind that Changes had a lot of dramatic changes in it (hence the name), plus there's a timeskip afterwards (granted, every book has a bit of a timeskip, but stuff actually happens between Changes and Ghost Story). The status quo gets completely upended during Changes. Ghost Story is all about establishing the new order and setting the stage for the rest of the series.
So, yes, Ghost Story is slower than the rest of the series. It's also important to the rest of the series (presumably; I suppose Cold Days could end with Harry traveling back in time and erasing the last two books, but I doubt it).
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2012-04-29, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Indeed. I'd also have a look at Side Jobs, which has a short story featuring Murphy and giving some more background on the Fomor. Also collects all the rest of the Dresden Files short stories, some of which are hard to find or are downright hilarious and should not be missed.
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2012-04-29, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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I agreed that Side Jobs is very entertaining, I just want to stress that reading it is not required like Ghost Story is.
EDIT: Wait, this isn't the Dresden thread! Gotta stay on topic! Only a month til Cursed! Once again I love the cover the UK is getting (they'll look fantastic should they ever see a hardcover release).Last edited by MammonAzrael; 2012-04-29 at 01:08 PM.
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2012-04-30, 12:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Just finished Fated this morning and the final fights were well executed, especially
After it was revealed thatSpoilerthe fight between Alex and Onyx, Battle Cognition at its finest., I was sure thatSpoilerDeleo was Rachel, though I'm not sure now, since Alex impliedSpoilerCinder was Tabruk, so I guess we'll have to wait to see if they make a reappearance, which it would be a shame if they didn't.SpoilerTabruk had died when Alex escaped from Richard's mansion
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2012-04-30, 03:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cinder and Deleo ended up turning into much longer-running characters than I'd originally intended when I wrote them into that first scene. I'm always surprised by how popular they are . . . but then I kind of like them too, so I can see where it's coming from, really.
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2012-05-04, 04:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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And the next Arcana article is up, this one on names.
Quiet week otherwise - the main news is that I got my English Cursed copies in the mail yesterday. They look REALLY good.I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-05-04, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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That was a fun little lesson. It seems pretty apparent that the power of names is much different in your world compared to the Dresden'verse.
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2012-05-05, 07:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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So is "Alex" our main character's birth name and "Verus" his mage name, or are they both his mage name, or will we find out in a later book?
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2012-05-05, 11:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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