Jim Butcher: "The Aeronaut's Windlass" | Talks at Google | Tokyo
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New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher stops by Google to talk about his latest novel "The Aeronaut's Windlass." Book description: Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion—to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory. And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake… The Aeronaut's Windlass is available now for purchase: https://goo.gl/NgB07T Talk moderated by Dana Han-Klein
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Robur the Conqueror
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I have to say that whenever I read a scene with the villainess, I pictured Missy from Doctor Who. I'm pretty sure he wrote the book before those episodes aired, but those characters are similar superficially anyway. and they both like it when people are polite. heh. I love the new series.
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Butcher is one of those guys that I enjoy hearing from or about in any shape or form, all the time. Futurama's technology to keep human heads alive forever needs to become reality, if only for Jim!
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black company by jim butcher….
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I'm reading this now, like it so far but I'm having trouble picturing the world a bit. It would be cool to see some fan art of the what the spires look like.
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I read "The Aeronaut's Windlass" twice in three days, and I really care about these character. It's written in thied person perspective, so you won't get quite the same thing as you will get out of the Dresden files. But....I am really looking forward to more of this series. Will probably make the last 4, 5, or 6 Dresden books longer to come out, but the change of pace for Jim, I think, will make the last Dresden novels better.
That's my take, and I can't wait for anything Jim writes.
Edit: One thing I forgot, this book has a feel like Quentin Tarantino movie: some things happen, lots of good things happen, someone dies, and things get real. -
Sounds interesting!
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God I need Peace Talks even more!!! The Aeronaut's Windlass sounds pretty good too.
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I love it that Jim Butcher uses his role playing games to help write his books. Makes me wish I was sitting at one of his tables as a Game Master.