The Sci Fi Experience is the brainchild of Carl, blogger of stainlesssteeldroppings.com. Its an informal challenge, with a review site where people can cross post and post links to their book review blog posts.
I'm going to play! I usually read more Fantasy than Sci Fi, with my favorite being Fantasy Romance. Yeah, yeah scoff. Whatever. But for this challenge I am going to go more hard Sci Fi and see if I can find stuff I like. Any recommendations?
Sci Fi Experience 2009 Book Review Site.
The first book I am going to review is Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
I really enjoyed Storm Front. There is a humorous, cynical lilt to Harry's first person narrative that makes the book a very fun read. There is plenty of action, grea characters, and a lot of fun wizardry to learn about.
The book is really different from the TV series, so if you have that in mind when you are reading you have to do a bit of adjustment. For example, the cop Harry works with has a drastically different description that the actress in that role on the TV show. You will recognize the film noir feel however, and Harry's cute self-depreciating manner. In the book he in fact does a lot more kick-ass magic than in the show and I have a feeling that if the show had a bigger special effects budget to match some of the magic battles, it would have been a heck of a lot more successful!
Anyway, I totally recommend this book, and I am looking forward to reading more in the series.
