Thanks. Yes, I've become quite the pro at writing cover letters and new target resumes within about two hours. I have about twenty different versions of everything now. That said, until I get a job or even an interview? No clue it's working.
I am tempted by the Jim Butcher books - though more so by getting the audiobooks ;) But I'm glad you discussed his ideas of faith, I'd skimmed a bit of one of his books in the store and it seemed kind of heavy on the Christianity, which is something I tend to avoid in contemporary fantasy.
Not a huge fan of Christianity in contemporary fantasy myself. But Butcher seems to reference it in somewhat the same way as Whedon does. Yes, there are characters that deeply believe in God, but the main one is definitely an agonostic. He doesn't get God or really believe God exists or is certain there is a here-after. His near death experience, one of the best I've read, has him going into a blankness. Dresden appreciates faith in others and acknowledges the power of it, but his faith lies mostly in white magic. (At least that's the impression in the earlier novels.)
I started with the audio books. Two kind souls provided me with copies of their versions. One on tape, one on CD. Of the two? Storm Front is better - Marsters is truly on in that version. The second one he apparently had a cold and while he still does an amazing job of distinguishing each voice, it's less sharp. Highly recommend starting there.
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Date: 2004-07-17 09:04 pm (UTC)different versions of everything now. That said, until I get a job or even an interview?
No clue it's working.
I am tempted by the Jim Butcher books - though more so by getting the audiobooks ;) But I'm glad you discussed his ideas of faith, I'd skimmed a bit of one of his books in the store and it seemed kind of heavy on the Christianity, which is something I tend to avoid in contemporary fantasy.
Not a huge fan of Christianity in contemporary fantasy myself. But Butcher seems to reference it in somewhat the same way as Whedon does. Yes, there are characters that deeply believe in God, but the main one is definitely an agonostic. He doesn't get God or really believe God exists or is certain there is a here-after. His near death experience, one of the best I've read, has him going into a blankness. Dresden appreciates faith in others and acknowledges the power of it, but his faith lies mostly in white magic. (At least that's the impression in the earlier novels.)
I started with the audio books. Two kind souls provided me with copies of their versions. One on tape, one on CD. Of the two? Storm Front is better - Marsters is truly on in that version.
The second one he apparently had a cold and while he still does an amazing job of distinguishing each voice, it's less sharp.
Highly recommend starting there.