Pop-Tarts, LARPing, and Jim Butcher - Sword & Laser ep. 16

Jim Butcher joins us to talk about Harry Dresden's latest adventure, his upcoming steampunk series, and how LARP helps shape his world building.

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More about our guest, Jim Butcher:
On the Web: http://www.jim-butcher.com/
On Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/longshotauthor

More on The Dresden Files:
Main Series: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden
Side Jobs: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dres...
Comics: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dres...
Television Series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dres...)
RPG: http://www.evilhat.com/home/category/...
On GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/series/40346...

More on The Codex Alera:
Series: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera
Wiki: http://codexalera.wikia.com/wiki/Code...
On GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/series/45545...

LARP with Jim!
http://www.jim-butcher.com/jim/game-w...
http://www.heroicit.net/
http://www.heroicit.net/Central

"Butcher, Wordsworth, and Pop-Tarts" by Aaron: http://youtu.be/z1_Pu4ixJhY

Executive Producer - Felicia Day
Executive Producer - Kim Evey
Executive Producer - Sheri Bryant
Producer / Host - Veronica Belmont
Producer / Host - Tom Merritt
Special Guests - Jim Butcher
Director - Geoffrey Orthwein
Writer- Becca Canote
Production Coordinator - Suzanne Llewellyn
Post-production services provided by Pixel Corps
A Camera Operator - Matthew Wright
B Camera Operator - Andrew Hurd
C Camera Operator - Christian Baci
Camera Assistant - Kristina Jansson
Live Graphics - John Ashley
Audio - Liam Nelson
Teleprompter Operator - Becca Canote
Dragon Handler - Kristina Jansson
Set Design - Fonco Creative Services
Production Designer - Fon Davis
Art Director - Martin MacDonald
Fonco Producer - Wendy Rolon
Creature Designer - Robert Barnes
Set Builders - Hendric Vogel, Darren Wong, Brittany Barnes
Model Makers - Pierre Maurer, John Duncan, Tyler Murray, Brandon Lee
Graphics - Bill Meeks, Meeks Mixed Media
Logo design - Kathryn Parker
Theme Music - Josh Lawrence
"Show Your Moves" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Bubbling Beverages provided by Complete Welders Supply, Rohnert Park, CA
Special thanks to Ivana Kirkbride and YouTube

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[DJLast1977]

I love Jim's representation of Christianity in the Dresden Files. There is clearly respect for "God" in that world, but we're not beaten-over-the-head by the infallibility of the one true and only God like many other Christian authors have done. It's a holistic world, and while Butcher's faith clearly informs a good portion of that, it is an open presentation that says "Hey, here's some awesome things done by Christian characters. And also here are some awesome things done by non-Christians."

[David Crockett]

Robin Hobb, Jim Butcher, and Patrick Rothfuss... it's like you've got access to my bookshelf.

[animeotaku307]

A little nitpick here; the year listed for alternate history is decades before Butcher was born. Or is it a running gag in the series I wouldn't know about?

[SolofAvaldor]

Butcher is one of my favorite authors. I've read all of the awesome "Codex Alera" series and all of the Dresden books that have been published so far. I can't hardly wait for the next book to come out. Great episode!

[klmnumbers]

Codex Alera is such a great series. Butcher is definitely one of my favorite contemporary sci-fi/fantasy authors.

[frotummiscvids]

I would get crept out with the moving dragon head. But y this was awesome

[jomckellan]

Just finished Cold Days. It was awesome.

[0southpaw6]

When the fuck did he conjure a dragon? (spoiler) He re-animated a dead t-rex!

[RogCBrand]

Basically think of a rectangular, flat pie crust, topped with a fruit jelly, then pie crust top, with icing drizzled on top, made to be heated in a toaster- so the "tart" pops up when done. Something kids tend to love, but when many get older they realize it's not to far from eating sugary, fruit pasted cardboard!

:P

[Chris Dobson]

I'm English, can someone explain to me what a poptart is please?

[Dan Daman]

Ah yes I need to re-read them ALL! good excuse.

[HarlequinFelis]

Actually, it was a Tyrannosaurus Rex. A zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex. Empowered by polka. Her name is Sue :P Can't wait for the next dragon to appear in the series though - they're apparently badass enough to give the scariest of demigods we've seen so far nightmares. Also just reread the Elenium and Redemption of Althalus, myself. Eddings was pretty cool back in the day. Even if he does have the annoying habit of having an almost OCD need to pair off /all/ the characters in each series ^^