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Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher - King Bob - 06-21-2016
I found this on the new SF shelf in the library and thought it sounded amusing. It was. (I didn't know it, but a look at Amazon shows that he's written a bunch of books about the main character, a private investigator who is also a wizard. And they have awful covers. I doubt I will read any.) This book is three stories where he does what the title says, and all involve this Bigfoot's son, who is half-human, and gets into problems that are supernatural. Nice blending of detective with magic, and the stories were clever and occasionally amusing. It was only about 130 pages, or about 1-2 hours reading if you want something short and entertaining.
bigfoot. meh. it's about yetis here. - Drunk Monk - 06-21-2016
Greg and I may not have worked for bigfoot, but we lived with a yeti, and lived to tell.
And did anyone write a book about us? Nope. Not yet at least.
There are still scars, scars that the sun won't heal.
Scars the sun doesn't see - Greg - 06-21-2016
I've read all the Butcher books. The first of the series were very good and the later ones are getting back to form.
The Bigfoot stories weren't the best compared to the novels. But they were good to tide me over until the next full length.
RE: Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher - thatguy - 06-21-2016
My dad was a fan of The Dresden Files, both the books and the TV series. I watched a couple of episodes with him. They were ok, not great. Seemed to be riffing on the Harry Potter mania at the time, but I haven't read any of the books, so who am I to judge...
--tg
RE: Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 06-26-2016
I like the Dresden books quite a bit. I thought they started out a bit sophomoric (but entertaining) and then slowly started to get better and darker. They are one of my fave series.