History Literature / TheDresdenfiles

Three comics have been released so far:
# ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'': A prequel to the series.
# ''Storm Front'': An adaptation of the first novel.
# ''Fool Moon'': An adaptation of the second novel.

Two adaptations and spinoffs have been made so far:
* A single season TV adaptation was produced in 2007 and can be viewed [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dresden-files?c=Science-Fiction here]]; tropes specific to it go on [[Series/TheDresdenFiles its own page]].
* A Tabletop RPG set in the world of the series. Trope Page [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles here]]

# ''Welcome to the Jungle'': A prequel to the series.

A horror/fantasy/mystery series of novels, thirteen and counting plus associated short stories and comic miniseries and the like, by JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. A cross between urban gothic fantasy and FilmNoir, the GenreSavvy main character cracks jokes about the various tropes it uses. Adapted into a [[Series/TheDresdenFiles drama series on the Sci Fi Channel]]. There's also a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], which is much more faithful to the books, as it's [[DirectLineToTheAuthor written from the characters' perspective]].

# ''TheDresdenFiles/StormFront'' (2000)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/FoolMoon'' (2001)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/GravePeril'' (2001)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/SummerKnight'' (2002)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/DeathMasks'' (2003)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/BloodRites'' (2004)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/DeadBeat'' (2006)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/ProvenGuilty'' (2007)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/WhiteNight'' (2007)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/SmallFavor'' (2008)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/TurnCoat'' (2009)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/{{Changes}}'' (2010)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/GhostStory'' (2011)
# ''TheDresdenFiles/ColdDays'' (2012)

There are currently 13 novels in the series:

# ''TheDresdenFiles/Cold Days'' (2012)

# ''Cold Days''

Two comics have been released so far:

# "The Warrior" (published in ''Mean Streets'')

As well as 2 novellas:
# ''Backup''
# ''Aftermath''

All of the shorter material except for "AAAA Wizardry," "Even Hand," and "Curses" has been collected in an anthology called ''Side Jobs'' released October, 2010. As for the other three, Butcher has [[IGaveMyWord promised]] that all of the shorts would be available in collected form, so as he put it, he'll just have to write enough short stories to get another anthology.

Additionally, there are 12 short stories published in various collections:

# ''[[WordOfGod Cold Days]]''

# ''Storm Front'' (2000)
# ''Fool Moon'' (2001)
# ''Grave Peril'' (2001)
# ''Summer Knight'' (2002)
# ''Death Masks'' (2003)
# ''Blood Rites'' (2004)
# ''Dead Beat'' (2006)
# ''Proven Guilty'' (2007)
# ''White Night'' (2007)
# ''Small Favor'' (2008)
# ''Turn Coat'' (2009)
# ''Changes'' (2010)
# ''Ghost Story'' (2011)

# ''Storm Front''
# ''Fool Moon''
# ''Grave Peril''
# ''Summer Knight''
# ''Death Masks''
# ''Blood Rites''
# ''Dead Beat''
# ''Proven Guilty''
# ''White Night''
# ''Small Favor''
# ''Turn Coat''
# ''Changes''
# ''Ghost Story''

Additionally, there are 9 short stories with 3 more coming out before the end of 2011:

All of the shorter material except for "AAAA Wizardry," "Even Hand," and "Curses" has been collected in an anthology called ''Side Jobs'' as of October, 2010. As for the other three, Butcher has [[IGaveMyWord promised]] that all of the shorts would be available in collected form, so as he put it, he'll just have to write enough short stories to get another anthology.

Harry meets a wide variety of characters in the series, including Karrin Murphy, the ActionGirl cop who's [[BrokenMasquerade aware of the city's supernatural underworld]]; Bob, [[SealedBadassInACan a spirit of intellect who lives in a skull]] -- human-shaped ghost in the television series -- is Harry's literal MagicalComputer; Michael Carpenter, a modern-day [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[CoolSword holy sword]]; Billy the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] and his pack of Alphas (a group of young [[HeroicWannabe heroic wannabes]]); Thomas Raith, the LoveableRogue [[strike:incubus]] [[HornyDevils White]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Court]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]; Harry's on-and-off love interest Susan Rodriguez; and Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter and Harry's [[TheApprentice apprentice]]. Like many detective stories, Harry meets a ridiculous number of [[FemmeFatale femmes fatales]], [[TheMafia crime bosses]], and [[{{Mooks}} hired goons]], which is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the series.

A single season TV adaptation was produced in 2007 and can be viewed [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dresden-files?c=Science-Fiction here]]; tropes specific to it go on [[Series/TheDresdenFiles its own page]].

A horror/fantasy/mystery series of novels, thirteen and counting plus associated short stories and comic miniseries and the like, by JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. A cross between urban gothic fantasy and FilmNoir, the GenreSavvy main character cracks jokes about the various tropes it uses. Adapted into a [[Series/TheDresdenFiles drama series on the Sci Fi Channel]]. There's also a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], which is much more faithful to the books, as it's written from the characters' perspective.

A horror/fantasy/mystery series of novels, thirteen and counting plus associated short stories and comic miniseries and the like, by JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. A cross between urban gothic fantasy and FilmNoir, the GenreSavvy main character cracks jokes about the various tropes it uses. Adapted into a [[Series/TheDresdenFiles drama series on the Sci Fi Channel]]. There's also a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], which is much more faithful to the books, as it's [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis written from the characters' perspective]].

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[[quoteright:264:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dresdentvtimage_7908.png]]
[[caption-width-right:264:Just another day at the office.]]

->''"My name is [[MeaningfulName Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden]]. [[BadassBoast Conjure by it at your own risk]]. When things get strange, when what [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight goes bump in the night]] flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, [[WhoYouGonnaCall give me a call]]. I'm in the book."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden'''

%% One quote is sufficient. Please place additional entries on the quotes tab.

A horror/fantasy/mystery series of novels, thirteen and counting plus associated short stories and comic miniseries and the like, by JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. A cross between urban gothic fantasy and FilmNoir, the GenreSavvy main character cracks jokes about the various tropes it uses. Adapted into a [[Series/TheDresdenFiles drama series on the Sci Fi Channel]]. There's also a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], which is much more faithful to the books, as it's [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis written from the characters' perspective]].

Harry meets a wide variety of characters in the series, including Karrin Murphy, the ActionGirl cop who's [[BrokenMasquerade aware of the city's supernatural underworld]]; Bob, [[SealedBadassInACan a spirit of intellect who lives in a skull]] -- human-shaped ghost in the television series -- is Harry's literal MagicalComputer; Michael Carpenter, a modern-day [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[CoolSword holy sword]]; Billy the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] and his pack of Alphas (a group of young [[HeroicWannabe heroic wannabes]]); Thomas Raith, the LoveableRogue [[strike:incubus]] [[HornyDevils White]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Court]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]; Harry's on-and-off love interest Susan Rodriguez; and Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter and Harry's [[TheApprentice apprentice]]. Like many detective stories, Harry meets a ridiculous number of [[FemmeFatale femmes fatales]], [[TheMafia crime bosses]], and [[{{Mooks}} hired goons]], which is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the series.

There are currently 13 novels in the series:
# ''Storm Front''
# ''Fool Moon''
# ''Grave Peril''
# ''Summer Knight''
# ''Death Masks''
# ''Blood Rites''
# ''Dead Beat''
# ''Proven Guilty''
# ''White Night''
# ''Small Favor''
# ''Turn Coat''
# ''Changes''
# ''Ghost Story''
# ''[[WordOfGod Cold Days]]''

Novels 1 - 9 have been collected in 4 different omnibus editions

Additionally, there are 9 short stories with 3 more coming out before the end of 2011:
# "Restoration of Faith"
# "Publicity and Advertising"
# "Something Borrowed" (published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding'')
# "It's My Birthday, Too" (published in ''Many Bloody Returns'')
# "Heorot" (published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon'')
# "Day Off" (published in ''Blood Lite'')
# "The Warrior" (published in ''Mean Streets'')
# "Last Call" (published in ''Strange Brew'')
# "AAAA Wizardry" (published in the ''Our World'' RPG Book)
# "Even Hand" (published in ''Dark and Stormy Knights'')
# "Love Hurts" (published in ''Songs of Love and Death'')
# "Curses" (published in ''The Naked City'')

As well as 2 novellas:
# ''Backup''
# ''Aftermath''

All of the shorter material except for "AAAA Wizardry," "Even Hand," and "Curses" has been collected in an anthology called ''Side Jobs'' as of October, 2010. As for the other three, Butcher has [[IGaveMyWord promised]] that all of the shorts would be available in collected form, so as he put it, he'll just have to write enough short stories to get another anthology.

Two comics have been released so far:
# ''Welcome to the Jungle'': A prequel to the series.
# ''Storm Front'': An adaptation of the first novel.

WordOfGod says that the series will have at least twenty books, which will then be capped off by an apocalyptic trilogy. Because, to quote the author, [[RuleOfCool "Who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?"]]

A single season TV adaptation was produced in 2007 and can be viewed [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dresden-files?c=Science-Fiction here]]; tropes specific to it go on [[Series/TheDresdenFiles its own page]].

In addition to the page links at the top, there is also a [[ShoutOut/TheDresdenFiles shout out]] page. The recap [[Recap/TheDresdenFiles page]] is under major construction, so help with it would be appreciated.
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!!Due to length, the trope list has been split off to subpages:
[[index]]
* TheDresdenFiles/{{Tropes A-M}}
* TheDresdenFiles/{{Tropes N-Z}}
[[/index]]
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[[redirect:Main/TheDresdenFiles]]

[[quoteright:264:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dresdentvtimage_7908.png]]
[[caption-width-right:264:Just another day at the office.]]

->''"My name is [[MeaningfulName Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden]]. [[BadassBoast Conjure by it at your own risk]]. When things get strange, when what [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight goes bump in the night]] flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, [[WhoYouGonnaCall give me a call]]. I'm in the book."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden'''

%% One quote is sufficient. Please place additional entries on the quotes tab.

A horror/fantasy/mystery series of novels, thirteen and counting plus associated short stories and comic miniseries and the like, by JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day [[TheWindyCity Chicago]], and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. A cross between urban gothic fantasy and FilmNoir, the GenreSavvy main character cracks jokes about the various tropes it uses. Adapted into a [[Series/TheDresdenFiles drama series on the Sci Fi Channel]]. There's also a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], which is much more faithful to the books, as it's [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis written from the characters' perspective]].

Harry meets a wide variety of characters in the series, including Karrin Murphy, the ActionGirl cop who's [[BrokenMasquerade aware of the city's supernatural underworld]]; Bob, [[SealedBadassInACan a spirit of intellect who lives in a skull]] -- human-shaped ghost in the television series -- is Harry's literal MagicalComputer; Michael Carpenter, a modern-day [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[CoolSword holy sword]]; Billy the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] and his pack of Alphas (a group of young [[HeroicWannabe heroic wannabes]]); Thomas Raith, the LoveableRogue [[strike:incubus]] [[HornyDevils White]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Court]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]; Harry's on-and-off love interest Susan Rodriguez; and Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter and Harry's [[TheApprentice apprentice]]. Like many detective stories, Harry meets a ridiculous number of [[FemmeFatale femmes fatales]], [[TheMafia crime bosses]], and [[{{Mooks}} hired goons]], which is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the series.

There are currently 13 novels in the series:
# ''Storm Front''
# ''Fool Moon''
# ''Grave Peril''
# ''Summer Knight''
# ''Death Masks''
# ''Blood Rites''
# ''Dead Beat''
# ''Proven Guilty''
# ''White Night''
# ''Small Favor''
# ''Turn Coat''
# ''Changes''
# ''Ghost Story''
# ''[[WordOfGod Cold Days]]''

Novels 1 - 9 have been collected in 4 different omnibus editions

Additionally, there are 9 short stories with 3 more coming out before the end of 2011:
# "Restoration of Faith"
# "Publicity and Advertising"
# "Something Borrowed" (published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding'')
# "It's My Birthday, Too" (published in ''Many Bloody Returns'')
# "Heorot" (published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon'')
# "Day Off" (published in ''Blood Lite'')
# "The Warrior" (published in ''Mean Streets'')
# "Last Call" (published in ''Strange Brew'')
# "AAAA Wizardry" (published in the ''Our World'' RPG Book)
# "Even Hand" (published in ''Dark and Stormy Knights'')
# "Love Hurts" (published in ''Songs of Love and Death'')
# "Curses" (published in ''The Naked City'')

As well as 2 novellas:
# ''Backup''
# ''Aftermath''

All of the shorter material except for "AAAA Wizardry," "Even Hand," and "Curses" has been collected in an anthology called ''Side Jobs'' as of October, 2010. As for the other three, Butcher has [[IGaveMyWord promised]] that all of the shorts would be available in collected form, so as he put it, he'll just have to write enough short stories to get another anthology.

Two comics have been released so far:
# ''Welcome to the Jungle'': A prequel to the series.
# ''Storm Front'': An adaptation of the first novel.

WordOfGod says that the series will have at least twenty books, which will then be capped off by an apocalyptic trilogy. Because, to quote the author, [[RuleOfCool "Who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?"]]

A single season TV adaptation was produced in 2007 and can be viewed [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dresden-files?c=Science-Fiction here]]; tropes specific to it go on [[Series/TheDresdenFiles its own page]].

In addition to the page links at the top, there is also a [[ShoutOut/TheDresdenFiles shout out]] page. The recap [[Recap/TheDresdenFiles page]] is under major construction, so help with it would be appreciated.
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!!Due to length, the trope list has been split off to subpages:
[[index]]
* TheDresdenFiles/{{Tropes A-M}}
* TheDresdenFiles/{{Tropes N-Z}}
[[/index]]
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