Jim Butcher, umlobi waseMelika: biography, ubuciko

Jim Butcher - umbhali wenchungechunge elidumile lezincwadi elithi "Dresden's Dossier", "i-Codex Alera" ne "Ash Towers". Amakhono akhe awahambisani nesikhathi, futhi noma ngabe uButcher wazalwa eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili edlule, uzothola isizathu. Lona ubuntu obunemisebenzi ehlukahlukene kakhulu. Akekho owaziyo okwenzeka enhloko yalowo muntu. Uyakwenza edolobheni lakubo lase-Independence, eMissouri.

Ngesinqumo sakhe sokuba umlobi oshicilelwe ngo-1990, lo mphakathi wamnika igama lesidlaliso Longshot, elisesiNgisi lisho umncintiswano onethuba elincane lokuwina. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ekusebenzeni ubuciko bokubhala amathuba okushicilelwa ngu-3 kuya ku-1000, futhi naphezu kokushicilelwa komsebenzi wakhe, ukwenza imali kulokhu kuwumsebenzi onzima. Kodwa ukuthengiswa kochungechunge lwesibili lwezincwadi kwaba yinto eguquguqukayo emisebenzini kaJim, futhi ukukhetha okuyinhlekelele ekuqaleni komsebenzi womlobi kwaletha izabelo zayo.

Biography

UJim Butcher wazalwa edolobheni lesine elikhulu kunawo wonke eMissouri, Independence, ngo-Okthoba 26, 1971. Udumo lwakhe lwalethwa uchungechunge lwezincwadi zanamuhla zamanje "Dosden's Dossier" kanye ne "Codex Alera". Umcibisholo unodade ababili asebekhulile abafaka kuye uthando lohlobo lwamafantasy. Lapho esemncane wagula nge-acute pharyngitis, bamnika incwadi ethi "INkosi yamaRings" ne "Adventures of Han Solo". Izwe lomhlaba wonke walezi zincwadi liyamjabulisa uJim, futhi waba ngumuntu othanda ukucabanga ngeqiniso nokuyiqiniso.

Ezingqungqutheleni zomlobi, uJim Butcher uhlanganyela ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe nabalobi abancane nabangumabonakude. Esinye iseluleko sakhe: Ungalokothi uyeke ukubhala. UJim uyisibonelo esihle kakhulu somuntu ohamba ngendlela yakhe, ongazange ayeke ukwenza lokho ayekuthandayo, ngisho nalapho abanye bemtshela ukuthi ukhethe umsebenzi ongekho.

UJim Butcher unomkakhe uSannon nendodana yakhe uJames, okwamanje abahlala naye eMissouri. Uchungechunge lwakhe oluyinkimbinkimbi "I-Dresden's Dossier" iyaqhubeka nokugcwaliswa ngemisebenzi emisha. E-intanethi, uJim uhola idayari enkundleni lapho ekhuluma khona izimfihlo eziningi nezinkampani zomsebenzi ophumelelayo njengomlobi.

Umsebenzi

UJim wabhala incwadi yakhe yokuqala lapho eneminyaka engu-19 kuphela. Ngokusho kwakhe, wayeyinto enyanyekayo, eyamcindezela ukuba abhale okulandelayo, bese omunye. Okuhlangenwe nakho okuzuzile kwamenza wakwazi ukulungisa ngokuphelele umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, owaba ngcono kakhulu. Waqhubeka nokudala izincwadi, ngenkathi eshintsha uhlobo lwezingoma kusuka kwendabuko kuze kufike emangalisweni nakakhulu. Ngokusho kukaJim, ukungabi nethalenta langasese ezincwadini zokubhala, usekela amasu akhethekile.

Incwadi yokuqala yochungechunge ethi "I-Dresden's Dossier" uJim wabhala ezinkolweni zamakhono okubhala. Ngonyaka owodwa olandelayo waqeda ingxenye yesibili yalolu chungechunge. Ukuqhubeka akuzange kulinde, futhi waqala encwadini yesithathu. Umbhalo wakhe wesandla wazama ukuthumela endlini yokushicilela uJim Butcher. Ukuphawula kwabahleli bekungamangalisa kakhulu: abanye bazama ukumthokozisa, abanye bazama ukuchitha ithemba lakhe lokuba umlobi ofunwa. Lezi zinkinga zadlula iminyaka emibili, kuze kube yilapho uMcherhi enqume ukungahlangani nabo bonke ababemlahlile ngaphambilini, futhi bakhulume nabo ebusweni bekomishi yekhofi. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakubonakala sengathi kuchitha isikhathi, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuphola kwasiza umsebenzi wakhe.

Jim Butcher's Bibliography

Phakathi nesikhundla sakhe, uJim Butcher, ogama lakhe lihunyushwe ngezilimi ezingaphezu kwezingu-12, wabhala amanoveli angaphezu kuka-25 ayeyingxenye yochungechunge lwezincwadi ezithile. Ungumbhali wezinhlu ezintathu zezincwadi: "Dresden Dossier", "I-Codex Alera" ne "Ash Towers". Ake siwacabangele.

Uchungechunge lwezincwadi "I-Dresden's Dossier": isakhiwo

Uchungechunge lwalo lulotshiwe enhlobo yesimanje yesimanga. Indaba evela kumuntu wokuqala, i-protagonist yomphenyi wangasese kanye nomlindi uHarry Dresden, ozama ukuveza ubugebengu obuyimfihlakalo eChicago ezinsukwini zethu. Ekuqaleni, uJim Butcher wayefuna ukubiza uchungechunge lwe-Semiautomagic (ngokoqobo ngokuthi "imilingo"), lapho igama lizobonisa ngokuphelele ibhalansi phakathi kwefantasy evamile kanye nomphenyi othakazelisayo.

Impumelelo phakathi kwabafundi

Iveli yokuqala yokuqala yochungechunge lweDresden Dossier, Ukuduma Kwezulu evela e-Underworld, yanyatheliswa ngo-Ephreli 2000 yi-New American Library kanye ne-Penguin Books. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye, incwadi yesibili evela kulolu chungechunge oluthi "Inyanga Ikhanya Ngamadoda" yadedelwa. Ngonyaka ngamunye, incwadi eyodwa noma ezimbili ezivela ochungechungeni zakhishwa. Ngonyaka ka-2006, inkulumo yesishiyagalombili, "Ubufakazi Bokwethenjelwa", iyingxenye yesi-21 eNew York Times nase-91 e-USA Today. Incwadi kaJim "White Night" yayibekwe phakathi kwezincwadi eziyisihlanu ezithengisa kakhulu, ngokusho kweNew York Times, ngokuhambisa kwamakhophi angaphezu kuka-100,000.

Umsebenzi olandelayo, okhishwe ngo-Ephreli ka-2008, "Uthando oluncane". Wathatha indawo yesibili ohlwini lwabathengisi be-New York Times futhi okwesithathu ekulinganisweni kwe-USA Today. Lesi siphumo siphezulu kakhulu emisebenzini kaJim. Kuzo zonke, okwamanje, uchungechunge luhlanganisa amanoveli angu-15 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi uqhubeke.

Amabhuku alalelwayo nemidlalo yevidiyo

Amabhuku alalelwayo asekelwe kumanoveli I-Thunderstorm Hell of Hell is efakwe kwiqoqo le-8, "Inyanga Ikhanya NgamaMadmen" ka-9 nethi "I-Grave njengesipho" sama-CD angu-10.

I-Butcher yayingabangane nabasunguli be-Evil Hat Productions, okugxile ekuthuthukiseni imidlalo yokudlala indima. Ummeleli kaJim Jennifer Jackson wameluleka ukuba axhumana nabo futhi avumelane ngokubambisana. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-2004 kwavela umdlalo ngokusekelwe ochungechungeni lwezincwadi.

Uchungechunge lwe-TV

Ngo-June 2003, umlobi wezithombe nomkhiqizi uMorgan Hendel wathola amalungelo okuvula uchungechunge. Ngo-Ephreli 2004, isiteshi sethelevishini se-Sci Fi saveza ifilimu yamahora amabili esekelwe encwadini ethi "Isivunguvungu esivela ngaphansi kwe-Underworld" ngokubambisana ne-Lions Gate Television namafilimu e-Saturn. Abakhiqizi abaphezulu bezithombe kwakunguNicolas Cage noNorman Golightly. Kanti uMorgan Handel wamiswa njengomhleli wesikrini nomkhiqizi ophezulu wezingcingo zethelevishini.

Ngo-Okthoba 2005, uSci Fi wanikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwethulwa. Umcwaningi uPaul Blackator waba ngumdlali omkhulu. Isikhathi sokuqala sineziqephu ezingu-12, futhi ukugcina kwakhe kwakuyi-Ephreli 2007. Abathandi baqoqa amasayina ukuze baqhubeke, kepha uSci Fi wenqaba ukufeza izidingo zabo futhi waqala ukuqoshwa.

"Ukuduma kwemvula evela e-Underworld"

Kufanele kuqaphele ukuthi inkulumo yokuqala yezinhlu zezincwadi "I-Dresden Dossier" iwukuthi "Ukuduma KweGehena". Indaba yakhe iwukuthi umphenyi wangasese uHarry Dresden uqasha owesifazane ukuthola umyeni wakhe olahlekile uVictor Sells, oqala ukukhohlisa. Ngosuku olulandelayo, liyaziwa ngokubulala ngobuhlungu kwabantu ababili, okungaba ngu-Viktor owayengumfakazi. Okulandelayo, le ncwadi isethulela kumakhompiyutha, amantombazane angaziwa, abagcini abasolisayo. Umfundi ulindelwe yi-denouement engalindelekile, uJim Butcher akwazi ukuyibeka ngomusa. "Isivunguvungu esivela ngaphansi komhlaba" ngeke sishiye abalandeli abangenandaba nabalingani bamanje.

"Izinkulumo zokuthula"

Njengamanje, uJim Butcher usematasa ebhala incwadi yakhe eyishumi nesithupha kulolu chungechunge oluthi "Dosden's Dossier" - "Ukukhuluma Ukuthula". Ewebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-Butcher, usuku lokukhishwa lungasaziwa. Ngakho-ke, akukacaci lapho uJim Butcher ezokhipha incwadi yakhe entsha. "Izinkulumo zokuthula" yincwadi enkulindeleke kakhulu kubafundi abaningi.

Ukuphendula kwabafundi

Ubuciko bukaJim Butcher ngabaningi ukuvula. Nge novel ngayinye kukhona ukuziphendukela kombhali nesitayela sakhe. Iningi labantu ukuthi isakhiwo esiyinhloko semisebenzi yonke siqukethe ukuxabana phakathi kokuhle nokubi, kanti uJim Butcher uveza umqondo olula kodwa odlalwa kahle kubafundi. "Isivunguvungu esivela ngaphansi komhlaba" akufanele kube yinto ehlukile kulokhu. Abagxeki basula izibuko zabo, kuyilapho abalandeli beqiniso bekhipha isikhala emashalofini. Ngemva kokuthinta umsebenzi kaJim Butcher, akunakwenzeka ukuthi angayithandi umsebenzi wakhe olandelayo.