Yes, it did. I thought much the same when I saw that comment.

I'm not sure. I don't think a dot has to be any specific shape, therefore there's no reason it can't be square.

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Yes, I did.
I thought so but it apparently is not the case.
I'd added stuff by the time I double-posted. Also, I think it was one of those occasions when I lost connection at the exact moment of the post.
I remembered that later - and slapped my own forehead!
No.

Time for a big hint:

There is a television show based on the author's other series.

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I know some folks here are familiar with this author, so trying to get things moving:

The TV show is on the Sci-fi channel.

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Now; would that be the US version Sci-Fi channel, the UK one, or somewhere else?

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U.S., but the show has been discussed on BAUT.

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As being a really bad version of the source material, right?

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Depends on who you ask. I don't think they did as badly with it as some, but the books are far more interesting than the series.

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Well, I did an Amazon search, so I've got the author and probably the series. However, I've not actually read anyone, so if someone who has wants to take a stab at it, go for it.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Some of the discussion is making me think of Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea series. I don't think that's it, though.

But I thought it would be friendly to at least hazard a guess!

No, the author is male and this is much more recent. I'm glad to see a guess, though.

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Is it that Harry Reasoner, Psychic Detective guy? The Something Files? Harry Dresden. The Dresden Files?

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Would it be Jim Butcher?

(Wild guess.)

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Yes to Jim Butcher, but Dresdin Files is his other series. (See this hint).

I think Noclevername gets it (both for this and the last one) unless anyone objects. Later, I'll make a few comments about the story (I do like it, and it is different from Dresden Files).

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I know his other series is called Codex Alera, but I know zip about it. Close enough?

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Hmm. Give me a day to come up with something good.

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

That's it. This was from the second book in the series, Academ's Fury. Unlike the Dresden Files (a fantasy mystery series in a world like ours but with a hidden side), this is a full fantasy world setting. In this world, humans have elemental powers ("furycrafting") which they need because of their often very hostile neighbors. There are other species, that in the case of the Marat are near human, but others can be far from human.

The main character (Tavi) is unusual in that he appears to have no furycrafting ability at all, and is looked at as inferior by many for that reason. But, he has a habit of trumping powerful furycrafters and other enemies with his wits. I like stories where people succeed by thinking through problems, not just blundering around with superior force.

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Here goes:

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"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

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