http://www.arpf.org.uk Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.arpf.org.uk/archives/urban-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Convenor Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:58:13 +0000 http://www.arpf.org.uk/?p=223#comment-44 Thank you for reminding me about the Borribles, that is a really interesting example of UF especially in relation to the experience of recession. Mieville and de Lint are exemplars on the bibliography which is on the network page for Gothic and Urban fantasy. Emma Bull isn't but I agree that 'War for the Oaks' is a very important UF text. Thank you for reminding me about the Borribles, that is a really interesting example of UF especially in relation to the experience of recession. Mieville and de Lint are exemplars on the bibliography which is on the network page for Gothic and Urban fantasy. Emma Bull isn’t but I agree that ‘War for the Oaks’ is a very important UF text.

]]> http://www.arpf.org.uk/archives/urban-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Andy Sawyer Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:23:55 +0000 http://www.arpf.org.uk/?p=223#comment-41 I reckon Urban Fantasy is this year's r'n'b -- whenever someone under the age of 30 talks about r'n'b I show myself up as a curmudgeon by affecting surprise that they don't mean Muddy Waters, the Downliners Sect and the early Rolling Stones. But there's a lot of interesting earlier UF -- Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, as you say Terry Pratchett, Michael de Larrabeit's Borrible books and China Mieville are all there in the mix. I reckon Urban Fantasy is this year’s r’n'b — whenever someone under the age of 30 talks about r’n'b I show myself up as a curmudgeon by affecting surprise that they don’t mean Muddy Waters, the Downliners Sect and the early Rolling Stones. But there’s a lot of interesting earlier UF — Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, as you say Terry Pratchett, Michael de Larrabeit’s Borrible books and China Mieville are all there in the mix.

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