Comments on: Blog for a Bombshell

By: Coty

Coty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:39 +0000

Probably Neil Gaiman. I love his works, he traps me in a world that I believe that could exists, his fantasy can be subtle and violent at the same time, but very believable.

By: Lawrence Dagstine

Lawrence Dagstine — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:24:00 +0000

Justine Musk. Some Gio Clairval.

By: Ethan Rose

Ethan Rose — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:18:07 +0000

Charles De Lint and Neil Gaiman are two of my favorites as well as Roger Zelazny although I don’t usually consider him urban fantasy. Oh and “Rowan of the Wood” of course.

By: Julianne

Julianne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:29:05 +0000

It took me a long time to like the genre, and even still there are some titles I don’t care for. My favorites these days, though are Vicki Pettersson’s Signs of the Zodiac (sorry to disagree with you, Ms. Rambo but it’s true), The superhero angle, and lack of *coughvampirescough* was refreshing. I also liked Yasmine Gaelnorn’s Sisters of the Moon series; what I’ve read of Patricia Briggs, likewise, I enjoyed (werewolves are a favorite here too). And … Karen Chance’s Cassandra Palmer series had to grow on me but in the end I enjoyed it too. I have way more on my TBR list than I’ve actually gotten around to reading yet, so I’m sure this list will grow.

By: L. Grabenstetter

L. Grabenstetter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:30:25 +0000

Ooh, what a good topic. I actually just finished ‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds’ by Cherie Priest last night, and was hugely impressed by the solid characterization and original plot.

I’m also fond of Cory Doctorow’s take on Toronto, in ‘Someone comes to town, someone leaves town’. I love how he tangles such a whimsical, surreal plot with modern concerns regarding freedom and accessibility of information (in form of internet connectivity).

(I’m using the definition of ‘Urban Fantasy’ that requires that extant, contemporary cities be involved. Else my list would be enormous).

By: Shanna Germain

Shanna Germain — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:28:59 +0000

I have to put in my vote for Tim Pratt as well. He’s one of my favorites, especially his short stories. And of course, the always fantastic Christopher Moore — I think some of his books count (It’s a Dirty Job, certainly).

Best, s.

By: John Clayton

John Clayton — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:38:33 +0000

And I spelled my website wrong. Not that there’s very much there at all yet, but it’s a work in progress…

By: John Clayton

John Clayton — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:37:51 +0000

I second the call for John Taylor’s adventures in the Nightside, though Simon R Green’s continual use of the phrase “…in the Nightside” gets a little grating after a while. “That’s just how things are in the Nightside. Strange things happen in the Nightside.” You get the impression that he wanted to make the novels longer and this was the easiest way.

Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files are my current favourites – only 2 more to go and I’m waiting for him to write the next one.

Sat in the stack, and highly recommended, is Christopher Fowler’s “Full Dark House”, one of his Peculiar Crimes Unit novels. If it’s as good as Roofworld, it’ll be a treat.

Oh, and for a little something out of the ordinary, Sergei Lukyanenko’s “Night Watch” series of books (4 in total), set in the Russain supernatural world, are excellent. Great fun and a quick read. Ekaterina Sedia’s “Secret History of Moscow” is worth a punt as well.

And no-one’s mentioned Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere yet. Shame. Or “Good Omens” The list could go on…

By: J. F. Lewis

J. F. Lewis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Thanks for the shout out, Cat.

I recently picked up Cherie Priest’s Fathom. She’s very spooky and magical, with a habit of dipping into the less visited ends of the supernatural pool for her monsters. Boneshaker, her first foray into steampunk was excellent as well. Roger Zelazny was kind of writing urban fantasy before it had a special name and his Amber series is a long standing favorite of mine.

Diana Rowland’s Mark of Demon was a good read mad especially so by her knowledge of police work. It’s great fun to read a more realistic approach to a homicide investigation. Oh, and the demons were cool too.

By: Evan Jensen

Evan Jensen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:40:40 +0000

I’d have to say that Charles De Lint’s stories and novels have been my recent (years back is a nother story) measure for urban fantasy. They combine a slew of interesting and sympathetic/unsympathetic characters with a nice balance (imo) of the magic/myth with the real worldiness. Before getting into De Lint, I would have said Emma Bull’s “War for the Oaks” stood out.

And as far as my all time favorite or pseudo-urban fantasy, I’d probably include Crowley’s “Little, Big”, though the case could be made that it’s simply modern faerie tale, since there’s not terribly much urbanity.