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Are Readers Growing Tired of New Urban Fantasy?
LDWriter2:
--- Quote from: Zuriel on June 13, 2012, 03:25:11 PM ---
JB is in the copycat class as well, for he's taken from other works, same as the others. The trick is using those copycat portions in a different aspect with original values, tweaked to fit a new story. And I think JB did just fine in that respect. And there's some references he doesn't even try to hide (and I'm not talking about the Star Wars stuff).
It'll take me a while to get my fill of DF, so the books I have on the shelf will likely be gathering dust a while longer. ;) And I'm already bemoaning the fact that someday the DF books will end. Gah!
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Yeah, he is but not totally. I even sent him an E-mail about one thing he copied-can't recall what right now-and even though I said that was okay, writers do it all the time he still sent me back a response and listed two other things he copied--Bob was one of those things. So as I said he's copied certain items but not the whole idea---other writers copy him.
--- Quote from: Zuriel on June 13, 2012, 03:25:11 PM --- My favorite author in the past was mostly categorized as SciFi, but his short stories ran the gamut of genre. Unfortunately, Harlan Ellison doesn't write anymore, but he's one of the best SF authors out there, though it's unfair to call them SF. He's in a category and a style all his own.
And it's probably hard to find his books. I had trouble several years ago, because they're out of print, but well worth finding if you're lucky. He also wrote for Outer Limits and worked for Disney for a day...until he got fired. He also wrote articles and reviews of many different things, highly critical of what was popular at the time (around the 1970's IIRC). The man is very opinionated and outspoken, but he knows his craft.
Back in the 70's Harlan let one of his novellas be made into a movie, which turned out less than stellar, and he swore he would never let Hollywood screw up one of his stories again. The movie, A Boy and His Dog, stemmed from his story entitled Vic and Blood. It was a hoot in its own way and became a cult classic. It's about a post-apocalyptic world where the boy wanders with his dog, Blood, who is telepathic, "talks" to him. Their banter is priceless.
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I heard about that movie back when but didn't know he was in it. Of course back then I'm not sure if a lot of people people knew him.
But speaking of movies, anyone see the one UF movie they showed last year? Not counting Harry Potter who is technically UF but I don't think is thought of as UF.
I have nine more JB books I can read, of course only one and a half to two have been written but that gives me around nine more years of him :) That doesn't count that Bigfoot set of stories or anything else he may write during that time including more DF short stories.
Zuriel:
--- Quote from: LDWriter2 on June 14, 2012, 04:55:37 AM ---Yeah, he is but not totally. I even sent him an E-mail about one thing he copied-can't recall what right now-and even though I said that was okay, writers do it all the time he still sent me back a response and listed two other things he copied--Bob was one of those things. So as I said he's copied certain items but not the whole idea---other writers copy him.
I heard about that movie back when but didn't know he was in it. Of course back then I'm not sure if a lot of people people knew him.
But speaking of movies, anyone see the one UF movie they showed last year? Not counting Harry Potter who is technically UF but I don't think is thought of as UF.
I have nine more JB books I can read, of course only one and a half to two have been written but that gives me around nine more years of him :) That doesn't count that Bigfoot set of stories or anything else he may write during that time including more DF short stories.
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Oh, no, I wasn't implying that JB copied the whole idea, not at all. Like any other author he used a bit from here and a bit from there and created his own universe that is truly unique. Granted I haven't read any other UF (yet), so I can't comment on other writers, but I did cut my UF baby teeth obsessively watching Buffy and Angel (and not all that long ago - way after both shows were off the air), and that's where my interest in UF began.
I didn't see A Boy and His Dog until a few years ago, after I discovered Ellison's short stories. (I'm always late to the party. :P)
And I'm thrilled there are several more JB books and short stories to look forward to, because now that I've discovered the Dresdenverse, I can't get enough of it. :)
And I have no idea what UF movie you're thinking of. Hopefully, someone else knows about it.
OZ:
--- Quote ---But speaking of movies, anyone see the one UF movie they showed last year?
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Dylan Dog?
LDWriter2:
With Briggs Mercy books I am just going along with the blurb on the back. That's not always the best way to know a book but all of the books in that series have had the same type of blurbs. I should say that I almost read them, close enough that I still keep up with the series.
Funny thing is I don't recall ever seeing her werewolf series...I assume it's the Alpha one someone mentioned. I found out about while chatting with another writer on that writers blog. That writer has a e-book out about shifters. Maybe two. If you can read e-books it would be a great one to read. I think she has out a full novel and a short story. It is romantically influenced. :) And I think only one is a wolf but I'm not completely sure, neither might be a wolf.
And the movie I'm referring to is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". I know a take off from the Micky Mouse one but there's a whole lot more to this movie than that scene. In fact at the beginning of the trailers I almost thought the wizard was Harry. In certain scenes he almost seems modeled after Harry.
OZ:
I saw both The Sorceror's Apprentice and Dylan Dog. I thought there was at least one other UF movie last year but I may be remembering something from a previous year. This happens more and more as I grow older. I didn't think either of the two previously mentioned movies were fantastic but I enjoyed them both. I probably liked TSA better than DD. I thought it was a lot of fun.
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