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Are Readers Growing Tired of New Urban Fantasy?
Naomi:
--- Quote from: LDWriter2 on May 19, 2012, 11:10:22 PM ---But I do think UF has changed. Some of it is more paranormal like Patricia Brigg's two series. Others are more Romance. They seem to go for the half human half something or another Main Characters now. Of course recently I picked up a new book that seems to be the Butcher type of UF. So it's still around.
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I get frustrated when I buy a book that is UF, only to discover that it is romance/UF -- focusing too much on a "will they, or won't they, get together" romance aspect between main characters.
I'm going to try Fated, and Dog Days.
--- Quote from: OZ on May 21, 2012, 03:15:07 AM ---Several of my favorite writers show vast improvement in their books through the years.
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Kat Richardson is an example of this for me. I enjoyed her Greywalker story in "Mean Streets" so much that I purchased the first novel of the Greywalker series. I didn't enjoy that book, but the promise of the series shown in the Greywalker "Mean Streets" story keeps me reading the books.
LDWriter2:
Came back here for one purpose but decided to stay for a while. :)
First of all: Sorry Cenwolfgirl but there's a new UF out. "Tricked" don't recall the writer. But it's about a Geltic wizard who is hundreds of years old and someone ver powerful is angry at him. Supposedly next in line to Butcher.
And have you tried John Levit's books?
Second of all: Oz said
--- Quote ---Several of my favorite writers show vast improvement in their books through the years.
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I agree. Butcher is one. Levit is another. Lisa Shearin too--she does regular fantasy. I might include C. E. Murphy but I'm not sure she needed all that much improvement by the time I found her. But there's Laura Anna Gilman too. Maybe Mark Del Franco. In another genre David Weber but again he was pretty good by the time I found him.
Third of all:
Naomi said,
--- Quote ---Kat Richardson is an example of this for me. I enjoyed her Greywalker story in "Mean Streets" so much that I purchased the first novel of the Greywalker series. I didn't enjoy that book, but the promise of the series shown in the Greywalker "Mean Streets" story keeps me reading the books.
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The same with me. Except I haven't quite bought her books yet but I've seriously thought about it.
Very close to finishing "Side Jobs" and about to start Simon R. Green's next one in his sort of, kinda of new UF series.
Fourth of all:
OZ do I know you from another forum?
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: LDWriter2 on May 28, 2012, 01:30:30 AM ---Came back here for one purpose but decided to stay for a while. :)
First of all: Sorry Cenwolfgirl but there's a new UF out. "Tricked" don't recall the writer. But it's about a Geltic wizard who is hundreds of years old and someone ver powerful is angry at him. Supposedly next in line to Butcher.
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Tricked is the fourth in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. The first three are Hounded, Hexed, and Hammered.
LDWriter2:
--- Quote from: Starbeam on May 28, 2012, 02:59:04 AM ---Tricked is the fourth in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. The first three are Hounded, Hexed, and Hammered.
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Hmmm, didn't say that on the cover. Either back or front. The blurb on the back made it sound like the first one. I've seen the Iron Druid series advertised online a few times but I don't recall ever seeing one in person.
OZ:
--- Quote ---OZ do I know you from another forum?
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Sorry, not me. This is the only forum that I frequent other than a couple of posts on Harry Connolly's blog and a few on Amazon.
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