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Your Pet Urban Fantasy Cliche Peeves
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: o_O on May 05, 2013, 10:12:03 PM ---The closest I've got is Robert Silverberg's story of Gilgamesh the King. ?
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Geoff Ryman's The Warrior Who Carried Life is a lovely weird feminist redaction of Gilgamesh.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on May 06, 2013, 02:14:10 PM ---Maybe I'm not reading in the same space as you are, because I've not seen too much of that, but I really wince at versions that seem totally not to Get It. (I'm looking at you, American Gods.) I can think of a couple of good counterexamples, but not many.
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Offhand Ive seen it in American Gods, Dresden, Iron Druid, as well as nearly every Urban fantasy television show Ive seen recently. And then there is the Avengers Thor that is getting so much screen time recently, though that admittedly isnt fair of me since the comic has been around for decades. In most cases I dont think it has been done poorly persay, but it would be nice to see one of the less euro-centric mythologies take more of a role in one of these.
o_O:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 06, 2013, 02:23:08 PM --- In most cases I dont think it has been done poorly persay, but it would be nice to see one of the less euro-centric mythologies take more of a role in one of these.
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*Has a brief flash of mash-up amusement for the thought of a Yiddish Policemens Union that includes some of the raunchier elements from A Kayak full of Ghosts.*
Galvatron:
I suppose this isnt so much a plot theme, but I would enjoy a few more books done in third person in UF.
I don't mind first person at all, but UF is kinda overrun with first person stories and something different is always nice.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: o_O on May 06, 2013, 03:07:07 PM ---*Has a brief flash of mash-up amusement for the thought of a Yiddish Policemens Union that includes some of the raunchier elements from A Kayak full of Ghosts.*
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I'll be over here in the corner picking up the bits of my skull and fitting them back together after my brain exploded.
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