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What do you wish would be done MORE in urban fantasy?
ailishsmom:
--- Quote from: LizW65 on December 02, 2007, 05:07:41 PM ---Yep. Terry Pratchett has written most of them.
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I guess that's true! As well as Christopher Moore, now that I think about it.
JamiSings:
--- Quote from: LizW65 on December 02, 2007, 05:07:41 PM ---Yep. Terry Pratchett has written most of them.
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Some of us don't like Pratchett that much though.
I'd like to see some that take place in our world, not a made up one like the Discworld books, where the hero and herione are oridinary looking peolpe. They're not some perfect super model/wrestler type. Just a couple of adverage Joes and Janes that kick supernatural butt.
13x13:
I had a idea flit through my head today. The protagonist is a 20 something slacker, gets by doing computer work. However, he is left a large sum of money from his grandfather and an artifact that gifts him with the ability to see things how they really are, and the luck of the Irish. Was thinking of having his first adventure be fleeing from a Faeries and other ghoulies, because someone put a hit on him.
I figure the luck of the Irish think is kinda necessary since a normal joe schmoe confronted with homicidal supernatural folks needs some sort of edge, other than martial arts, etc.
Kali:
--- Quote from: 13x13 on December 03, 2007, 04:18:06 AM ---I figure the luck of the Irish think is kinda necessary since a normal joe schmoe confronted with homicidal supernatural folks needs some sort of edge, other than martial arts, etc.
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The Luck of the Irish thing could play great. He's running, trapped in a blind alley by a banshee, grabs anything at hand to throw at it, and luckily one of the things he grabs to throw is rusting iron hinges that someone threw out. Or something. You'd have to be careful it doesn't become too much of a deus ex machina.
Or you go the other route and have it only help him out in small ways, but the big stuff he's on his own. Like he needs to call someone and luckily finds the one working telephone booth in the slums.
You could also have a mentor figure. Something Bob-esque, who can give advice but not really interfere much. A drunken fairy godmother who was in love with his grandfather (fairies take lifetimes to get over heartbreak), maybe a book of sayings his grandfather left him that, when opened randomly, gives advice that's really obscure and only understood at the moment it's needed (or even just after).
Mario Di Giacomo:
Couple of comments here...
About the endless saga things. There's a difference between writing standalone stories in a shared universe (like Jim does), and writing multiple volumes of one story that doesn't seem to be heading for an ending anytime soon.
As for what I'd like to see? Different kinds of fantasy being explored, not just Gothic horror and Celtic mysticism. And stories that take place in different modern environments, not just big cities and quaint villages.
Oh, and at least 20 more Dresden Files books. :)
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