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What do you think something has to have to be Urban Fantasy?

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Suilan:
I believe Qualapec didn't ask for any sort of genre definition but what each of us thinks of as necessary ingredients to an Urban fantasy setting.

DragonFire:

--- Quote from: neurovore on November 22, 2007, 08:00:01 PM ---Of arguments of definition of that particular line, there is no end.  I think of these books as fantasy because a) it's clearly magic, not some advanced science being treated as magic, and b) the author talks about them as fantasy.

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DUde, this is one of those things where we have different opinions.
I havent' read the material in question, but from your description, it sounds like magic is scientifically approached, from a high tech sophisticated society. I consider that sci fi.
Please note, it's just my opinion.

fivestyle:
Take a helping of Fiction and add a dash of fantasy/supernatural and viola

RMatthewWare:
You might as well ask the difference between scifi and fantasy.  You're going to get many different answers.

To boil it down to basics, Urban Fantasy has an urban and a fantasy element in it.

In my opinion, it's any kind of fantasy in a modern setting.

Fineous:
Yeah, I think the presence of technology is essential.  Without it, you have a classic fantasy set in a city.  The Hawk and Fisher books by Simon Green, and Cook's series about the private investigator that I can't currently think of the name of.  They are gritty storis set in an urban setting, but they are not really urban fantasy.

It does not have to be modern day tech, however.  Lillity Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series is an Urban fantasy set in the future.

Just my 2 bits worth.

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