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Main Character race type and profession (Name the mythical creature with a job)
Yeratel:
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Well, there's also Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas, or Brother Odd, a monk who can see the spirit world.
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: Moritz on April 18, 2008, 06:15:27 PM ---Reading this thread makes me sad. Are there really only these PI and hero types in Urban Fantasy, or is that because of a narrow definition of UF?! E.g. if I look at Gaiman's work...
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Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville is a radio DJ who's just sort of there when everything happens.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Moritz on April 18, 2008, 06:15:27 PM ---Reading this thread makes me sad. Are there really only these PI and hero types in Urban Fantasy, or is that because of a narrow definition of UF?! E.g. if I look at Gaiman's work...
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Only the last third of King of Morning, Queen of Day is really urban fantasy - it's a generational story - but Enye, the protagonist in that, is a bicycle courier. I am very attached to it because it's set in Dublin in the early 90s at the same time I was an undergrad, and the details of place and setting are absolutely perfect.
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