Comments | jtucktattoo: The Holy Trinity of Urban Fantasy (warning: opinions)

jtucktattoo

The Holy Trinity of Urban Fantasy (warning: opinions)

Oct 09, 2008 04:41

Ok. I have done some thinking about this whole urban fantasy genre. It's pretty damn big and a lot of people make their living off of it. Ok, maybe not a living, but a lot of people are getting to write books in this genre. If they are not making a living, they are still being paid to write. Which is cool ( Read more... )

inspiration, laurell k. hamilton, blade, urban fantasy, buffy

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wedschilde October 9 2008, 05:27:08 UTC

i'll give you the first two... but sadly for me, LKH stopped being a bible at the OButterfly. and i really loved the first installments of Merry Gentry...

but urban fantasy is definitely a love.

sandy_williams October 9 2008, 12:32:50 UTC

I might have to rewatch Blade. I saw it back before I knew urban fantasy existed, and all I remember about it is that it was gory. Is this the movie that opens up with a blood shower in a club or something???

I blame my love of UF on Joss all the way. I read the first LKH book, tried to read the second, but just couldn't get into it. It's been a while, though, so I might give her another try.

jtucktattoo October 9 2008, 14:19:35 UTC

That's cool. This ramble isn't even trying to convince folks of the greatness of Laurell. It's more that her writing helped create the genre we all enjoy writing and her continued success means other authors can find homes for their books.

lordruthven October 10 2008, 06:54:52 UTC

I think that "Underworld" has probably had more of an overall effect on the genre than "Blade" has. And don't forget the early '90's forerunners, like Tanya Huff's "Blood" books, P.N. Elrod's "Vampire Files," and the like.

jtucktattoo October 10 2008, 14:37:18 UTC

Nahhhh. Not in the point of my blog.

Yes, Underworld helped, but Blade was the first movie that was urban fantasy and showed that it could be profitable. As a matter of a fact, in my opinion, Blade was a pioneer and a lot of my generations first exposure to the genre, whereas Underworld is a product of the genre.

We all went to see Underworld because we had seen Blade.

The blog is all about the opinion (mine) that the three things I listed were the major reasons urban fantasy (and all it's offshoots) is so large.

And I am not knocking Huff or Elrod's contribution, but Hamilton was the runaway success that showed this genre would make publishers money.