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ladyday
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I'm looking for some good Urban Fantasy books in an effort to get a feel for the genre [Smile] .
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dkw
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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull.
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Noemon
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Have you read Megan Lindholm's Wizard of the Pigeons?
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I've heard of this book called Magic Street by some guy named Orson, something or other. [Wink]
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Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.
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Lisa
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Charles Stross' Merchant Princes series
Terry Brooks' Demon Series
Steven Boyett's Ariel
Esther Friesner's New York by Knight
Diane Duane's So You Want to Be a Wizard series

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Lisa
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Card's Homebody
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Noemon
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Pat Murphy's The City Not Long After isn't really urban fantasy (well, you could make the argument that it is, but it doesn't read that way to me), but it's a pretty interesting use of magical realism in a post-apocalyptic urban setting.
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Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint
Onion Girl by Charles de Lint

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I am reading Onion Girl now, and it is excellent.

I really like De Lint.

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I am not a big fan of the urban setting fantasy books, usually, but Brooks Demon series was far better than I expected, and it was probably his best story and writing. I recommend it highly.
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I finally picked up Onion Girl this summer after having read one of Charles de Lint's short stories the year before. He's an Ottawa writer and so I sort of felt compelled to read something by him.

I really loved it and I bought Spirits in the Wires to read on my holiday, and it was just as good.

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Thanks guys, I shall see what the library has [Smile] .
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