yamamura Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi all, it is time again to add our books, movies, comics and TV to the list that exist in Urban Fantasy HERO! Once the list is populated enough I will place a copy under the HERO Product thread for the book (which I will do so for Ulitmate Mentalist too). So please post and I will add. As always any entry already in the Urban Fantasy HERO will not be added to this list. Comics Books Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross Cabal by Clive Barker Coraline by Neil Gaiman Diana Tregarde Investigation by Mercedes Lackey Elves on the Road Series by Mercedes Lackey Gossamer Axe by Gael Baudino 'Healer', the Repairman Jack stuff, and the Nightworld stuff by F Paul Wilson The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Lord of Light and This Immortal by Roger Zelazny Mage & Mage II by Matt Wanger Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny Nightside Series by Simon R. Green Prom Nights From Hell Anthology Tea With A Black Dragon by RA MacAvoy Non-Fiction Movie Blade Highlander Lost Boys Nightbreed Nightwatch/Daywatch Nomads RPGs Heaven and Earth Little Fears Witchcraft Television 3x3 Eyes Blade Bleach Brimstone Forever Knight Gargoyles Ghost Sweeper Mikami Hellsing Highlander Hyper Police Night Stalker Phantom Quest Corp. Silent Mobius Supernatural Witch Hunter Robin Witchblade Anybody has any more and if anybody have an issue with anything I added let me know. I am a pretty reasonable fellow:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Roger Zelazny: Amber series. Well, quite a lot of RZ, actually I don't know if this fits exactly, but stuff like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel and even the Twighlight movie probably make it in as, worryingly, do the Harry Potter books and movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I would not consider Amber to be Urban Fantasy, though I freely admit I haven't read all of it. Harry Potter certainly has some elements of Urban Fantasy, but it's a sort of odd duck that doesn't entirely fit within the subgenre. Buffy, Angel, and Twilight are all unquestionably Urban Fantasy as it's defined in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Harry Potter certainly has some elements of Urban Fantasy, but it's a sort of odd duck that doesn't entirely fit within the subgenre. I think Harry Potter would be Urban Fantasy if they didn't spend all their time at school You could certainly do Urban Fantasy in that world. Harry Potter: the Later Years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Underworld, the Day Watch/Night Watch and Blade movies. Damn vampires. They get into everything. Oh -that reminds me - Lost Boys. Harry Dresden books and TV series. X-Files, obviously (is there a genre that doesn't fit into?) Pushing Daisies? Comics have to include Hellblazer (also a film, of course), and possibly Hellraiser (the Clive Barker books and films) Books include almost anything by Neil Gaiman, not least Neverwhere and American Gods. Lovecraft, possibly Back to Zelazny with Lord of Light (favourite book ever) and This Immortal, perhaps. F Paul Wilson, 'Healer' and the Repairman Jack stuff, and the Nightworld stuff. Humour from Terry Pratchett - Good Omens, maybe even quite a bit of Discworld: it is certainly fantasy and much of it is in an urban setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvoncannon Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I think Harry Potter would be Urban Fantasy if they didn't spend all their time at school You could certainly do Urban Fantasy in that world. Harry Potter: the Later Years Hey! You stole my idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Harry Dresden books and TV series. Dresden Files [Jim Butcher] and The Nightside series [simon R. Green] are some of the best urban fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO TV: Charmed, Brimstone, Witchblade, Gargoyles (animated) Movies: Hellrazor (most Clive Barker), Nightwatch/Daywatch, Wanted Possibly: 4400, Millennium, First Wave -- all have powered beings but probably more of a Sci-fi slant. Ditto with Babylon 5 and the Technomages. RPGs White Wolf: pretty much everything they produce except the Rome stuff. Unknown Armies Witchcraft Delta Green [alien horror versus dark champions] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Mercedes Lackey's Elves on the Road universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Underworld, the Day Watch/Night Watch and Blade movies. And indeed the Blade TV series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akiva Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Just about anything written by Ligotti if you want to blend a little horror into your urban fantasy. Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand is the perfect example of post-apocalyptic urban fantasy. And, although I didn't read it fully, Perdido Street Station by China Mieville tackles Urban Fantasy from the opposite direction. As for RPGs, there's Tribe 8 which falls in line somewhere between Winterlong and Perdido Street Station. I'd also throw Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow in there. If read with an eye for it, it's pretty much an epic fantasy adventure with various magical sects (the Pavlovians), items (Rocket 00000), creatures (the giant solenoid), and is itself written with a mystical structure. It also happens to be my favorite American novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I will get to this list later this weekend until then keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I have removed Golden Compass and His Dark Materials, while they are fantasy, they don't quite have the Urban feeling to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I suggest Kolchak the Night Stalker for TV, Several books by King such as Bag of Bones, Duma Key, Cycle of the Werewolf, The Talisman, The Drood books by Simon Green, Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson. Amber might not fit, but other books by Zelazny would like Jack of Shadows, Chasing Darkness, Lord Demon, A Night in the Lonesome October, Roadmarks. Most any pulp occult detective like Jules De Grandin, or John Thunstone. Several short lived television series like Tru Calling, Wonderfalls, Joan of Arc, Moonlight, Forever Knight, Werewolf. Things like Ghost Whisperer or Medium might be on the edge since I don't know the cause of the psychic power described. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Let's see... I think the following will fit: Ghost Sweeper Mikami 3x3 Eyes Hyper Police Hellsing These might be extreme examples: Silent Mobius Sakura Wars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Carman Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Another TV series: Dead Like Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Another TV series: Dead Like Me.I'm thinking of moving HappyTime to Vibora Bay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Charles Stross: The Atrocity Archives (Lovecraft like Lovecraft should be done) The Quantum Gravity series by Justina Robson (Cybered humans, elves, demons, the dead but NOT a Shadowrun rip off. You'll like it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO How about the supernatural sitcoms: The Addams Family The Munsters Bewitched I Dream of Jeannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Willbe updating the list either tonight or tomorrow evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I looked through my library, and offer the following titles: Neverwhere -- Neil Gaiman Coraline -- Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book -- Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys -- Neil Gaiman A Night in the Lonesome October -- Roger Zelazny Something Wicked This Way Comes -- Ray Bradbury Tea With A Black Dragon -- RA MacAvoy Mage & Mage II -- Matt Wanger Manga: Bleach Hellsing Hyper Police Sakura Taisen 3x3 Eyes Silent Mobius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Sakura Wars is firmly in Magitech Steampunk. It's Victorian which is a little early for your standard issue UF source. Of course, it's awesome in its own right and should be seen anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO Yeah, that's true. The rest still stand, I be thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO More suggestions -- Kiki's Delivery Service My Neighbor Tortoro Phantom Quest Corp. Spirited Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretID Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Re: Expanded Unoffical Bibliography for Urban Fantasy HERO I'm not sure I'm that clear on the category, but: Interview with the Vampire, etc. (books and movie) Sanctuary (TV) Constantine (comics and movie) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, arguably Hellboy, maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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