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Old 13th January 2008, 05:59 PM   #103 (permalink)
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Re: Fantasy Recommendations for the Unenlightened 2

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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington View Post
I'd take serious issue with this being anywhere near one of the first. Urban fantasy as a marketable subgenre may be new, but urban fantasy itself dates back to the late nineteenth century (cf. "A Fragment of Life", by Arthur Machen, for instance), and Beaumont, Ellison, & Co. certainly predate War for the Oaks, as do many others....
I bow to your knowledge J.D. But it's still a good urban fantasy.
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