As I've probably said ad nauseum around here, I really like urban fantasy. I love the idea of our industrialized, computerized, nuclear age/space age world still being a place where magick can live and wondrous things can happen. I especially like the idea that normal, common folks can get caught up in all of that.
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For some reason, fantasy people living in medieval conditions seem awfully healthy. Bad teeth, disease, shortened life span, and the back breaking day to day labor of the serfs is rarely mentioned.
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I've found that in most traditional fantasy (and, yes, I do know that there are exceptions) it's the nobles who are the focus of the books, with a serf or slave sometimes thrown in for contrast or to "straighten the rich folks out". And even then, the nobles are notably healthier and more attractive than medieval nobles ever were in reality. But in urban fantasy, taking place in the more modern, presumably more egalitarian world, the main characters can be just about anyone from just about any walk of life. I like that a lot.