[identity profile] delilahkanes.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] lkh_lashouts
I think it's quite easy to find Anita-like alternative reading material in this day and age (I can't spit without hitting a book about some girl dealing with vampires/werewolves), but I was wondering if anyone has stumbled across some quality urban fantasy material about faeries? I'm almost completely clueless.

The only one that immediately comes to mind is War for the Oaks (highly recommended).

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm without any books lined up to read right now and it's kinda freaking me out.

Date: 2008-09-15 09:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suzycat.livejournal.com
I've only ever read his Sandman comics

*smites you*

Read American Gods IMMEDIATELY.

Date: 2008-09-15 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeehouse.livejournal.com
I third American Gods.

Date: 2008-09-16 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caudebac.livejournal.com
I fourth it. Wholeheartedly.

Date: 2008-09-15 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] siedhr.livejournal.com
I prefer Neverwhere and Good Omens and Coraline. I wasn't that crazy about American Gods or Anansi Boys.

Date: 2008-09-15 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] libwitch.livejournal.com
THANK YOU! I actually preferred Anasi Boys to American Gods, which was 2/3 longer then what it needed to be, with a plot that has been done a million times before (at least the idea of gods coming here with their believers and losing power....)

And certainly not his best work!

Date: 2008-09-16 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com
Yeah. American Gods seems to be one of those books that people either really like or dislike. NEverwhere, Good Omens and Coraline are definitely better starting points.

Date: 2008-09-15 07:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] twistedimp.livejournal.com
The Sandman comics are made of awesome sauce, but so are his novels. You should read them! (Also, if you liked Sandman, try Moore's Promethea.)

My feelings towards Lackey are pretty much along the same lines as yours, actually, although for different reasons. I absolutely worshiped her during junior high and high school, but the characters and plots she uses (while still a hell of a lot of fun) got a bit repetitive for me after a while. If elves and NASCAR aren't your cup of tea, the Bedlam's Bard books are set in the same universe, but don't include race cars. I think the only books of hers that I still really keep up with are the Elemental Masters series.

I mentioned Emma Bull -- in particular, try "Territory." I was a bit skeptical going in, because it's a fantasy western, but it rocked hard.

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