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The Dark Is Rising - Book Group discussion thread

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GregP Jan 2020 11:07am, 11 Jan 2020 117,367 posts	Quote Pin GregP Urban fantasy. See also also Rivers of London and Watchmaker of FiddlyDiddly Street, both of which get mentioned in these parts from time to time.
GregP Jan 2020 11:08am, 11 Jan 2020 117,368 posts	Quote Pin GregP (the latter is also arguably steampunk but that’s by the by for now)
Serendippily Jan 2020 11:09am, 11 Jan 2020 15,655 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily reminds self not to release clockwork octopus into the wild
Love Lettuce Jan 2020 11:09am, 11 Jan 2020 1,356 posts	Quote Pin Love Lettuce Is it pretending not to be UF because it's set in a village? (I'm not very familiar with fantasy as a genre but enjoyed TDIR so want to find out more!)
Serendippily Jan 2020 11:12am, 11 Jan 2020 15,656 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily “Village Fantasy” is presumably Heartbeat
GregP Jan 2020 11:39am, 11 Jan 2020 117,369 posts	Quote Pin GregP UF typically has fantasy stuff happening in a ‘real world’ setting. So Potter is fantasy when it’s set at Hogwarts, for example, but UF in Little Whinging. Rivers of London is unequivocally UF.
GregP Jan 2020 11:42am, 11 Jan 2020 117,370 posts	Quote Pin GregP I think it pretends not to be because it’s all a bit mystically hyper-real. None of it feels very grounded. Not a criticism, it all seems a bit dream state. Ooh. One other thing. I listened to bits of it on Audible. The chap does a decent job but the bus conductor is terrible.
Serendippily Jan 2020 11:51am, 11 Jan 2020 15,658 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily Urbane fantasy meanwhile is perhaps Carabonel and Chrestomanci
GregP Jan 2020 12:08pm, 11 Jan 2020 117,372 posts	Quote Pin GregP Ooh. Urbane fantasy is a great idea. Lots of old TV sitcoms spring to mind but no novels have popped in my head so far. Top genre invention skills Dippers
GregP Jan 2020 2:22pm, 11 Jan 2020 117,374 posts	Quote Pin GregP David Lodge? PG Wodehouse?